Our services
We build locally rooted, globally connected entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale.
Impact Makers
Impact Hubs
From Idea to Impact
Our approach, embedded in Design Thinking, inspires, connects, enables, and is user-centered, experimental, collaborative, de-risking, well-structured, and optimistic. We support Nairobians to embrace an active culture of positive deviance and disruptive technology, offering an environment and resources necessary to support business scalability and sustainability through aggregating brilliant energies, projects, ideas, skills, and networks.
Our Services
Business Support
We act as a catalyst for entrepreneurial action and collaboration, aiming to align and strengthen the Kenyan ecosystem through partnerships and community engagement for collective impact. programs and programs.
Consulting
We understand that every business is unique, which is why our consultation service is tailored to meet your specific needs. Whether you are looking to optimize your operations, scale your business, enhance your social impact, or explore unique business solutions with international partnerships, our consultants work closely with you to develop personalized strategies that pave the way for sustainable success.
Co-Working Space
We provide beautiful indoor and outdoor spaces for various events, including training, webinars, lectures, seminars, and events aimed at improving sustainability and impact across businesses in the region.
Accelerator Incubator Programs
Through our four thematic mid-long term horizon tailored and capacity strengthening programs.
Research
Disruptive innovation within development programs and international development.
Events and Networking
We aim to inspire, connect, and enable entrepreneurs, fostering a collaborative and supportive ecosystem for impactful innovation and sustainable business growth
What we offer our ecosystem
For entrepreneurs and innovators
- A network of global collaborative working spaces and communities.
- Run incubation and acceleration programmes for impact startups to start, grow, and scale.
- Strengthen capabilities, while codifying and disseminating knowledge and methodology, also through affiliated entrepreneur support organisations (ESOs).
For foundations, organisations, policymakers
- Co-design and convene strategic collaborations and (thematic) ecosystem building.
- Collectively create bespoke and/or thematic acceleration programmes.
- Capture and share impact insights and practitioner-led policy through action research, ecosystem mapping services, and collaborative communications campaigns.
For corporates
- Co-design bespoke and/or thematic corporate acceleration programmes.
- Scout locally, regionally, and/or globally for innovative product & service solutions.
- Match for social procurement and facilitate supply chain innovation.
Co-Working Space
Step into a dynamic environment designed to ignite your entrepreneurial spirit and foster collaboration. With state-of-the-art facilities, flexible workstations, and a buzzing community of like-minded professionals, we offer the perfect space to work, connect, and thrive. Join us and unlock your full potential today!
Harness the power of impact, innovation, and entrepreneurship
Our collective impact
We build thriving businesses that care for our people and the planet.
Impact Members
Partners
Participants
Business Support
Explore Our Work
Agriculture
Agriculture
We promote sustainable farming through practices like organic farming, precision agriculture, and regenerative techniques. Our approach empowers farmers with knowledge, resources, and technology to optimize harvests, build resilience, and reduce ecological impact. We also help implement climate-resilient strategies, diversify crops, embrace agroforestry, and adopt water management techniques to protect against extreme weather events.
Circularity
Circularity
By equipping them with CE knowledge, the hub aims to enable the creation of innovative solutions for resource efficiency, waste reduction, and material reuse.
Climate Change
Climate Change
We have developed a deep understanding of the small business ecosystems through practice (e.g. network building, business acceleration), research (e.g. Gender-Lens Acceleration Guide with ANDE and Social Solidarity Economy with OECD), and ecosystem mapping (e.g. Women Run Impact-Driven Enterprises Ecosystem Mapping with INSEAD & Cartier). We also bring a grounded team of highly experienced professionals covering all subregions of Africa.
Digitization
Digitization
Building on its core competencies in partnerships and training, Impact Hub Nairobi seeks to solve this challenge by working alongside private sector organizations and hubs that support remote workers/freelancers to provide comprehensive soft and business skills to gig economy workers to enable them to enhance their ability to run and grow successful gig careers
E-Mobility
E-Mobility
IHN conducts landscape analysis of the Electric Mobility sector in Kenya. Thereafter, the findings will focus on how to improve: Sustainability; access to finance; gender; and health & safety. These will be utilised to improve their offering and contribute to positive sociological and ecological project outcomes.
Gender
Gender
Impact Hub Nairobi aims to address and mitigate the impacts of climate change mostly in the Kenyan environment, society, and economy. The specific objectives vary depending on the focus and scope, but the overall aim would be to promote sustainability, resilience, and long-term well-being in the face of climate change
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