TTO-AS-A-SERVICE · FOR AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES
Africa has over 1,500 universities.Fewer than 70 have an established TTO.MARATTOTM is the TTO for the rest.
Everything a TTO does. None of what it costs to build one.
70
With an established TTO today
South Africa alone has 26
90%
Of African university IP goes uncommercialised
$0K+
Annual cost of building a TTO internally
~7 yrs
Avg. time from IP disclosure to deal without a TTO
What We Do
Your University's TTO.
Without the overhead.
MARATTOTM is not just a software platform that helps you run a TTO better. It is your TTO. Powered by AI, operated by specialists, delivered across the continent at a cost any institution can afford.
For the first time, any African university, regardless of size, funding, or location, can have a full-function technology transfer office working on its behalf from day one.
“South Africa stands out as a regional leader in technology transfer and research commercialization… [yet] South African TTOs struggle with limited human and financial resources, a lack of commercialization expertise, and weak links to the private sector.”
Flora Mpanju & Tana Pistorius, Huria Journal, 2026
Intelligent IP disclosure & classification
Patent landscaping & IP portfolio management
Commercialisation pathway generation
Licensing & industry partnership facilitation
Spinout formation & legal templates
Funding & capital matching
Student Venture Track
Council & accreditation reporting
What We Offer
Two tracks. One mission.
Helping universities commercialise their research, student, and alumni innovations.
Tier 01 · VENTURA
VENTURATM
Student Venture Track
A 12-week incubation and accelerator programme delivered to universities as a service. We turn student research into venture-ready companies. We provide the curriculum, mentors, and infrastructure. Your institution gets the spinout pipeline.
From $2,000 per cohort
Designed to be accessible for any institution, at any stage of its innovation journey.
Learn MoreTier 02 · OTTO
OTTOTM
TTO-as-a-Service
Whether you have 1,000 students or 100,000, MARATTO becomes your institution's fully co-branded TTO. IP management, commercialisation and spinout support, handled end-to-end.
Custom pricing for your institution
A fraction of the $200,000+ it costs to build a TTO internally.
Learn MoreBehind the Name
Built on the Mara.
The Maasai Mara is one of the world's great natural systems. Not because of any single species, but because of what happens when millions of individuals follow the same instinct at the same time.
The annual river crossing is the most dangerous moment in the migration. The zebras and wildebeest gather at the bank, hesitate, and then one moves, and everything follows. It is not leadership. It is momentum.
Africa's universities are at that bank. The research is there. The talent is there. What has been missing is the infrastructure to cross.
MARATTOTM is that infrastructure. The moment to advance is now.
“A group of zebras is called a dazzle.
That's not a coincidence.”
Photo: Thomas Fuhrmann / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
University Directory
658 Universities. One Platform.
We have already mapped 658 African universities across 54 countries. Find your institution, claim your profile, and unlock your innovation footprint.
KCA University
Kenya · East Africa
EMSI (Ecole Marocaine des Sciences de l'Ingénieur)
Morocco · North Africa
Bahir Dar University
Ethiopia · East Africa
Université de N'Djamena
Chad · Central Africa
Sohag University
Egypt · North Africa
Université de M'Sila
Algeria · North Africa
Université Kongo
Republic of Congo · Central Africa
Universidade Católica de Moçambique (UCM)
Mozambique · Southern Africa
Université de Saint-Louis
Senegal · West Africa
Each profile shows programme offerings, region, and institution type.
Get Started
Your role. Your profile. Your TTO.
MARATTO™ is building Africa's first shared technology transfer infrastructure. Join as faculty, student, alumni, entrepreneur, investor, or partner and start shaping what innovation looks like on the continent.
Faculty
Surface your research to investors and partners
Student
Explore your institution's innovation ecosystem
Alumni
Showcase your venture or academic output
Entrepreneur
Build ventures on university IP or research
Investor
Discover African university innovation at scale
Partner
Partner with MARATTO™ and universities
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