About the Program

The program supports research-based institutions commercialise innovations through an accelerator program and a cascaded ToT's (training for trainers) who run R2C programs in their institutions to reach more innovators.

The program is funded by the Foreign Commonwealth Development Office through the Research and Innovation SystemsResearch and Innovation Systems for Africa (RISA) Fund and implemented by ViKtoria Ventures in partnership with Kenya National Innovation Agency Kenya National Innovation Agency. The R2C Accelerator is designed to fortify the commercialisation process within Kenyan universities and research centres, to enhance researchers' capacity and institutional capability in taking research outputs to market.

The Accelerator Program includes training, industry visits, coaching, funding and commercialization support. We are currently in the 4th Cohort.Find out more about the innovators and their innovations here.

Institutional Support: includes training for ToTs (trainers of trainers), Vice Chancellors' Training, Policy review and Innovation Fund support. We have so far run 5 cohorts.