Innovate Now is Africa's first Assistive Technology (AT) Accelerator and inclusive innovation ecosystem with a global reach. We focus on accelerating the development and deployment of assistive technologies to enhance the lives of people with disabilities across Africa and beyond.
Innovate Now provides AT start-ups with an immersive, hands-on inclusive innovation curriculum, testing and validating AT solutions with persons with disabilities through Live Labs, and comprehensive venture building that includes investor readiness and linkages. To date, Innovate Now has accelerated 45 AT start-ups from 11 countries across 7 cohorts.
In partnership with Kilimanjaro Blind
Trust Africa (KBTA), Innovate Now Accelerator programme is implementing the Strengthening Kenya’s Innovation
Ecosystem (SKIES) project which is a sub-component under component 1 of the Kenya Industry and Entrepreneurship
Project (KIEP) funded by the
World Bank Group and implemented by the
Ministry of Investments, Trade, and Industry (MITI),
led by Spineberg and E4Impact as the Management Firm.
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Assistive technology refers to products and related systems/services designed for persons with disabilities and the elderly. Its purpose is to maintain or improve an individual’s functioning and independence, thereby promoting their overall well-being.