Climate Entrepreneurship Hub

The objectives of the study include;

Project Goal is to identify promising social entrepreneurs from sub-Saharan Africa and provide them with the critical training and resources needed to grow and scale their businesses and their impact. The project seeks to improve the efficacy and capacity of entrepreneurial support organizations (incubation hubs, accelerators, etc) working with climate startups. Project Objectives are to,

1. recruit promising climate-focused entrepreneurs from Kenya and across Sub-Saharan Africa and the continent and convene them in a dedicated space for training to increase their capacity to develop and scale solutions to the climate crisis;
2. connect entrepreneurs to sources of capital, increasing founders’ ability to deploy and scale innovations;
3. conduct public programming for a broader group of founders interested in climate resilience and adaptation;
4. support capacity building among innovation hubs in academic and research centers and other entrepreneurial support organizations seeking to serve climate-focused entrepreneurs.

The project partners are,

Halcyon House, 3400 Prospect Street, NW, Washington Sndbx Incubation Hub, Nairobi, Kenya

The amount awarded is 49,315 USD with co-funding contribution of 7,980 USD and the awarding institution is the US Government, Department of state, Climate Solutions and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Fund.

The project is coordinated by Maina Mwangi at the Chandaria Business Innovation and Incubation Centre.