Innovation Spotlight: Building a walking companion for the visually impaired.
This blog is part of our weekly #InnovationSpotlight-exploring the stories of ventures within our GDI Hub Accelerate portfolio. Here we meet Hope Tech , a start-up that completed our Kenyan-based Innovate Now Accelerator. Having attended an integrated high school, Brian, the CEO and founder of Hope Tech Plus Limited, chose to design solutions for visual impairments when he was given […]
Innovation Spotlight: From recovery to innovation: the journey to create a revolutionary, low cost, all-terrain wheelchair, that can be manufactured with basic tools, using locally available materials and components.
This blog is part of our weekly #InnovationSpotlight-exploring the stories of ventures within our GDI Hub Accelerate portfolio. Here we meet The Accessibility Institute (TAI) , a social enterprise that completed our Kenyan-based Innovate Now Accelerator. After being involved in an accident and requiring a wheelchair during his recovery period, Janna found himself in a […]
Innovation Spotlight: Creating universal access to safe and appropriate sanitation, through innovating accessible toilets for people with disability.
“Talking about going to the toilet almost seems like a taboo in many African societies. We talk about it in hushed tones, and this is something that we should speak about freely.” Sylvia Nyaga Sylvia remembers living with her grandfather, who was a person with mobility challenges. As a young child, she did not understand […]
Assistive Tech for children and learning dominates Innovate Now’s 5th Demo Day, as Africa’s first disability accelerator drives momentum in the digital innovation space
Innovate Now held its 5th Demo Day on the 5th of August 2022 in Nairobi. The Demo Day was the first one under the digital assistive technology an entrepreneurship project-a partnership between GDI Hub, ICT Norway and Norwegian Agency for Development (NORAD). In a hybrid fashion combining in-person and online demos, eight assistive technology ventures […]
Innovate Now alumni – supporting inclusive participation in the electoral process in Kenya & equity funding partnership to increase access
Find out more about the next steps for Innovate Now ventures as they continue to increase their reach and impact.