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Fostering Inclusive Development
Rigorous, community-grounded studies across Urban Development, Energy, Agri-food, and Technology
Evidence-based guidance that connects research findings to actionable Government and institutional decisions.
Building the next generation of African Innovation Researchers through mentorship and training
Supporting frugal, inclusive entrepreneurship as a driver of development.
Fostering Inclusive Development
What We Do
- Research
- Policy Advisory
- Capacity Development
- Entrepreneurship
Nuvoni is an independent research organization based in Nairobi, Kenya, generating actionable knowledge on energy, urban development, Agri foods, Technology and Innovation, across Sub-Saharan Africa.
Our Research Areas
We undertake impact-driven research on how residents in urban informal settlements can better anticipate, cope with, adapt to, and transform through change and disruptions.
We explore how to transform access to energy via deliberate policy and private-sector interventions. Broadly, our energy research contributes to the ongoing discourse on development & climate change.
We are committed to using the research process to help address the unique challenges faced by agri-food systems in Africa, with a focus on enhancing food security and promoting practices that are resilient, sustainable and economically viable.
Our research focuses on enhancing innovation across all sectors. We develop and deliver tools to improve the management of innovation within organizations and their suppliers and customers.
Selected Projects
Our research approach is centred on knowledge co-creation, with emphasis on research-policy-society interconnections in generating actionable knowledge and solutions.
Towards a Framework for Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR)
Sustainability, Inclusivity and Governance of Mini-grids in Africa (SIGMA)
African start-up industry mapping: Status quo and emerging trends in agriculture and digitalisation
Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Project
Our work is driven by five core crosscutting themes: frugality, resilience, governance, inclusion, and informality that guide our research, policy advisory, capacity development, and entrepreneurial initiatives. These themes are especially relevant in our context in East Africa and across sub-Saharan Africa, and thus, they serve to ground our efforts in driving sustainable and equitable impact.
Our work is driven by five core crosscutting themes.
These themes are especially relevant in our context in East Africa and across sub-Saharan Africa, and thus, they serve to ground our efforts in driving sustainable and equitable impact.
Insights from Nuvoni Research
We offer you the latest Blogs and Perspectives from our team, the community as well as leading researchers.
Our Publications
Nuvoni 2024 Annual Report
Of Monopolies and Mini-Grids: Case Studies from Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria and Senegal
Guideline to co-create digital hubs in informal settlements: lessons learned from international literature
Comparing frugality and inclusion in innovation for development: logic, process and outcome
Electric cooking in Kenya: an actor-network map and analysis of a nascent socio-technical innovation system.
Physical Address
No. MK088, Ushindi West Avenue,
Mukuyu Rd (Mukuyu West Wing), Thome 1
Nairobi, Kenya
Organization
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