| Incubateur Régional d'Afrique de l'Ouest | |
| Abbreviation: | IRAO |
| Formation: | 2010 |
| Type: | Business incubator |
| Headquarters: | Abidjan |
| Region Served: | West Africa and Central Africa |
| Language: | French |
| Leader Title: | Chairman |
| Leader Name: | Makagnon Dally[1] |
| Main Organ: | Board of governors |
| Affiliations: | Réseau des Universités des Sciences et Technologies des pays d'Afrique au sud du Sahara (RUSTA)[2] |
| Website: | www.rusta-irao.org |
The Regional Incubator for West Africa (French: Incubateur Régional d'Afrique de l'Ouest) or IRAO is an African business incubator whose head office is located in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.
The IRAO is a member institution of the Network of Universities of Science and Technology of the Countries of Africa south of the Sahara (French: Réseau des Universités des Sciences et Technologies des pays d'Afrique au sud du Sahara (RUSTA)).[3] [4]
Common to several universities in West Africa,[5] the IRAO's role is to facilitate immersion and professional integration of African students providing internships and various services to project business creation.[6]
The IRAO has also a foundation that distributes scholarships to students from Sub-Saharan Africa.[7] [8] [9]