kenya feed the future innovation engine

KENYA FEED THE FUTURE INNOVATION

ENGINE

Quarterly Progress Report

1st January – 31st March, 2013

April 30, 2013

This publication was prepared for review by the United States Agency for International Development.

It was prepared by Land O’Lakes, Inc, - International Development.

USAID Kenya Feed the Future Innovation Engine - 623-C-12-00001

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KENYA FEED THE FUTURE

INNOVATION ENGINE QUARTER II, 2013 PROGRESS REPORT

(1ST JANUARY - 31ST MARCH, 2013)

Award No: #623-C-12-00001

Prepared for Ms. Makeda Tsegaye - Contracting Officer’s Representative

United States Agency for International Development/Kenya

Prepared by

Land O’Lakes, Inc. - International Development

1080 West County Road F, MS 5120

Shoreview, MN 55126

+1 (651) 494-5142 (main) | +1 (651) 494-5144 (fax)

Website: www.idd.landolakes.com

The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the

United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government.

http://www.idd.landolakes.com/


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................ 1

I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 2

II. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................................... 2

1I.1 PERSONNEL .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 I1.2 SUB-CONTRACTORS ................................................................................................................................................... 3 1I.3 WORK PLANNING ...................................................................................................................................................... 3

III. SELECTING PROMISING INNOVATIONS .............................................................................. 3

III.1 INNOVATION PIPELINE BUILDING ............................................................................................................................. 3 III.2 INNOVATION SOLICITATION, APPRAISAL AND SELECTION ................................................................................... 4

IV. COACHING AND CULTIVATING SELECTED INNOVATIONS ...................................... 5

V. APPLYING EVIDENCE-BASED TESTING TO DETERMINE STAGE PROGRESSION ....... 5

VI. LEVERAGING USAID RESOURCES WITH OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE

RESOURCES TO GROW INNOVATIONS TO SCALE .................................................................... 6

VII. BENEFITING KENYAN INSTITUTIONS BY CULTIVATING AND BROADLY

DISSEMINATING INNOVATIVE PRACTICES ................................................................................. 6

VII.1 STAKEHOLDER RELATIONSHIP BUILDING ................................................................................................................. 6 VII.2 COMMUNICATION STRATEGY ................................................................................................................................... 9

VIII. FINANCIAL INFORMATION ................................................................................................. 9

VIII. APPENDIX A: KFIE INNOVATION RADAR SCREEN, FEBRUARY 2013 ...................... 11


Quarterly Progress Report – January – March, 2013 1

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ABEO Agriculture, Business and Environment Office

AflaSTOP Storage and Drying for Aflatoxin Prevention

ANDE Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

ASCU Agricultural Sector Coordination Unit

ASK Agricultural Society of Kenya

COP Chief of Party

COR Contracting Officer’s Representative

EAFIF Eastern Africa Farmer-Led Innovation Fair

FTF Feed the Future

FPEAK Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya

GAIN Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition

GIIN Global Impact Investing Network

GOK Government of Kenya

HCD Human Centered Design

HR1 High Rainfall Zone 1

ICT Information and Communication Technology

IMS Innovation Measurement Scale

IST Innovation Screening Team

IAC Investment Advisory Committee

KARI Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

KDLDP Kenya Drylands Livestock Development Program

KDSCP Kenya Dairy Sector Competitiveness Project

KEBS Kenya Bureau of Standards

KENIA Kenya National Innovation Agency

KFIE Kenya Feed the Future Innovation Engine

KHCP Kenya Horticulture Competitiveness Project

KIPI Kenya Industrial Property Institute

M&E Monitoring and Evaluation

NCST National Council for Science and Technology

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

PROLINNOVA Promoting Local Innovation

SA2 Semi-Arid Zone 2

SEUCO South Eastern University College

SME Small and Medium Enterprise

SOW Statement of Work

STTA Short-Term Technical Assistance

US United States

USAID United States Agency for International Development

WAIA Week on Agricultural Innovations in Africa



I. INTRODUCTION

Land O’Lakes, Inc. - International Development Division is implementing the Kenya Feed the Future

Innovation Engine (KFIE) under a hybrid fixed-price contract with the United States Agency for

International Development (USAID) Kenya Mission, awarded on 18th May 2012 for an initial three-

year period.

The KFIE contract requires Land O’Lakes to submit quarterly progress reports to USAID. This

report describes the implementation progress made towards rolling out KFIE during its fourth

calendar quarter period (1st January to 31st March 2013) following contract signature.

The overarching goal for KFIE is to harness innovation for cutting-edge results through private

sector-oriented strategies to generate significant measurable increases in household income and/or

nutrition through efforts in selected agricultural value chains - horticulture (fruits and vegetables),

maize, ruminant livestock (dairy and non-dairy) as well as staple food crops including cassava, millet,

pulses, sorghum and sweet potato.

KFIE serves as a mechanism by which innovations that support food security and

nutrition are proactively sought, incubated and scaled up for widespread impact,

particularly across target populations within the Kenya Feed the Future (FTF) focus

regions - High Rainfall Zone 1 (HR1), Semi-Arid Zone 2 (SA2) as well as the arid

counties of Garissa, Isiolo, Marsabit, Turkana and Wajir.

KFIE supports innovations through various stages from “proof of concept” (Stage 1) through “pilot

roll-out” (Stage 2) to “transition to scale-up” (Stage 3). At each stage in the innovation process,

independent review will be undertaken to verify outcomes and test reliability of results,

incorporating randomized control trial methodologies as appropriate.

Following several months of extensive stakeholder engagement within Kenya and further afield, KFIE

initiated its first solicitation wave in conjunction with the USAID/Kenya Horticulture

Competitiveness Project (KHCP) in March 2013.

This notwithstanding, owing to previous delays in determination of definitive next steps for KFIE by

USAID, several programmatic elements - particularly those activities relating to selection of

promising innovations as well as subsequent coaching/mentoring and evidence-based testing - remain

several months behind schedule. This situation is, however, expected to progressively improve and

eventually stabilize over the coming months.

II. PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

1I.1 Personnel

KFIE now has a fully constituted key personnel team after successful conclusion of a recruitment

process to fill the vacant Engagement Manager position arising from the voluntary resignation of

Carlo Chege at the end of November 2012. In this regard, USAID approval was sought and granted

for Vincent Bii to join the KFIE team from the USAID/Kenya Drylands Livestock Development

Program (KDLDP) at the beginning of March.

Sylvia Maina

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I1.2 Sub-Contractors

KFIE continues to maintain strong relationships with its lead implementation partners, Dalberg

Global Development Advisors and IDEO.org. To date, both partners have been instrumental in

contributing towards development of key contractual deliverables - notably the Innovation

Measurement Scale (IMS) stage progression criteria as well as the program website.

KFIE convened its second quarterly tripartite partner meeting with Dalberg and IDEO.org in early

February, in addition to engaging with each sub-contractor on an individual basis through check-in

meetings to map out mutual tasks and activities for the near future.

Additionally, Angela Hansen - Director of Dalberg’s Agriculture and Food Security practice based in

Johannesburg - was formally introduced to the USAID Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)

for KFIE in mid-February during a visit to Nairobi.

1I.3 Work Planning

Owing to previous delays in determination of definitive next steps for KFIE by USAID, several

programmatic elements - particularly those activities relating to selection of promising innovations

as well as subsequent coaching/mentoring and evidence-based testing - remain several months

behind schedule.

This situation is expected to progressively improve over the coming months, following initiation of

KFIE’s first solicitation wave in March. Additionally, the program team will continue to review the

current annual work plan to positively reconciling variations arising from this delay, as well as

modified program implementation circumstances.

III. SELECTING PROMISING INNOVATIONS

III.1 Innovation Pipeline Building

KFIE’s extensive outreach and stakeholder engagement efforts to date have resulted in the

development of a robust pipeline of innovation prospects that are expected to convert in due

course into applications for KFIE support, as further detailed in the innovation radar screen in

Appendix A. Regularly refreshed versions of this radar screen will be incorporated in KFIE’s regular

reporting to USAID. The radar screen will also inform and guide onward stakeholder engagement in

an efficient manner.

As part of its onward opportunity pipeline development, KFIE anticipates undertaking one or two

selected "deep dive" analyses each quarter on particularly interesting radar screen prospects to

establish the nature of onward engagement that KFIE may have with the innovations and innovators

in question if selected for award, in advance of actual applications for funding support and technical

assistance being received. These deep dives would typically entail detailed desk research as well as in

situ visits, facilitating initial fact-finding towards eventual construction of feature and success stories.

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III.2 Innovation Solicitation, Appraisal and Selection

Following several months of extensive stakeholder engagement within Kenya and further afield, KFIE

initiated its first solicitation wave in conjunction with KHCP in mid-March.

This call, focusing on the horticulture value chain, has been extensively marketed through print and

online media, targeted mailing lists and well as the Feed the Future newsletter. KFIE also employed its

extensive network of partners - including Dalberg, IDEO.org and the USAID/Kenya FTF

Communications Working Group - to reach out to agricultural and nutrition innovators within

Kenya and internationally. Initial applications in response to this solicitation wave were due by mid-

April.

After appraisal by the Innovation Screening Team (IST), shortlisted applicants will be invited to

submit in depth proposals and will receive associated support through a proposal development

seminar in June. It is expected that the first cohort of award recipients will be determined by KFIE’s

Investment Advisory Committee and USAID before the end of July, with the lessons learned from

the initial Request for Applications informing subsequent solicitation rounds.

Table 1: Indicative Schedule for KFIE-KHCP Innovation Solicitation and Appraisal

ACTIVITY

2013 TIMELINE

Launch of Request for Applications

March

Submission of innovation concept notes

IST screening of concept notes

April

Notification of shortlisted concept note applicants

May

Innovation proposal development seminar and clinics

Submission of in-depth innovation proposals

June

In-person pitches by shortlisted applicants to IAC

IAC award determination and recommendations to

USAID

July

Due diligence and award finalization

(technical assistance needs determination, rigorous

assessment design, USAID decision-making, etc.)

July - August



By the end of the 2013 calendar year, KFIE expects have selected at least 18 innovations to receive

over $3 million of grant funding and short-term technical assistance (STTA) at 3 tiers as follows:

Stage 1 - Proof of Concept

Fourteen innovations each receiving on average grant funding of $50,000 and STTA worth

$25,000

Stage 2 - Pilot Roll-out

Three innovations each receiving funding support of $300,000 and STTA worth $100,000

Stage 3 - Transition to Scale

One innovation receiving funding support of $750,000 and STTA worth $150,000

IV. COACHING AND CULTIVATING SELECTED

INNOVATIONS

Alongside its initial innovation solicitation and selection process over the next quarter, KFIE will

develop a comprehensive roster of potential providers of short-term technical assistance (STTA)

and advisory support. This roster will include internal resource persons from within Land O’Lakes,

Dalberg and IDEO.org in addition to third-party service providers.

The KFIE STTA roster, which will be regularly updated and shared with USAID, will be categorized

based on the type of STTA services provided by the individuals or organizations in question, fee

structure and the referral process that can be used for procuring different STTA interventions.

In implementing STTA ordering, KFIE will work to meet the objectives and aspirations of the USAID

FORWARD procurement principles by supporting and strengthening local Kenyan program delivery

partners as much as possible.

Additionally, shortlisted KFIE finalists and successful innovators will be supported collectively as a

community of practice by KFIE and its implementing partners. KFIE, together with Dalberg and

IDEO.org, will work with this community and other stakeholders to foster learning, collaboration

and shared best practice approaches. In particular, the KFIE website will leverage IDEO.org’s Human

Centered Design (HCD) Connect online platform as a tool for networking, learning and promotion

by highlighting exciting agricultural and nutrition innovations, partnerships and successes.

V. APPLYING EVIDENCE-BASED TESTING TO

DETERMINE STAGE PROGRESSION

Once the initial cohort of KFIE award recipients has been determined, requisite reporting systems

and metrics for monitoring and evaluation (M&E) will be instituted for the duration of respective

award periods.

Award recipients will be required to report on core indicators that are relevant to their work on a

quarterly basis. The KFIE program team will track progress via quarterly collection of these

indicators as well as periodic site visitation to each award recipient. In particular, KFIE will collect



gender-disaggregated data in addition to monitoring gender and youth impacts of all supported

innovations.

Meanwhile, the KFIE program team continues to work with Dalberg, in consultation with USAID, to

finalize criteria for innovation stage progression and eventual graduation.

VI. LEVERAGING USAID RESOURCES WITH OTHER

PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RESOURCES TO GROW

INNOVATIONS TO SCALE

Further to its acceptance for membership of the East African chapter of the Aspen Network of

Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) at the end of 2012, KFIE is presently under consideration to

join the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) as an additional step towards exploring channels

for leveraging USAID resources with other public and private resources to grow innovations to

scale.

Towards catalyzing and supporting agricultural and nutrition innovation in Kenya, significant progress

has been made in exploring potential co-investment and cross-referral cooperation with the Global

Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Marketplace for Nutritious Foods, which is set to be

implemented in Kenya from May this year.

Following the conclusion of a letter of collaborative intent between KFIE and GAIN in December

2012, recent bilateral meetings have deliberated on the possibilities of parallel funding and resource

optimization through joint outreach, innovation appraisal, due diligence, technical assistance support

as well as monitoring and evaluation. It has, however, been noted that such arrangements would

need to take cognizance the respective financing, administrative and accountability/governance

structures of KFIE and GAIN, alongside their common objective to catalyze and support agricultural

and nutrition innovation in Kenya.

VII. BENEFITING KENYAN INSTITUTIONS BY

CULTIVATING AND BROADLY DISSEMINATING

INNOVATIVE PRACTICES

VII.1 Stakeholder Relationship Building

Over the past quarter, KFIE representatives attended and actively participated in several stakeholder

events as follows:

a) USAID-related

USAID/KHCP and Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) business

forum: 24th January



USAID Partners’ Town Hall Meeting: 30th January

Kenya FTF Communications Working Group meetings: 7th February and 14th March

Agriculture, Business and Environment Office (ABEO) Chiefs of Party/Program

Managers’ Monthly: 8th February and 15th March

b) Third-party organized

Columbia Global Centers for Africa launch: 14th January

East Africa Climate Innovation Network conference: 17th - 18th January

Nation Media Group “The Next Big Thing” business enterprise pitch event: 20th February

Horticulture Practical Training Center (PTC) launch - 26th February

m:lab East Africa launch event for Pivot East business plan competition: 12th March

In line with KFIE’s exploration of avenues through which to incorporate grassroots innovation within

its pipeline building, and further to an initial SA2 field visit to Makueni and Taita Taveta counties at

the end of 2012, the KFIE team visited Nzangathi in Kitui county for on-site interaction with

smallholder farmers that are using an aflatoxin control device developed by Michael Makuthu, a local

grassroots innovator. This innovation users’ forum was also attended by the Nzambani Deputy

District Agricultural Officer, Cyrus Muli.

Above: Grassroots innovator Michael Makuthu demonstrates his aflatoxin control

device

Makuthu has been widely featured in the Kenyan print media over the past year, with his innovation

being showcased by the National Council for Science and Technology (NCST) at several national



shows of the Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK). This aflatoxin control device has elicited interest

from KFIE as it is user-led and has already achieved local-level adoption by a significant number of

farmers. Makuthu has already filed for intellectual property protection at the Kenya Industrial

Property Institute (KIPI) - the national patent and trade mark office - and has sought guidance on

product standardization from the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).

The innovation, however, requires efficacy validation and may be a candidate for design

improvement - presenting a potential window for KFIE to employ IDEO.org's HCD approach - as

well as commercialization partner identification prior to exploring possible wider use, mass

production and scale up. The latter activity could present a potential opportunity for collaborative

partnership between KFIE and the Storage and Drying for Aflatoxin Prevention (AflaSTOP) initiative.

While in the SA2 zone, members of the KFIE team were also able to visit the following organizations

in Kitui and Machakos counties:

Kitui county

Chuluni Horticultural Enterprise - Nzambani

Kitui Development Center - Kitui

South Eastern University College (SEUCO) - Kwa Vonza

Machakos county

Dryland Seed Company - Machakos

Operation Mwolyo Out - Yatta

In the forthcoming quarter, KFIE will build and strengthen its networks of key stakeholders and

strategic partners within both public and private sectors, with a key consideration being

implementation of the USAID FORWARD principles to support and strengthen local Kenyan

program delivery partners as much as possible.

Towards stronger embedding of farmer-led innovation with KFIE program implementation activities,

KFIE is currently working out modalities towards sponsorship of the forthcoming Eastern Africa

Farmer-Led Innovation Fair (EAFIF) to be held in Nairobi on Tuesday 28th and Wednesday 29th May

this year, as part of the Week on Agricultural Innovations in Africa (WAIA) from 25th to 31st May.

To date, KFIE has participated as a member of the EAFIF Steering Committee through Pauline

Mugendi (Agricultural Innovation Specialist).

Following recent discussions with representatives from the Kenya chapter of the Prolinnova

(PROmoting Local INNOVAtion in ecologically oriented agriculture and resource management)

international network, KFIE has agreed in principle to support the EAFIF’s documentation of farmer-

led innovations and proposes to utilize program budget allocations previously designated for



convening an Innovation Stakeholders Forum ($15,000) in mid-2012 as well as a Solution Seeking

Event ($5,000) in early 2013.

Additionally, KFIE is considering a number of mechanisms to cultivate and broadly disseminate

innovative practices within the FTF zones of influence in Kenya. As an initial step towards road-

testing county-level engagement, KFIE plans to convene several inter-county agriculture innovation

forums from July this year, using a regional cluster approach. These forums are likely to be organized

in conjunction with other programs under the aegis of the USAID/Kenya ABEO, the Agricultural

Sector Coordination Unit (ASCU), the soon-to-be-established Kenya National Innovation Agency

(KENIA), local higher education institutions as well as existing regional development authorities.

VII.2 Communication Strategy

During the past quarter, a Communications Specialist from Land O’Lakes - International

Development headquarters communications team - Sarah Leppert - travelled to Kenya and provided

communications orientation to the KFIE program team.

Over this period, KFIE was also able to launch its website as an online source of program-related

information as well as a means of announcing and managing its initial innovation solicitation

announced in March.

In the near future, the website will also offer a platform for exchange amongst agriculture and

nutrition innovators, in addition to showcasing innovations under development in furtherance of FTF

goals.

Additionally, the KFIE program team will prepare and disseminate initial public information products

on the program to include regular bulletins and newsletters and feature stories, amongst others.

KFIE is also working in conjunction with other members of the USAID/Kenya FTF Communications

Working Group to use the media in creating broader awareness and understanding regarding FTF

initiatives in Kenya, other African countries and internationally.

VIII. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Fiscal Year Billing Summary - Previous, Current and Projected Billing

Current Obligation $ 2,304,666

Cumulative Billing $ 1,598,514

Previously Billed

Projected Billing

To Date

FY2013 - Q3 FY2013 - Q4

CLIN 001

$1,598,514 $458,832 $458,832



CLIN 002

- - -

CLIN 003

- - $200,000

CLIN 004

- - $250,000

Total

$1,598,514 $458,832 $908,832

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VIII. APPENDIX A: KFIE INNOVATION RADAR SCREEN, FEBRUARY 2013

PROPONENT

ENTITY TYPE INNOVATION CHAMPION INNOVATION SOURCE OF OPPORTUNITY

1 African Agricultural Technology

Foundation

http://www.aatf-africa.org

Non-profit organization -

African

Dr. Francis Nang’ayo Regulatory Affairs Manager

Aflatoxin biological control

Engagement by the Innovation Engine

2 Dr. Gospel Omanya

Seeds Systems Manager

Striga control

3 African Boreholes Initiative Limited

http://www.africanboreholes.com

Social enterprise - Kenyan Ruto Lyoba

Executive Director

Organic farmers’ kit Referral from African Diaspora

Marketplace

4 African Diatomite Industries Limited

http://www.adilkenya.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Philip Chesang

Product & Business Development

Manager

Diatomite grain preservative Engagement by the Innovation Engine

5 AgDevCo

http://www.agdevco.com

Social venture capital group -

British

Chris Isaac

Executive Director, Business

Development

Public private partnership for fresh

produce wholesale market


6 Agrochemical and Food Company

Limited

http://www.acfc.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Caleb Oguya

Marketing Manager

Bio-fertilizer from sugarcane molasses Print media (Business Daily)

7 Akili Holdings Limited

http://www.akiliholdings.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Haron Wachira

Managing Director

Smallholder farmer mobilization

model

Referral from Ashoka

8 All Grain Company Limited

http://www.allgrainkenya.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Joseph Wanyeki Director

Pre-cooked grain food products Print media (Business Daily)

9 AMS International Business enterprise - Kenyan Humphrey Wattanga

Group Advisor: Strategy & Investments

Post-harvest financing (reverse

factoring, futures and options)


10 Aviva Africa Limited

http://www.aviva-africa.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Prof. Karwitha Kiugu

Managing Director

Phytonutrient formulations Referral from Enablis East Africa

http://www.aatf-africa.org/

http://www.africanboreholes.com/

http://www.adilkenya.com/

http://www.agdevco.com/

http://www.acfc.co.ke/

http://www.akiliholdings.co.ke/

http://www.allgrainkenya.com/

http://www.aviva-africa.com/

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PROPONENT


11 Babford & Company, Inc.

http://www.babford.com

Business enterprise -

American/Kenyan

Jerry Okoko

Chief Executive Officer

Agro-processing industrial park

powered by direct use of geothermal energy

Engagement by the Innovation

Engine

12 Boundless Horizons Limited

http://www.boundlesshorizons.co.uk

Business enterprise - British Alexander Bushell

Managing Director

Mobile germination and seedling

plant factory (Solar Grow 1)

Print media (The Standard)

13 Brazafric Enterprises Limited

http://www.brazafric.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Marcos Brandalise

Managing Director

Farmer one-stop-shop Engagement by the Innovation

Engine

14 Centre for Sustainable Development

Initiatives

http://www.cdsikenya.org


Kenyan

Abdi Zeila

Head of Programmes

Animal feed from Prosopis juliflora Referral from Kenya Climate

Innovation Center

15 Chase Bank (Kenya) Limited

http://www.chasebank.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Kathleen Goense

Head of Agribusiness

Integrated agribusiness financing

(Chase Kilimo)


Engine

16 Ches Dairies Limited

http://www.chesdairies.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Kim Martin

Managing Director

Packaged mursik

(sour blackened traditional milk)


Engine

17 Christian Impact Mission

http://www.christianimpactmissions.org


Kenyan

Titus Masika

Director

Community mobilization and

transformation program

(Operation Mwolyo Out)


Engine

18 City Farming Limited

http://www.cityfarm.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Martin Gathii

Managing Director

Ground and foliar applied fertilizers Direct enquiry

19 Compatible Technology International

http://www.compatibletechnology.org


American

Roger Salway

Executive Director

Groundnut harvester and stripper Referral from Land O’Lakes

20 Crop Nutrition Laboratory Services

Limited

http://www.cropnuts.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Jeremy Cordingley

Managing Director

Soil testing for smallholder farmers

(Daktari wa udongo)


Engine

http://www.babford.com/

http://www.boundlesshorizons.co.uk/

http://www.brazafric.co.ke/

http://www.cdsikenya.org/

http://www.chasebank.co.ke/

http://www.chesdairies.com/

http://www.christianimpactmissions.org/

http://www.cityfarm.co.ke/

http://www.compatibletechnology.org/

http://www.cropnuts.com/

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PROPONENT


21

Diagnostics for All

http://www.dfa.org


American

Sidai Africa Limited Bovine pregnancy and heat detection

test


22 ACDI-VOCA Aflatoxin detection test

23 Dunga Spirulina

http://www.dungaspirulina.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Jagpal Sandhu

Director

Dunga Spirulina Engagement by the Innovation Engine

24 East Africa Dairy Development

http://www.heifer.org/eadd


Kenya

Jane Maindi

Project Manager

Stackable milk transport container Referral from USAID/KDSCP

25 Edom Nutritional Solutions Business enterprise - Kenyan Winstone Odhiambo

Managing Partner

Fortified staple flours Engagement by the Innovation Engine

26 Eldoville Farm Limited

http://www.eldoville.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Lucy Karuga

Managing Director

Whey drink Referral from USAID/KDSCP

27 Esoko Limited

http://www.esoko.com


Ghanaian

Laura Drewett

Partner Director

Technology-based agricultural market

information system

Referral from Land O’Lakes

28 Ezzzy Breezy

http://www.ezzzybreezy.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Jane Owinga

Director

Infant weaning foods Engagement by the Innovation Engine

29 Farm Concern International

http://www.farmconcern.org


Kenyan

Mumbi Kimathi

Regional Programs Director

Commercial Villages Model Engagement by the Innovation Engine

30 Farm Link Africa

http://farmlinkafrica.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Mwangi Mbuguiro

Director

Motorcycle-operated irrigation pump Print media (Business Daily)

http://www.dfa.org/

http://www.dungaspirulina.com/

http://www.heifer.org/eadd

http://www.eldoville.co.ke/

http://www.esoko.com/

http://www.ezzzybreezy.com/

http://www.farmconcern.org/

http://farmlinkafrica.com/

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PROPONENT


31 Farm Radio International

http://www.farmradio.org


Canadian

Gizaw Shibru

Director of Operations, Africa

Farmers’ participatory radio campaign Engagement by the Innovation Engine

32 Farmchem Kenya Limited

http://www.farmchemafrica.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Charles Mulinge

Managing Director

Farmer customers’ club

(Angaza Mkulima)


33 FarmShop Trust

http://www.farmshop.co.ke

Social enterprise - Kenyan Paul Gachie

Managing Director

Agrodealer franchise network Engagement by the Innovation Engine

34 FibreLink Communications Limited

http://www.fibrelinks.net

Business enterprise - Kenyan Jane Gidali

Marketing Manager

SMS agricultural extension service

platform

Print media (Business Daily)

35 First Access Tanzania Limited

http://www.first-access.org


American/Tanzanian

Nicole Stubbs


Traceable financial records Referral from IFC SME Solutions

Center

36 Fleckvieh Genetics (E.A.) Limited

http://www.fleckviehgeneticsea.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Dr. Anthony Gichohi

General Manager

Dual purpose (beef and dairy) bovine

genetics

Referral from responsAbility Africa

37 GrainPro, Inc.

http://www.grainpro.com


American

Badi Malaudi

Regional Manager, East Africa

Livestock silage bags Engagement by the Innovation Engine

38 Grameen Foundation

http://www.grameenfoundation.org


American

Erin Connor

Kenya Country Director

Community Knowledge Worker

initiative


39 Green Dreams Tech Limited

http://www.greendreams.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Su Kahumbu-Stephanou

Director

iCow mobile phone cow calendar Referral by USAID/FIRM

40 Greenmash

http://www.greenmash.com

Business enterprise - British Andrew Wyborn


mAgri value added services Engagement by the Innovation Engine

http://www.farmradio.org/

http://www.farmchemafrica.com/

http://www.farmshop.co.ke/

http://www.fibrelinks.net/

http://www.first-access.org/

http://www.fleckviehgeneticsea.com/

http://www.grainpro.com/

http://www.grameenfoundation.org/

http://www.greendreams.co.ke/

http://www.greenmash.com/

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PROPONENT


41 Gro Ventures

http://www.gro-ventures.com

Business enterprise - East

African

Sara Menker


Agricultural commodity market

intelligence platform


42 Guliyo Limited Business enterprise - Kenyan Githuku Mwangi


Farmer’s payslip Direct enquiry

43 Hardi Kenya Limited

http://www.hardi.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Walter Ngano

Operations Manager

Pesticide application academy Engagement by the Innovation Engine

44

Horticulture CRSP - Regional Center

for Innovation, East Africa

http://hortcrsp.ucdavis.edu

Higher education/research

institution - International

To be advised The CoolBot

Engagement by the Innovation Engine 45 To be advised Pest-exclusion nets

46 To be advised Zeolite dessicant beads for saving

seeds

47 Hottiserve E.A. Limited Business enterprise - Kenyan Grace Luballo

Director

Export of horticultural produce to

non-traditional export markets


48 Hyaquip Kenya Limited

http://www.hyaquipinc.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Simon Mwaura


Organic fertilizer from water hyacinth Print media (The Standard)

49 Indicus Limited

http://www.indicus.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Tim Chesire

Managing Director

Bull station and artificial insemination

academy


50 Ingoma Talent Management

http://www.ingoma.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Robert Kamanzi


Music production Engagement by the Innovation Engine

http://www.gro-ventures.com/

http://www.hardi.co.ke/

http://hortcrsp.ucdavis.edu/

http://www.hyaquipinc.com/

http://www.indicus.co.ke/

http://www.ingoma.co.ke/

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PROPONENT


51 International Centre of Insect

Physiology and Ecology

http://www.icipe.org



Dr. Rajinder Saini

Principal Scientist

Tsetse fly repellent for livestock Engagement by the Innovation Engine

52 International Livestock Research

Institute

http://www.ilri.org



Dr. Andrew Mude

Economist: People, Livestock & the

Environment

Index based livestock insurance Engagement by the Innovation Engine

53 International Maize and Wheat

Improvement Center

http://www.cimmyt.org



Tadele Tefera

Post-Harvest Entomologist

Household grain silo Engagement by the Innovation Engine

54 International Potato Center

http://www.cipotato.org



Dr. Jan Low

Leader, Sweetpotato for Profit &

Health Initiative

Orange-fleshed sweet potato super

foods


55 Jamii Bora Bank Limited

http://www.jamiiborabank.co.ke

Financial institution - Kenyan

Lydiah Saina

Head, SME & Agribusiness

Agricultural banking model Engagement by the Innovation Engine

56

Jomo Kenyatta University of

Agriculture and Technology

http://www.jkuat.ac.ke


institution - Kenyan

Prof. Christine Onyango

Associate Professor, Food Science &

Technology

Instant breakfast cereals from

optimized flours of pearl millet,

red and white sorghum

Referral from FARA UniBRAIN

57 Prof. Mary Abukutsa-Onyango

Professor of Horticulture

African leafy vegetables seed

production


58 Juhudi Kilimo

http://www.juhudikilimo.com

Social enterprise - Kenyan Nat Robinson


Agro-asset financing (micro-leasing) Referral from IDEO.org

59 Kentainers Limited

http://www.kentainers.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Paul Madoc Special Projects Manager

On-farm grain storage Engagement by the Innovation Engine

60 Kenze Enterprises Limited

Business enterprise - Kenyan Julius Nzau

Managing Director

Fruit wine processing Engagement by the Innovation Engine

http://www.icipe.org/

http://www.ilri.org/

http://www.cimmyt.org/

http://www.cipotato.org/

http://www.jamiiborabank.co.ke/

http://www.jkuat.ac.ke/

http://www.juhudikilimo.com/

http://www.kentainers.com/

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PROPONENT


61 Kenya Agricultural Commodity

Exchange

http://www.kacekenya.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Dr. Adrian Mukhebi

Chairman

Market information and linkage

system

Referral from Ashoka

62

Kenya Agricultural Research Institute

http://www.kari.org

Higher education/research institution - Kenyan

Alfred Micheni

Agronomist

High-yielding bean variety Print media (Sunday Nation)

63 Dr. Lusike Wasilwa

Assistant Director, Horticulture and Industrial Crops

Guava nutri-snack Engagement by the Innovation Engine

64 Kenya Biologics Limited

http://www.kenyabiologics.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Dr. Nikolai van Beek

Managing Director

Biological pest control products for

horticulture


65 Kenya Horticultural Exporters (1977)

Limited

http://www.khekenya.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Apollo Owuor

Head of Agronomy

Integrated mobile platform to

manage smallholder outgrower

schemes (FarmForce)


66 Kenya Promotion & Marketing

Company (H) Limited

http://www.kpmcholdings.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Bilha Maina

Director

Village commodity aggregation

centers

Referral from Land O’Lakes

67

Kenya Red Cross

http://www.kenyaredcross.org


Kenyan

Michael Mutevu

Disaster Preparedness Manager

In-stream hydro-kinetic turbine


68 Dr. Eric Mworia

Food Security Manager

Arid horticulture shade netting

69 Kibidav Limited

http://www.toggskenya.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Mugo Njeru

General Manager

Toggs goat dairy products Engagement by the Innovation Engine

70 KickStart

http://www.kickstart.org


American

Alexandre de Carvalho

Managing Director

Deep lift pump Referral from Land O’Lakes

http://www.kacekenya.co.ke/

http://www.kari.org/

http://www.kenyabiologics.com/

http://www.khekenya.com/

http://www.kpmcholdings.com/

http://www.kenyaredcross.org/

http://www.toggskenya.com/

http://www.kickstart.org/

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PROPONENT


71 KOMAZA

http://www.komaza.org

Social enterprise - American Tevis Howard


Micro-forestry Referral from IDEO.org

72 Latte Box

http://www.lattebox.net

Business enterprise - Kenyan Antonio Magnaghi Director

Milk dispenser Referral from KDSCP

73 Lukenya College Higher education/research


Martha Mulwa

Director

Horticultural farmer field school Engagement by the Innovation Engine

74 Maa-Bara

http://www.maabara.org

Social enterprise - American Runo Okiomah


Aquaponics Referral from MIT Ideas Global

Challenge

75 Makueni Women’s Nutribusiness

Group


Kenyan

To be advised Fortified staple flours Referral from USAID/KARI programs

76 Michael Wambua Makuthu Individual innovator - Kenyan Michael Wambua Makuthu Anti-aflatoxin and grain preservation

apparatus


77 Maseno University

http://www.maseno.ac.ke



Prof. Mathews Dida

Plant Breeder

Maize and finger millet varieties Engagement by the Innovation Engine

78 Mavuuno Greenhouses

http://www.mavuunogreenhouses.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Dr. Wanjiru Kamau

Director

Entry-level greenhouse Engagement by the Innovation Engine

79 Medea Group Limited

http://www.backpackfarm.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Rachel Zedeck

Managing Director

Backpack Farm Engagement by the Innovation Engine

80 M-Farm Limited

http://www.mfarm.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Jamila Abass


m-agriculture trading platform Engagement by the Innovation Engine

http://www.komaza.org/

http://www.lattebox.net/

http://www.maabara.org/

http://www.maseno.ac.ke/

http://www.mavuunogreenhouses.com/

http://www.backpackfarm.com/

http://www.mfarm.co.ke/

19



PROPONENT


81 Midlands Limited Business enterprise - Kenyan Junghae Wainaina

Chairman

Dehydrated vegetable processing Engagement by the Innovation Engine

82 Mobipay (K) Limited

http://www.mobipay.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Charles Kiinde

Project Manager

Agrilife farmer financial identity

system


83 MolaPlus Limited

http://www.molaplus.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Henry Ambwere

Managing Director

Enriched livestock feed formulation Referral from USAID/KDSCP

84 M-Shamba

http://www.mshambamobile.net

Business enterprise - Kenyan Gordon Owiti

Application Developer

M-Shamba - Kilimo Mkononi Referral from Safaricom AppStar

Challenge

85 National Museums of Kenya

http://www.kari.org/kenya_pollination



Dr. Wanja Kinuthia

Coordinator, Kenya Pollination

Information Network

Crop pollination service Engagement by the Innovation Engine

86 Nyangorora Banana Processors Business enterprise - Kenyan Jared Omiso

Chairman

Banana flour Engagement by the Innovation Engine

87 One Acre Fund

http://www.oneacrefund.org


American

Jessica Gamburg

Business Development Manager

Smallholder network franchise Engagement by the Innovation Engine

88 Pamoja Media Africa

http://www.pamojamedia.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Joshua Wanyama

Executive Director

Ukulima.net agriculture information

m-platform


89 Quest Agriculture Limited

http://www.questagriculture.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Alice Mbithi

Business Development Agronomist

Integrated inputs, technical assistance

and markets model for smallholders


90 Rainmaker Limited

http://www.ericwainaina.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Eric Wainaina

Director

Music production Engagement by the Innovation Engine

http://www.mobipay.co.ke/

http://www.molaplus.com/

http://www.mshambamobile.net/

http://www.kari.org/kenya_pollination

http://www.oneacrefund.org/

http://www.pamojamedia.com/

http://www.questagriculture.com/

http://www.ericwainaina.com/

20



PROPONENT


91 Real Impact

http://www.realimpact.or.ke


Kenyan

Louise Labuschagne

Program Director

Positive Kitchen Garden Engagement by the Innovation Engine

92 Real IPM Company Limited

http://www.realipm.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Dr. Henry Wainwright


Biological pest control products for

horticulture


93 Rutuba Bio-Agricultural Organic

Fertilizers Limited

http://www.rutuba-organic.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Nelson Kariuki


Organic fertilizer Engagement by the Innovation Engine

94 RVE.SOL

http://www.rvesol.com

Social enterprise - Portuguese Stephen Nakholi

Project Coordinator

Rural village energy hub

(KUDURA)

Referral from Kenya Climate

Innovation Center

95 Sanergy

http://saner.gy

Social enterprise - American Ani Vallabhaneni

Co-Founder

Organic fertilizer Referral from The Eleos Foundation

96 Smart Logistics Solution Limited Business enterprise - Kenyan Rose Mutuku

Managing Director

Community based outgrower

structure


97 SoyAfric Limited

http://soyafricltd.kbo.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan David Muthuri

Business Development Manager

Soybean varieties and processing

technology


98 Stawi Foods and Fruits Limited Business enterprise - Kenyan Eric Muthomi Chief Executive Officer

Banana flour Referral from Enablis East Africa

99 Swisscontact

http://www.swisscontact.co.ke


Swiss

Veronique Su

Regional Director, East Africa

Pastoral camel milk production and

distribution model


100 Takamoto Biogas

http://www.takamotobiogas.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Niraj Varia


Pay-as-you-go biogas Engagement by the Innovation Engine

http://www.realimpact.or.ke/

http://www.realipm.com/

http://www.rutuba-organic.com/

http://www.rvesol.com/

http://saner.gy/

http://soyafricltd.kbo.co.ke/

http://www.swisscontact.co.ke/

http://www.takamotobiogas.com/

21



PROPONENT


101 The Mediae Company

http://www.mediae.org

Business enterprise - British David Campbell

Director

Agriculture TV channel Engagement by the Innovation Engine

102 Vacid Africa

http://www.vacid.or.ke


Kenyan

Lydiah Mokaya

Agribusiness and Value Chains

Specialist

Banana value addition Engagement by the Innovation Engine

103 Vestergaard Frandsen (EA) Limited

http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com

Business enterprise - Swiss Winifred Gathigia

Area Food Security Manager

GrainSack Referral from Land O’Lakes

104 Virtual City Limited

http://www.virtualcity.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan John Waibochi


Value chain data collection and

analysis platform

(Researchr)


105 Wakala Africa Limited

http://www.wakala-africa.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan George Otieno


Dryland vegetable seeds Engagement by the Innovation Engine

106 Wanda Organics Limited

http://www.wandaorganic.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Marion Atieno Moon


Organic fertilizer

Referral from Rockefeller Foundation

107 Well Told Story

http://www.wts.co.ke

Business enterprise - Kenyan Rob Burnet

Director

Agricultural messages for youth

(Shujaaz.FM)


108 Zevan Technologies

http://sokoshambani.wordpress.com

Business enterprise - Kenyan Stephen Kimiri


Sokoshambani produce marketing e-

platform


KFIE innovation candidates

Stage 1 - proof of concept 67

Stage 2 - pilot roll-out 34

Stage 3 - transition to scale 7

http://www.mediae.org/

http://www.vacid.or.ke/

http://www.vestergaard-frandsen.com/

http://www.virtualcity.co.ke/

http://www.wakala-africa.co.ke/

http://www.wandaorganic.com/

http://www.wts.co.ke/

http://sokoshambani.wordpress.com/

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