Supporting startups and scaling businesses to create competitive enterprises that drive economic transformation
Business Incubation & Market Development
We offer a nurturing environment for early-stage entrepreneurs and businesses to develop, test, and scale their ideas. Through our incubation programs and market development strategies, we enable startups to access resources, mentorship, and markets.
CoELIB offers a structured Business Incubation program to nurture early-stage startups and entrepreneurial ideas, particularly in agribusiness, health, education, ICT, and green innovation. Our incubation model is designed to support founders at different stages of their journey; from ideation to commercialization; by providing targeted mentorship, infrastructure, funding linkages, and networking opportunities.
Incubation Stages
- Pre-Incubation: Business ideation, opportunity analysis, and team development
- Incubation: Product development, pilot testing, mentorship, and business structuring
- Post-Incubation: Scaling support, investor matching, and market expansion strategy
What We Offer
- Physical and virtual co-working spaces equipped with high-speed internet, printing, and meeting rooms
- Monthly mentorship clinics with industry experts across multiple sectors
- Training workshops on business planning, legal compliance, and digital marketing
- Investor readiness bootcamps and pitch competitions
- Access to CoELIB’s regional innovation ecosystem and networks
- Media exposure through CoELIB's digital and public relations platforms
Startups like Plotus Technology, SYNA, and Longburn Charcoal Briquettes began their journey in our incubator and have since expanded across multiple counties in Kenya, securing seed funding and creating employment for hundreds of youth and women. Learn more
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