Kenya National Innovation Agency launches one-stop shop for innovators

The Kenya National Innovation Agency (KENIA) has officially launched a one-stop shop for innovators, investors, enterprise support organisations and customers dubbed the Kenya Innovation Bridge.

The platform is so far operational in the rift, western, lake, and coastal regions of Kenya where different stakeholders have been engaged and onboarded as users.

The new platform hosts more than 2000 innovators, investors, and enterprise support organisations across Kenya. So far over 400 connections have been made and 120 partnerships are being pursued.

The platform was created with the intention of increasing the discoverability of innovations and connecting the existing and emerging innovations in Kenya to a virtual marketplace to provide linkages to investments, partnerships and capacity-building opportunities that could transform the innovations into commercially viable products and businesses thereby contributing to job creation and overall economic growth of the country.

“The aspiration of the Kenya Innovation Bridge is to have a platform where all elements of the Innovation ecosystem are on-board. We envision it as a literal innovation marketplace; whether an innovator is looking for mentorship, partnership, funding or capacity-building opportunities they can find it all there…,” said Dr.Tonny Omwansa,  CEO KENIA.