Makueni - Innovation Hub

Basic Innovation Details

State your Innovation's catchy name, whether you are participating as an individual or a team, your primary location and your team (if applicable).

- If you are entering as 2 or more persons, select Single Organization (a team), and if you are entering jointly as several groups, select Group/Consortium.
- To compose a team, first ensure the members have registered on https://innovations.makueni.go.ke. You can easily add upto 4 members by specifying their email addresses and phone numbers.

Elevator Pitch

We will use this information to assess your application against the Eligibility and Judging Criteria.

a) Short summary of your solution.

Describe the nature of your innovation, your area of expertise/background, your motivation and your mission, purpose and objectives in 3-4 sentences, as if you had 30 seconds to explain it to someone.

b) Who is your target user? Please provide a short description of your target user.

What is the specific group of customers most likely to want your product or service? Target users may be dictated by age, gender, income, location, interests or a myriad of other factors.

Scalability

The potential to be replicated in or adapted to other contexts nationally or more widely across Africa.

a) Describe in detail how your solution addresses Digital Transformation for Climate Action

Provide details of how your solution helps to combat climate change and its impacts (do not exceed 500 words). ICTs can help to monitor and analyze short- and long-term climate trends, raise awareness, help protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions.

b) What is your proposed long-term business model for scaling and how will you start to implement this scaling strategy?

Demonstrate how your proposed solution can be adapted to a bigger scale than just the local context. Please include any relevant financial planning.

Social Impact

The solution makes a positive and meaningful difference to society

a) How does your solution make a positive and meaningful difference to your target users? How do you measure the impact of your solution or how do you intend to measure this

Explain how your innovation improves the lives of your target users. Which methods / scales / metrics / KPI's do you use/intend to use to measure the impact of your innovation in order to assess its value

b) How have you engaged your target users in the development of your solution thus far? What approach will you take to make sure your solution is accessible and engaging to both your users and the wider community?

To build a solid foundation for your business, you must first identify your typical customer and tailor your product/service accordingly. What have you achieved so far, and what are the future plans?

Makueni Innovation Challenge 2.0.

Makueni Innovation Challenge 2.0.

UNLOCKING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION POTENTIAL FOR CLIMATE ACTION

UNLOCKING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION POTENTIAL FOR CLIMATE ACTION

Makueni Tech and Innovation Hub aims to foster innovation and scale up technologies. The hub allows enterprise creation, employment and competitiveness by providing open spaces for entrepreneurs and programmers.

The Government of Makueni County in collaboration with our partners is running Makueni Innovation Challenge 2.0 with the aim of catalyzing the growth of startups, so as to amplify and consolidate the gains of the country’s digital innovative ecosystem.

The theme for Makueni Innovation Challenge 2.0. is “UNLOCKING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION POTENTIAL FOR CLIMATE ACTION”.

OUR INNOVATION PROCESS

Launching & Submissions

STAGE 1

Selection & PITCHING

STAGE 2

POST-CHALLENGE MENTORSHIP

STAGE 3

Application Deadline

Our Partners