REGIONAL NODE · EXPANSION NODE
Nairobi, Kenya.
Why this region
A live venture market, with the infrastructure to absorb new builders.
Nairobi has spent two decades building venture, fintech and mobile infrastructure that the rest of the continent now learns from. The ecosystem is mature enough to absorb new programs — and demanding enough to keep them honest.
The Nairobi Node works here as a research and program partner: scoping Tech Fronts with sector operators, running fellowships into the venture pipeline, and connecting East African capital to builders across the network.
What we're preparing
What we're preparing here.
Venture partnerships
Co-investment, demo days and pipeline-sharing with East African capital partners.
Fellowship pipelines
Researchers and technologists placed into AsteriskRD ventures and partner institutions.
Tech Fronts · sector briefs
Sector challenges co-scoped with Kenyan operators across fintech, health and climate.
Regional convening
Workshops and research roundtables hosted in Nairobi for the wider East African network.
Ecosystem partners
Who we hope to build with.
We're beginning conversations with the institutions already shaping the region's innovation system.
- Universities and research institutes
- Venture funds and accelerators
- Sector operators
- Foundations and DFIs
- Government and county partners