Innovate UK KTN appoints Gong to support flagship innovation projects in Kenya

Gong has been appointed to provide local PR and communications support for the KTN Global Alliance Africa project from Innovate UK KTN, designed to support small business and local and regional innovation across a range of sectors and to promote long-lasting strategic partnerships between Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and the UK.

The KTN Global Alliance Africa project partners with local groups, including innovation hubs and local governments, to develop wider networks, connecting ideas, people and communities and nurturing local innovation ecosystems through a series of targeted programmes. By helping to scale homegrown solutions to meet local problems, the KTN Global Alliance Africa project aims to accelerate local, homegrown innovation for inclusive economic growth, to create jobs and to reduce poverty. Gong’s role will be to amplify Innovate UK KTN’s work in Kenya, now partnering with the Kenya National Innovation Agency, to increase awareness amongst its key stakeholders including the private sector, government, investors, the innovation community and civil society.

KTN Global Alliance Africa project is a six-year project funded by UK Aid through Innovate UK (GCRF) and FCDO. To learn more, please visit: https://ktn-uk.org/programme/africa/