Presidential Innovation Challenge and Award
Supports Kenyan innovators through a national initiative that highlights high-impact research and solution-focused innovation outcomes.
The Presidential Innovation Award (PIA) is Kenya's national innovation prize competition, administered by the Kenya National Innovation Agency (KENIA). The award operates across four categories — University, Youth, Startups, and Research to Commercialization (R2C) — and recognizes innovations in digital transformation, healthcare, food security and agriculture, entertainment and gaming, and climat…
Digital transformation, healthcare, food security and agriculture, entertainment and gaming, and climate action innovations by Kenyan individuals, startups, universities, and research teams.
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