Build a

Market-ready

Startup

The Incubation Plus is all about committing to work on an idea full-time for three months to explore ideas, shape a business model, form a team, and develop a deck.

Our Incubator Programme is;

Tailored

For Tech companies with more than
profit in mind

Structured

With a 3-month plan & weekly
modules

Progressive

Continued support offered after
incubation

What You’ll Learn

  • How to build a lean team

    Explore our community of professionals and entrepreneurs and find the right people to work with

  • How to build an agile product

    Go beyond a prototype and build a minimum-viable-product (MVP) that innovatively solves the problem for your customer

  • How to build a business model

    Design a business model around the solution and validated customers as you set up structures for pricing and revenue

  • How to build a market launch strategy

    Set up a strategy for acquiring the first 100 pilot customers

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Information Sessions

Sign Up for upcoming information sessions, meet your coaches and learn more about the programme

What to Expect

 

BUILD

 

Our program creates structures and provides tools and resources that will help you build faster and better

 

LEARN

 

In our intensive 3-month period, we will expect you to apply lessons for our weekly modules while you build the company

 

GROW

 

When incubated, we match you with mentors who share their knowledge and networks. We also provide deskspace at our hub and linkage opportunities to partners and investors

Who Can Get In

The Incubator is open to founders and innovators in any sector that have pushed their idea past the prototype stage and are looking to go-to-market

Tech-based

Innovative technology-based solutions

Disruptive problem solvers in any sector with tech-enabled solutions

Prototyped

Prototype Stage Ideas

Proactive founders and teams who have already built a prototype of the solution

Scalable

Scalable Product/Approach

Solutions/ideas with the potential to solve problems for the African market on a large scale

Impactful

Impactful Solution

Ideas with a mission to impact lives and communities positively

The next Incubation cohort begins in September 2023

The successfully selected startups will celebrate the end of the program in December 2023 with a demo day with pitches to customers, key industry stakeholders, and investors.

*Startups that are female-led or based in Kenya’s coastal region are especially encouraged to apply.

FAQs & Enquiries

  • Step 1: Submit an application

    You will first have to submit an application and the application must fit within the general context and criteria of the Incubation Plus Programme.

    Note: In addition, specific criteria apply to each programme.

    Step 2: Feedback.

    An application can be submitted throughout the year, but must be submitted at least 1 week before the start of a new cohort.

    Applications must be made via the application form on the link available on this page. I

    f your application does not fit within the objectives and the idea/startup does not meet the criteria, the application will be rejected with a brief explanation.

    In principle, the period between application submission and feedback should take at least 2 weeks

  • Whether you are alone or have a team, the Incubator opens doors to hundreds of early-stage tech entrepreneurs every year to meet co-founders and kick-start their fundraising journey.

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