Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026

Top 14 Startup incubators based in Kenya

RevenueBase identified 77 startup incubators headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026 and tracks 668 professional contacts across them, including 95 with verified work emails. Nairobi is the largest hub.

This list covers startup incubators headquartered in Kenya, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
77Companies
668Contacts tracked
95Verified emails
Explore this list → Free signup · no credit card · 500 free credits

The 14 largest startup incubators based in Kenya

Ranked by team size
Top 14 of 77 startup incubators based in Kenya, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to startup incubators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 202651-20077 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“iHub is a place where the brightest young minds can work together in a productive collaborative environment.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5048 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Impact Africa Network is an ecosystem catalytic startup studio in Nairobi, Kenya on a mission to ensure young innovators can access Africa's digital transformation opportunity as…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5045 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Villgro Africa is an incubator and impact investor supporting emerging healthcare businesses in Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 2026n/a42 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Gearbox is an initiative that aims at improving the ecosystem for hardware entrepreneurship by providing flexible working space, shared prototyping facilities, training in…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5Partial evidenceMombasa, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5028 contacts →

Partial evidence

Startup support center in Mombasa, Kenya & Dar, Tanzania providing co-working space, incubation and business seminars for ocean, blue economy startups.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-5013 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Your Launchpad for Entrepreneurial Success”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Driven by our belief that High-Impact Entrepreneurs transform economies, Endeavor is on a mission to build thriving entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging and underserved markets…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Transformational Business Network Africa is an impact-led global movement that supports both early stage and growth stage entrepreneurs to build profitable businesses and make…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-1010 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“SHIELD is an innovation and technology hub that supports young entrepreneurs, students, business owners, and community organizations in rural and urban informal settlements by…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 202611-508 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Ongoza is an accelerator for early-stage high-growth young entrepreneurs in Kenya.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-104 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Our expertise helps startups and ecosystem partners to bridge critical investor-readiness gaps and access the capital needed to grow.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-102 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Duit Technology is a corporate venture studio based in Kenya, focused on supporting and promoting tech startups in Africa.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13Indirect evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-102 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Conceptualized to be an annual event, The 254 Youth Entrepreneurship Awards & Mentorship Program gives young entrepreneurs an opportunity to get recognized for their…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14Partial evidenceNairobi, KenyaHQ checked Sep 22, 20261-101 contacts →

Partial evidence

“We are a research based venture lab, offering interventions that bring African startups to investment quality.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

Showing 14 of 77 startup incubators based in Kenya

See the full list, filter by size, metro and specialty, and get verified emails and direct dials for all 95 reachable decision-makers.

Free signup · no credit card

View the full list →

Startup incubators based in Kenya at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026
14.2%Verified-email coverage
8.7Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
76.6%Largest-city concentration · Nairobi
Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
48
11-50
26
51-200
2
201-500
1

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Kenya, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Kenya, over 77 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among startup incubators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in Kenya whose own description of what they do matches “startup incubators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names startup incubators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among startup incubators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Kenya are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 95 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Startup incubators by metro

  • Startup incubators in Nairobi59

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names startup incubators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many startup incubators are there based in Kenya?

RevenueBase identified 77 startup incubators headquartered in Kenya as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Ihub Nairobi, headquartered in Nairobi, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most startup incubators?

Nairobi leads with 59 headquartered companies, followed by Kakamega (1) and Karatina (1).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 95 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 77 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

Ready to reach these companies? Verified emails and direct dials for all 77 startup incubators based in Kenya. Start with a free account, no credit card.

Download this list →

Related lists

About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.