Programmes
Structured support at every stage of the journey
Five connected programmes take research from first commercial question to pilot, licence, customer, investment and expansion.
Eunoia Explore
Find out what your research could become.
A short commercialisation programme for researchers who want to explore the real-world potential of their work.
Participants will examine:
- The problem their research addresses
- Potential users and customers
- Market opportunities
- Competing solutions
- Intellectual-property considerations
- Possible commercialisation pathways
- What evidence is still required
Outcome
A clear commercialisation assessment and recommended next step.
Eunoia Prove
Move from assumption to market evidence.
Researchers conduct structured conversations with customers, industry partners and users.
Participants will develop:
- A clear customer profile
- A refined value proposition
- Market evidence
- A tested business model
- A competitor map
- A commercialisation roadmap
Outcome
Evidence showing whether the opportunity should be developed, changed, licensed, partnered or stopped.
Eunoia Create
Turn validated research into a credible venture.
Structured support to give a validated opportunity commercial form.
Support includes:
- Team formation
- Product definition
- Prototype planning
- Venture incorporation
- Financial modelling
- Governance
- Brand development
- Website creation
- Pitch preparation
Outcome
A structured, professionally presented venture ready for pilot development.
Eunoia Grow
Secure the first pilot, customer or investment.
The programme supports ventures that have completed initial validation and are ready to enter the market.
Focus areas include:
- Pilot execution
- Sales strategy
- Industry partnerships
- Investment readiness
- Regulatory planning
- Market entry
- Founder leadership
- Venture governance
Outcome
A first pilot, commercial partnership, licence, customer or investment pathway.
Eunoia Advance
Strengthen operations and expand.
For research-based ventures with early traction that are ready to strengthen operations and expand.
Support focuses on:
- Operational systems
- Team and talent growth
- Revenue expansion
- Market expansion
- Partnership scaling
- Governance and reporting
- Follow-on funding
- Long-term impact measurement
Outcome
A venture with stronger operations and a credible path to expansion.
Participation may involve a complete pathway or a programme designed around a specific stage.
Fellowship
Eunoia Researcher-Founder Fellowship
Protected time to turn research into impact.
The Eunoia Fellowship will support selected researchers with:
- A living stipend
- Commercialisation support
- Venture-building guidance
- Mentors
- Industry access
- Product and brand support
- Founder coaching
- Funding preparation
The fellowship is being developed as part of Eunoia's next phase.
Africa's next important venture may already exist as research.
It may be inside a laboratory, a thesis, a hospital, a university department or a researcher's notebook. Eunoia is building the system that helps it move forward.