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A unified platform that brings together training, assessments, project matching, and capital orchestration — creating a clear pathway from learning to deployed innovation.
Flagship Programs
Our two major programs, building the future of African R&D.
Each flagship program is a structured initiative designed to move the needle on a
specific industry challenge — pairing qualified research providers with
enterprise-grade problems and the capital to see them through.
Ignite — Research Capacity Building Program
Ignite is Thinkng's flagship R&D capacity development programme, a structured 17-week cohort-based training experience for students, early graduates, prospective researchers & junior faculty researchers. Participants build core competencies in research design, methodology, ethics, data analysis, and scientific communication, graduating into Thinkng's curated research talent pool for industry placement.
Grant Value:
September 1, 2026
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September 18, 2026
Solar-Powered Cold Chain Monitoring for Rural Clinics
R&D for low-cost, IoT-enabled sensors designed to monitor the integrity of vaccine and medicine storage in off-grid medical facilities.
Grant Value: $25,000 Equity-Free
January 30, 2026
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February 15, 2026
Opportunities & Calls
Open research challenges, sponsored opportunities, and collaboration programs.
These are active calls for research talent to apply, engage, and contribute to challenges that matter across sectors and borders.
Thinkng Catalyst (Coming Soon)
Catalyst is Thinkng's research procurement programme — connecting registered researchers and research organisations to paid, commercially framed research mandates from African private sector enterprises. Register on the platform to be eligible to bid for Research Calls in your domain when they open.
Start:
December 15, 2026
  End:
February 15, 2027
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