Research
CIRMI is an Entrepreneurship Research powerhouse in Africa. Our partnerships with universities, industries, government and communities worldwide give research at CIRMI global reach and impact. CIRMI’s innovations and discoveries are advancing knowledge and improving lives. Entrepreneurship in Africa is an emerging and important research field in science, business, economics, and psychology. Our goal is to help develop this field and improve our understanding of entrepreneurial individuals and organizations in Africa.
Our research takes a psychological perspective and investigates entrepreneurial cognition and decision making. Secondly, our research stream follows a business perspective and tries to understand the behavior of young organizations and factors that contribute to their success. CIRMI is addressing these issues using theoretical and methodological knowledge at the intersection between various disciplines including management, psychology, economics, sociology, and natural sciences, our team is interdisciplinary and composed of researchers with diverse backgrounds and qualifications. – we promote sustainable development through the generation, dissemination, use and mastery of entrepreneurship in Africa. We are on a mission to raise the impact of entrepreneurship research in Africa by bringing deep insights and great design to close the gap between academia and practice. We have global capabilities with a distinctly local feel.
Our research topics include; Entrepreneurial Cognition, International Entrepreneurship focusing on Africa, Entrepreneurship Management in Africa, Entrepreneurial networks & communities
Research Excellence
CIRMI through our global network we have an unrivalled understanding of the cultural nuances needed for any successful international research project. From navigating local data protection legislation to interpreting research findings through a cultural lens, we’ve got it covered. Our research discoveries are hugely influential. They are advancing new knowledge and have led to countless new products, treatments and services.
Thanks to researchers at our two campuses, CIRMI ideas, innovations and discoveries are improving lives around the world.
CIRMI Innovation
CIRMI innovation helps transform bold thinking and new ideas into tangible social and economic impacts. Forge new partnerships. Move breakthrough discoveries from the lab to market and transform your organization. Influence policy and practice. Get the support you need to succeed on your entrepreneurial journey. Innovation development involves making the right connections to ensure that generating new knowledge leads to results that benefit society.
Research Partnerships
Challenges are best tackled together. CIRMI researchers and partners from industry, non-profits, government and communities are finding transformative solutions to issues on local and global scales. These relationships build knowledge, research expertise and infrastructure to tackle issues at every scale, from solving proprietary technical problems to addressing global health, social and environmental challenges.
Commercialization
CIRMI technologies and discoveries discoveries have significant social and economic impacts. They are at the heart of life-altering treatments and game-changing products and services. CIRMI researchers work with industry partners to commercialize research outputs and translate them into impactful treatments, products and services through mutually beneficial agreements. Find out how breakthrough research discoveries can be commercialized and transferred to innovation partners
Knowledge Exchange
Bold thinking and innovative ideas don’t happen in isolation. Knowledge exchange encompasses the many activities designed to drive positive impacts in policy, practice, culture and public dialogue through the sharing and mobilizing of knowledge with communities, government agencies, non-profit organizations and the general public.
At CIRMI we foster a culture of knowledge exchange, where academic knowledge is more accessible, understandable and actionable. To advance this culture we support researchers, students and staff across disciplines to develop skills, engage in meaningful collaborations, communicate research effectively and demonstrate and celebrate the impacts of their works with and within the communities.
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship thrives at CIRMI. The economy of the future is in the hands of the next generation of entrepreneurs. We provide venture creation support that enables CIRMI innovations to thrive. Guided by our mandate of supporting members of the CIRMI community to develop as innovators, entrepreneurship@CIRMI helps to build ventures that positively shape our economy and society.
Support For Researchers
CIRMI helps researchers simplify the complex administrative side of research. We help researchers to attract funding, manage your funds by determining expense eligibility, setting up a research account and transferring research funds. Also, we help with conducting your research by obtaining ethics, compliance and research license documents in Kenya.
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