East Africa / 
Kenya / Nairobi - Incubators
JHUB Africa
JHUB Africa is an innovation hub based at JKUAT, dedicated to nurturing creative solutions and fostering entrepreneurship. We provide a collaborative space where students, researchers, and industry leaders converge to turn ideas into impactful realities. <br><br> For Innovators <mark> <br> - Bring Your Ideas to Life <br> - Together, We Create the Future <br> - Register Your Project <br> - Have a solution that addresses pressing issues in society? JHUB is here to help you refine, prototype, and scale your innovation. <br> - Participate in hands-on projects that tackle real-world challenges. <br> - Gain mentorship from experts and industry leaders. <br> - Volunteer at JHUB events to expand your network and skills. </mark> <br><br> For Students <br> - Participate in hands-on projects that tackle real-world challenges. <br> - Gain mentorship from experts and industry leaders. <br> - Volunteer at JHUB events to expand your network and skills. <br> - Why Join? Step into a space where creativity meets collaboration, and your ideas can shape the future. <br><br> Volunteer Opportunities <br> - Join Our Volunteer Network <br> - JHUB thrives on community support. By volunteering, you’ll play a crucial role in driving our events, mentoring innovators, and supporting operations. <br> - Event Coordinators: Help us organise impactful innovation showcases. <br> - Mentors: Guide budding innovators toward success. <br> - Community Advocates: Spread the word about JHUB’s mission and initiatives.
STEM Impact Center Kenya
STEM Impact Center Kenya is a youth development non profit organization, we work to empower youths through technology. <br><br> Supporting STEM Education Intervention Programs Our focus is on increasing access to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education for communities in rural, arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL), low income communities in the following ways; <mark><br> - STEM education programs: we offer STEM-focused workshops, camps, or after-school programs for students in low-income areas.</mark> <br> - Teacher training: Equipping teachers in these communities with the skills and resources to effectively teach STEM subjects. <br> - Providing resources: computers, science equipment, or other materials needed for quality STEM education. <br> - Mentorship programs: Connecting students with STEM professionals who can provide guidance and inspiration.
Villgro
Villgro Africa is an incubator and impact investor supporting emerging healthcare businesses in Africa. We offer emerging companies a personalised incubation experience to help effectively scale ideas and navigate the African startup ecosystem. <p></p> Our Services <br> <mark>Villgro Africa acts as a growth guide. We rely on our deep sector knowledge and vast partner network to help innovators realise their full business potential while providing needed healthcare innovations that benefit society as a whole.</mark> <p></p> Funding<br> Seed funding and access to impact investors. <p></p> Incubation<br> Customised support for emerging health businesses. <p></p> Advisory<br> Industry expertise in the African innovation space.
iLabAfrica
@iLabAfrica is a Centre of Excellence in ICT Innovation and Development at Strathmore University. The centre spearheads Research and Innovation in Information Communication Technology for the Development (ICT4D) of ecosystems towards the attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and to contribute toward Kenya’s Vision 2030. The research center is involved in interdisciplinary research, students’ engagement, collaboration with government, industry and other funding agencies. <p></p> <mark>@iLabAfrica is highly reputed for its creative innovations and numerous projects. Through these projects, we have helped improved efficiency and effectiveness for various organisations. We have worked with various organisations and governments and developed world class solutions for them.</mark> Some of the work we have done include:- <p></p> A.GOVERNMENT <br> In improving government amenities, @iLabAfrica has developed an award winning solution, CountyPro to remedy the difficulties county governments have been facing in collecting and managing revenue collection. The system has enabled the county governments to increase their revenue collection by up to 60%. <p></p> County Pro is a Solution centered on holistic e-Governance that enables citizens to easily access county government services online. This innovation by the Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre, allows Online application submissions, business process re-engineering, inter/intra departmental applications processing, workflow automation, electronic payments, digitized receipting and Electronic delivery of services, documents, certificates, permits and licenses. <p></p> The system is working efficiently in Kiambu, Taita Taveta and Busia counties. <p></p> B.HEALTH <br> @iLabAfrica has been intensively involved in various health projects and we have worked with various private organisations and Ministry of Health in Kenya who have made the progress of these projects a great success. The solutions have been implemented to eg. replace manual data recording of patient data and test results. <p></p> C.DATA VISUALIZATION <br> Strathmore University, through @iLabAfrica, has collaborated with the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) to make available data and visualizations of key publications and select County Statistical data. This has been made possible through funding from The World Bank. The data was in manual format but can now be accessed online through a portal in various formats from graphs to charts etc, which were designed by the @iLabAfrica team. <p></p> D.TECHNOLOGY <br> Our client list includes some of the largest software engineering and telecommunications companies in the world, you can rest assured that your product development endeavors are in good hands with @iLabAfrica We have worked with various organizations including Samsung, Kenya Law, Paulines Africa amongst others to develop various solutions for them.
DOT Kenya
DOT Kenya is committed to creating a world shaped by young social innovators who have the tools, knowledge, and networks to create opportunities and transform their own communities. <mark>We support youth to become innovators and leaders, and to create and apply digital solutions that have positive impact in their communities. </mark> We work with youth, the private sector, governments, and community-based organizations towards a collaborative vision of communities shaped by daring social innovators.
iBizAfrica
@iBizAfrica business incubator carries out the Entrepreneurship and Incubation theme of @iLabAfrica. @iBizAfrica seeks to provide a nurturing environment that builds on the potential of the youth to develop ICT solutions and businesses that work for the common good in society. <p></p>The theme focuses on the following areas: <br> - Acting as a focal point for investors (VCs, angel investors, private equity groups and banks) to engage potential technology entrepreneurs <br> <br> - <mark>Fostering an environment for entrepreneurs to develop, nurture and exchange their innovative ideas.</mark> <br> - Providing mentoring and services to start-up companies such as seed capital, legal advice, financial expertise, relevant training and physical resources. <br> - Providing Business Incubation facilities and establish linkages with other incubation centres in the country and around the world. <br> - Forging industry partnerships. <br> - Acting as a focal point for investors (VCs, angel investors, private equity groups and banks) to engage potential technology entrepreneurs.