Khaya Innovation Challenge

The Khaya innovation challenge is designed to ignite opportunities to build innovative businesses that will solve some of the most pressing problems in Zimbabwe and Africa at large.

We believe that providing access to technological innovation to local entrepreneurs has the ability to significantly impact the economy and spur social and economic change in the community and raise the living standards of all people.

The program is designed for businesses at various stages of their maturity. If you have an idea of a business you would like to launch or you have a mature business our innovation challenge is a great opportunity. Our innovation challenge connects entrepreneurs with a community of mentors and investors. Our program is designed for small teams that have a maximum of three individuals with at least one person who has some basic developer skills.

We are looking for candidates that exhibit the following core principles:

Innovation & Creativity

Perseverance

Humility

Curiosity

Collaboration

Product Incubation Competition

1

Application submission
2

In person + virtual interviews process
3

Final 3 teams selected for program
4

90 day period to work on product demo
5

Final team selected to move to Go to Market Track

Go to Market Track

1

One team selected and provided with a monthly stipend
2

Mentorship and Strategic Guidance
3

12 months to become commercially viable