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Riara Innovation Centre · Nairobi

Kenyan problems.
Riara solutions.

InnoHub is where Riara University students and staff record ideas, get mentor review, and grow them into ventures with the Innovation Centre.

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How it works

Five stages from idea to venture

Every idea moves through the same pipeline, with the Innovation Centre alongside you.

  1. 01Ideation

    Describe the problem and your proposed solution. Drafts stay private until you submit.

  2. 02Validation

    Test your assumptions with mentors and early users, and sharpen the solution.

  3. 03Incubation

    Build with your team in a workspace the Innovation Centre sets up for milestones, documents and expenses.

  4. 04IP / Launch

    Protect what is new and take a first version to market.

  5. 05Commercialization

    Grow through licensing, a spin-off company or partnerships.

Live ideas

On the feed right now

Publicly listed ideas from Riara innovators. Listing opens from the Incubation stage, once the Innovation Centre approves.

Be the first on the feed

No ideas are publicly listed yet. Start a disclosure today and yours could be the first one here.

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Who it's for

Built for the whole Riara community

  • Students

    Turn a class project, or a problem you keep noticing, into a documented idea and build it with mentor feedback.

    Submit an idea

  • Faculty & researchers

    Record research outputs and lab work so the Innovation Centre can advise on IP, teams and partners.

    Record your research

  • Partners & investors

    Browse ventures that have reached Incubation and been approved for public listing.

    Explore ideas

Support

What the Innovation Centre gives you

How InnoHub and the Innovation Centre support your idea as it grows.

Coming soonFunding tracker, mentor matching and a partner directory.

  • Mentor review

    Innovation Centre reviewers comment on your disclosure, and official feedback is marked so it stands out.

  • Visibility control

    Ideas are institution-private by default. You decide when to request public listing.

  • Team workspaces

    The Innovation Centre sets up a workspace for incubating projects, with milestones, documents and expenses in one place.

  • Pipeline tracker

    See where every idea sits across the five stages, from Ideation to Commercialization.

A message from the Innovation Centre

“Riara’s innovation pipeline should make every promising idea visible, supported, protected where needed, and connected to mentors, markets, funding and measurable impact.”

Innovation Lead · Riara University Innovation Centre

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Who can submit an idea?
Riara University students, faculty and staff. Sign in with your Google account (your university email is recommended) and start a draft. Drafts stay private until you submit.
Who can see my idea?
New disclosures are institution-private: only you, your workspace team and the Innovation Centre see the details. Everyone else sees a locked card that shows the stage but not the title. From the Incubation stage you can request public listing, which the Innovation Centre approves.
How does IP protection work?
Keep sensitive detail private while you work. The Innovation Centre reviews disclosures and advises on patent, copyright or trademark routes before anything is made public. The Institutional Guidelines (IH-GOV-04) explain what each visibility setting exposes.

Got an idea? Start it here.

Drafts stay private until you submit, so a rough outline is a fine place to start.

Submit an ideaRead the guidelines