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Presidential Innovation Award (PIA)

Provides National innovation prize awarding to Kenya's top startups youth innovators and university researchers.

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The Presidential Innovation Award (PIA) is KENIA's flagship annual innovation prize, run with the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy, and Sports. It recognizes innovations across University, Youth, Startups, and Research to Commercialization categories, with a 2024-2025 cycle documented in the record. Priority sectors run through digital transformation, healthcare, food security and agric…

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Grants under Presidential Innovation Award (PIA)

Each grant below is a distinct funding opportunity with its own eligibility, scope, and deliverables.

Presidential Innovation Award
Between cycles

Supports Kenyan innovators through a national initiative that highlights high-impact research and solution-focused innovation outcomes.

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Last verified: 29 May 2026Source: pia.kenia.go.ke