What we do

InnovationPoint Consulting provides support to entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem stakeholders, in formulation of entrepreneurial & innovation strategies. We also develop innovation strategies for cities, regions and county governments.

Key activities include baseline and feasibility studies , national / sub-national/city based or regional start-up & innovation strategies. We pilot strategies  into action, advise on policy review, support mechanisms for entrepreneurial & innovation sector. We also support design of startup and SME friendly financial instruments & incentives.

InnovationPoint Consulting works with regional, national and local government agencies mandated with addressing youth & employment, promotion of entrepreneurship and innovation. We also work with development organisations, regional economic bodies, international non-profit organisations, city governments, academia and private sector.

Our experts have in-depth knowledge of the continent and current trends in the start-up, entrepreneurship, innovation, youth & unemployment aspects.  Our expertise is based on years of experience working with government bodies, international development agencies, donors, private sector and academia. 

To find out how your economic block, country, local government or city can stimulate entrepreneurship & innovation  get in touch. 

Rethinking Entrepreneurship
Cultivating Entrepreneurship
Financing Entrepreneurship

Who we work with

Supporting and growing strong entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystems requires collaboration of diverse stakeholders across.  We therefore work with a richly diverse range of partners.

  • Private sector (local and foreign)
  • Academia & research organisations
  • Incubators & accelerators
  • Investors
  • technical knowledge & resources providers
  • Business support service providers
  • City governments
  • Regional governments
  • Government agencies mandated to promote entrepreneurship & innovation
  • National governments
  • International development organisations & NGOs

HELP OFFERED

For city, national and regional governments, we support design and implementation of entrepreneurship & innovation strategies. We help design policy & regulatory tools as well as financial instruments to support entrepreneurship & innovation.

To ensure policies are supportive of start-ups and entrepreneurs and in keeping with the global entrepreneurial demands and trends, we help regional and national governments review their policies .

Capacity building for stakeholders is done to stimulate and nurture entrepreneurship activities through training activities,  technical advisory and enhanced communication & interactions across the ecosystem through our platforms.

We catalyse innovation and idea generation through our Challenge driven Innovation that links socio-economic challenges with innovative solutions.

Do you need technical Advisory services?  Do you need to expand and deepen your international research and innovation networks? Or are you looking for collaborative partnerships to support entrepreneurship & innovation? Get in touch


What we are doing

In 2021, we participated in Trade Mark East Africa’s Annual Review of programes in Burundi, DR Congo and Zambia

Starting late 2020, we started work to support development of East Africa Community E-commerce Strategy as part of Pan-African e-Commerce Initiative. Under this project, we contributed to the following elements of the strategy in all 6 partner states; 1. Trade facilitation & logistics 2. Improving market access conditions 3. Approaches for human resource development 4. Capacity development of businesses to enable them participate in the digital economy 5. Formation of national and regional stakeholder engagement platform for coordination of e-commerce matters.

In 2019 we developed a 10 year Economic Blue Print for Economic blue print for SEKEB (South Eastern Kenya Economic Bloc)

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