#KIW2025

KIBERA INNOVATION WEEK 2025

Powering the Climate through innovation

September 2025

VENUE : ASKDOME, JAMHURI, KIBERA

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KIW is a 3 day-long event designed to empower youth, women, and entrepreneurs by providing them with access to resources, mentorship, and platforms to showcase their innovative ideas. The event will feature workshops, hackathons, panel discussions, and exhibitions, all geared toward unlocking the potential of Kibera’s vibrant community. KIW offers unparalleled resources, connections, and expert insights to propel your venture forward.

Why Kibera ?

This pioneering KIW satellite event aims to shine a spotlight on Kibera and its role in fostering local innovation. By supporting the growth, impact, and global recognition of the startup ecosystem, tech talent, and business environment in Kibera, we aim to unlock opportunities for collaboration, investment, and scaling.

Why KIW Matters:

Untapped Talent
Solving Real Problems
Building Ecosystems
Changing Narratives

Climate Action

This thematic area will focus on leveraging innovative approaches and adaptive strategies for mitigating the impacts of climate change on coastal communities.

Civic & Governance Action

This is important because it gives communities a voice and helps create solutions that work for everyone, by the people for the people.

Financial & Assistive Tech

This thematic area focuses on leveraging innovative approaches and adaptive strategies to the underserved and the marginalized by bridging the gaps.

Emerging Tech and Innovation

In the fast-paced technological era, we are education and creating awareness of what is coming and what the future looks like.

Unleash Innovation, re-shape the Future

Why Attend KIW

01. Expand Network

Meet like-minded individuals and establish connections that can propel your career forward.

02. Share your Work

Meet like-minded individuals and establish connections that can propel your career forward.

03. Global Conversations

We’ll dive into the latest in Cleantech, Funding and Supporting the African founders, sharing the founders’ growth and failure stories, and more.

DisruptKibera

DisruptKibera is a groundbreaking startup pitch competition designed to uncover, nurture, and scale the brightest ideas from Kibera’s tech-savvy youth and entrepreneurs. This competition is not just about pitching ideas—it’s about disrupting stereotypes, breaking barriers, and showcasing Kibera as a cradle of innovation.

DisruptKibera is more than a competition—it’s a movement. By empowering Kibera’s entrepreneurs, we aim to catalyze a wave of innovation that transforms not only Kibera but also inspires similar communities across Africa and beyond. Together, we can disrupt the status quo, unlock potential, and build a future where every idea, no matter where it comes from, has the chance to thrive.