An invisible yet powerful bridge has been established between the local innovation ecosystem of Equatorial Guinea and the United Nations system. The UN Resident Coordinator in the country, Antonio Aranibar, visited Dreams Hub, the House of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, in a gesture that went far beyond a formal appointment: it was a tacit acknowledgment that dreams, when organized, can become real drivers of development.
What began as a routine institutional visit soon turned into an immersive experience. Guided by the founder and CEO of the Hub, Oscar A. Nchaso Bekari, Aranibar explored the spaces where ideas with a national vocation are born and nurtured. The art gallery connected him with the talent of young creators who reinterpret their reality through art. In the mystical Capsule of Eternal Dreams, he encountered a powerful symbol: a place where ideas that have yet to see the light rest almost silently, but already contain the seeds of national transformation.
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Beyond its walls, Dreams Hub showcased a universe of projects weaving local threads into a global vision: Women in Tech, to give technology a female voice; Football for Technology, where the ball opens the way to coding; Huevos de Cristal, an incubator of vocations from childhood; and Autoclax, a digital school preparing the future drivers of development.
All of these initiatives share the same commitment: that knowledge and innovation become rights, not privileges. It was in this context, surrounded by dreams in motion, that Aranibar presented a key UNDP initiative: Impulso Profesional, a program aimed at creating employment opportunities for young graduates by not only training them but also recognizing their entrepreneurial potential, even when they themselves may not yet see it. “We need to support those who have already taken the leap into entrepreneurship, even if they don’t yet know how to swim,” he said, empathetically acknowledging the challenges of the entrepreneurial journey.
Oscar Nchaso, for his part, not only expressed gratitude for the visit but also extended a hand for future collaboration. “We share the same direction,” he affirmed. “We both believe in youth as a transformative force and entrepreneurship as a tool of dignity and progress.”
That day, amid ideas, emotions, and commitments, Dreams Hub and the United Nations found a point of convergence. Because when dreams are taken seriously, even the largest organizations in the world pause to listen.
