Programs
Local Subsidy Program
The Mt Kenya Innovation Hub is proud to host the 4th Edition of the Mt Kenya Innovations Week, continuing the journey of fostering innovation and entrepreneurship since 2021. The theme of this year’s event, “4th Industrial Revolution: Creating Jobs, Fueling Smart Agriculture, and Climate Action,
Countrywide Digital Innovation Network (CDIN
A digital platform that connects and supports innovation hubs across Kenya, creating a network for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and resource access.
Grassroots Innovation Challenge
A program that focuses on identifying and scaling grassroots-level innovations, particularly from rural communities, addressing local challenges through tech and innovation.
Innovation Hubs Youth and Women Accelerator
A program designed to provide intensive support for youth and women innovators, offering training, mentorship, and access to funding to scale up their businesses.
Digital Skills Development & Training Programs
A series of training programs aimed at building high-demand technical skills for the digital economy, including courses in coding, data science, cybersecurity, and AI
Innovation Hubs Legal and Compliance Advisory Program
A legal support program offering consultancy, workshops, and advisory services to help innovation hubs and startups navigate business registration, intellectual property, and regulatory requirements.
ACIHS Innovation Fellowship Program
A fellowship program that attracts top-tier talent to work on innovative projects, providing mentorship, professional development, and opportunities for career growth.
Climate Innovation & GreenTech Program
A program that focuses on fostering innovations related to climate change adaptation, renewable energy, and environmental sustainability, with a focus on green technologies.
Regional Innovation & Market Access Program
A program designed to help innovators access regional and international markets, providing export readiness support, market entry strategies, and cross-border collaboration opportunities.
Corporate-Startup Partnership Program
A program aimed at building strategic partnerships between startups and corporates, helping startups solve real-world business problems while giving corporates access to innovative solutions.
National Innovation Hackathons Series
A series of innovation challenges focusing on solving national and regional challenges, such as healthcare, agriculture, and climate change, through hackathons.
Research & Innovation Collaboration Program
A program to foster collaboration between innovation hubs, research institutions, and industry players, with a focus on tech transfer, research commercialization, and joint innovation projects.
Innovation Hubs Expo & Awards Program
An event that showcases the best innovations emerging from innovation hubs across Kenya, celebrating success stories through awards in various categories.
GIZ WE4D Programme Developing Integrated Management Systems (DIMS) initiative
Is your enterprise active in the green economy and led by women? 🌱 The #GIZ WE4D Programme has opened applications for the Developing Integrated Management Systems (DIMS) initiative, targeting women-led SMEs in Kenya and other African countries. https://ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/IFtJ9Jfl
Innovation Challenge 2025 – AI for Climate Action in Taita Taveta
🚀 Call for Applications: Innovation Challenge 2025 – AI for Climate Action in Taita Taveta Are you an innovator ready to use AI & Machine Learning to tackle climate change? We are inviting 15 innovators to a 6-week challenge to design AI solutions that address: 🔹 Disaster Alert & R
KASH16
📢 The countdown is on for the 16th KEMRI Annual Health and Scientific Conference (hashtag#KASH16)! hashtag#KASH2026 is a premier platform bringing together leading scientists, innovators, policymakers, and health professionals from across the region and beyond. Register today to be part of
DigiKen Program
We are excited to announce that applications for Phase Two of the DigiKen Program are now open! Implemented through a consortium led by UN Women, UNESCO, and United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), and delivered locally in partnership with African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS)! an
SAVANT
📢 CALLING AFRICAN FOUNDERS Savant is now accepting applications from African deep-tech startups developing innovative hardware solutions with strong commercial and impact potential. FOCUS AREAS ▪ Sustainable energy ▪ Climate and green economy solutions ▪ Water techn
Kenya’s Health Innovators!
🚨 Calling Kenya’s Health Innovators! 🚨 Got a health startup, solution, product, or technology with the potential to change lives? Afya Bridge Cohort 2 is now open! 🎉 Get access to mentorship, business support, networking opportunities, and a community designed to help health-focu
Carbon Accelerator Programme
Announcement: Carbon Accelerator Programme for the Environment opens for second round of applications Earlier this month, we set out why nature is one of Africa's most underfunded investment opportunities and that closing the gap means working on both sides of the market: making nature-positive
HAIDI Inclusive AI Innovations in Africa Program 2026
HAIDI Inclusive AI Innovations in Africa Program 2026 The Hub for Artificial Intelligence and Disability Inclusion (HAIDI) Innovation Track is inviting African innovators, researchers, developers, startups, and organizations to apply for an 18-month catalytic support programme designed to scale r
Frontier Innovation Week Africa
🚀 Mark your calendars for October 2026! Mt Kenya Innovation Week is back for its 6th Edition and for the first time, we officially transition into #FrontierInnovationWeekAfrica. A platform that began in Nyeri, built on grassroots innovation and the belief that African builders deserve a stage, i
Gusii Innovation Week 2026
Good ideas need more than just a good pitch. They need the right conversations, the right people, and the right opportunities around them. This is the thinking behind the Road to Gusii Innovation Week 2026. Starting this September, we’re bringing together innovators, entrepreneurs, students,
South Eastern & Metropolitan (SEM) Innovation Week 2026
Startup Founders! hashtag#SEMIWeek2026 Is for You! You know the problem is real. You know the market is there. What you need now is the forum, the mentors, the investors, the peers who get it. hashtag#SEMInnovationWeek 2026 is that forum. And we are building up with Investment readiness clinics
Frontier Innovation Week 2026
ACIH member Mt Kenya Hub is hosting the 6th edition of Mt Kenya Innovation Week, which will begin an exciting transition as the platform rebrands into Frontier Innovation Week. The hackathons are now on Day 2, bringing together young innovators who are building, testing and exploring solutions to
Frontier Innovation Week Africa
Calling all artists, musicians, bands, and performers: Brushes Beats Banter with Mt Kenya Hub want you on the stage! As part of #FrontierInnovationWeekAfrica 2026, we are hosting an open call for visual artists, musicians, vocalists, live bands, instrumentalists, photographers, and creatives to e
Mt Kenya Innovation Week 6th edition
🏆 A remarkable culmination of the 6th edition of Mt Kenya Innovation Week 2026! ACIH member. Yesterday's #SummitDay hosted our hackathon participants, the Mt Kenya Hub community and key stakeholders for a celebration of innovation and bold ideas. Hosted by Festus Oduor Ndege MISK as MC, the
Gusii Innovation Week
After a Successful Mt Kenya Innovation Week, we head to Gusii Innovation Week (GIW 2026)🌱 Powered by ACIH member Fie_Labs Innovation Hub and co-hosted with Google Developers Group Kisii, the event is calling on experienced professionals in AI, technology, agriculture, governance, and business
Partnership
#ACIH is proud to partner for the Gusii Innovation Week 2026 as an Official Innovation Ecosystem Partner! The event will take place from 26th to 30th October in Kisii, Kenya, and will host innovators, entrepreneurs and ecosystem players to explore solutions in #agriculture, #foodsystems and #AI.
Gusii Innovation Week 2026
Six days to go. ⏳🌱 Gusii Innovation Week 2026 kicks off on 26th October in Kisii, Kenya, and #ACIH is proud to be a partner of this flagship regional event. This year’s theme, “Scaling Innovations for Climate-Smart Food Systems,” puts agrifood innovation, AgriTech, AI, and climate resili
GusiiInnovationWeek2026
Africa’s food systems face real challenges from climate change, market access, and the slow journey from innovation to scale. Gusii Innovation Week 2026 is being built around one core question: how do we connect locally developed innovations with the technology, investment, and partnerships nee
Gusii Innovation Week 2026
Gusii Innovation Week 2026 hosted powerful voices this week, and Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) was among them. 🌍💡 Our former chair and KeNIA board member, Chepkemoi Magdaline, HSC, delivered a keynote address on behalf of the Principal Secretary for the State Department for Scien
Our objective is to promote activities and programs of the member hubs and support their vision of testing and building impactful sustainable businesses in rural and second tire towns of Kenya.
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