Build

THE THINKNG PROCESS

Strengthen R&D Talent Pipeline

We transform emerging talent into industry-ready researchers through cohort-based learning, competency evaluation and applied research — building the foundation that makes the entire R&D ecosystem function.

What This Means in Practice

The gap is not in Africa's research talent. It is in how that talent is developed and connected to industry

Most research training on the continent stops at theory. Graduates leave universities equipped with academic knowledge but without the applied skills that private-sector R&D demands. Thinkng changes this by running structured, cohort-based development programs that bridge the gap between academic learning and industry-grade research capability.

Every researcher who enters a Thinkng cohort goes through a structured process: skills mapping, competency assessment, structured learning, and applied project work — before they are matched to any industry challenge. By the time they enter the Match phase, they are assessed, capable, and ready.

How Thinkng Operationalizes Build

Three connected activities that create industry-ready researchers.

Cohort-Based Training

Structured learning programmes designed around real industry research competencies. Cohort 1 runs in Nigeria. The programme is built to run in parallel across sectors and countries as it grows.

Competency Assessment

We assess researchers against a defined set of core competencies — problem solving, critical thinking, information literacy and communication — so that capability is recorded rather than asserted. We are building the assessment instruments that will make those scores consistent and credentialable.

Applied Research Practice

Researchers move directly into structured applied research projects. This hands-on component ensures every researcher has demonstrable output before working on paid industry challenges.

Who Benefits from Build

For researchers, institutions, and the businesses that will eventually hire them.

Students & Research Talent

Gain structured training, real applied project experience, and assessed credentials that open doors to industry-aligned R&D careers.

Research Institutions

Partner with Thinkng to create applied learning pathways that give students real-world R&D experience and strengthen institutional research output.

Private Sector Partners

Access research providers whose capabilities have been assessed, not simply listed — without the cost or risk of building that capacity in-house.

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