About the Incubator

Incubators are programs that give early-stage businesses access to mentorship, investors and other support to help them to become established. Benefits of incubator programs include:

• Addressing the ‘pioneer gap’: Business incubators, as well as accelerators and impact grants, help to address the investment gap in early-stage ventures,  as they provide early-stage entrepreneurs with the support they need to move from idea to formalisation of their business.
• Providing tailored support at the right place and right time: We learned that the innovators supported as part of the initial phase of MPP face a common set of barriers. Teams shared that tailored support would help them achieve sustainability. 
• Strengthening impact measurement: Our research suggests that insufficient data is a contributing factor to the current state of inadequate infrastructure for collecting and recycling plastic waste at the source, particularly in informal settlements within Mombasa County. Taking an evidence-based impact approach as part of our evaluation process will help to bridge this gap.