Kenya Climate Innovation Center BACKGROUND

infoDev (www.infodev.org) is a global partnership program within the World Bank Group which works at the intersection of innovation, technology, and entrepreneurship to create opportunities for inclusive growth and job creation. infoDev is a thought leader in venture acceleration and incubation, assisting governments and growth-oriented small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to improve capacity and skills, increase access to finance and ensure appropriate enabling policy to enhance the innovation ecosystem. infoDev works in partnership with other development programs, with World Bank/IFC colleagues, and with stakeholders from the public, private and civil society sectors in the developing world. infoDev’s incubation network includes specialized new venture enablers, such as mobile labs and hubs, climate innovation centers and agribusiness innovation centers. This network is a vibrant global community that is a rich source of data and knowledge on the realities of entrepreneurship in over 93 countries. It is an important conduit for enterprises to internationalize their businesses, for the exchange of knowledge, for peer-learning opportunities, and for convening—and building trust and collaboration among—all innovation ecosystem stakeholders