Your research deserves
to be seen and funded.
Nnyocha helps African researchers access funding, mentorship, and
the visibility needed to take their work from idea to impact.
Why Researchers
Choose NNYOCHA
Quick visibility
Your research profile is seen by funders looking for exactly what you do
Build credibility
A verified Nnyocha profile signals quality to every partner you meet.
Find collaborators
Connect with researchers, mentors, and institutions across the continent.
Track your progress
One dashboard for your projects, milestones, and impact data.
Everything You Need to Move
Your Research Forward
Matched funding
Opportunities matched to your research area and stage
Real visibility
Seen by funders who are actively looking for work like yours.
Mentorship
From experienced researchers and industry practitioners.
Connections
To institutions, collaborators, and partners.
Structured path
For career development within the research ecosystem.
Community
Aggregated impact data across your funded research
From profile to funded, a
clear, supported path
- Create your researcher profile with your work, credentials, and research focus
- Submit your research through our structured application
- Receive expert feedback from our review team, whether or not you progress.
- Get matched with funders and mentors aligned to your work.
FAQs
Nnyocha is a research infrastructure platform that connects African researchers, funders, and mentors through a trusted, structured ecosystem. We make it easier for high-quality research to get discovered, evaluated, and funded.
Nnyocha is open to African researchers at any career stage, institutional and individual funders, experienced mentors, and organisational partners. If you're part of the research ecosystem, there's a place for you here.
Every project submitted to Nnyocha goes through a structured review covering research quality, methodology, impact potential, and fundability. Projects that pass receive a brief matched to relevant funders. Those that don't receive written feedback.
Funders set their mandate and receive a curated pipeline of pre-vetted research opportunities. Capital is deployed through a milestone-based escrow process, with structured reporting at every stage.
Researchers retain full IP ownership. Nnyocha does not claim rights over any submitted or funded research. All commercialisation terms are agreed directly between researcher and funder.
Yes. We work with universities, research institutes, funding consortia, and development organisations. Contact us at hello@nnyocha.com to explore what a partnership could look like.