For Industry
African research institutions produce world-class research. We find the commercial potential and take it to market.
Your R&D capability into African research. The intelligence layer identifies commercial opportunity. Our experts validate it and bring the deal to you.
1M+
Research Publications
Indexed and growing
100K+
Researchers
Across 54 countries
2,300+
Research Institutions
Universities and research bodies
150+
Industry Domains
Mapped to global standards
The Problem
The research exists. The deals don't.
Africa produces a growing volume of globally competitive research across agriculture, renewable energy, health sciences, fintech, materials science, and more. The problem is not output. It is that there is no systematic way for industry to identify which research has commercial potential, connect with the researchers behind it, or structure a deal to licence, co-develop, or acquire the resulting IP.
Universities publish. Journals archive. Commercially viable research sits undiscovered: not because it lacks value, but because nobody is doing the work of identifying, packaging, and presenting it to the market.
MARATTO™ does that work. We sit across 2,300+ research institutions in 54 countries, scoring and filtering research by commercial viability so that industry does not have to read a million publications to find the five that matter for them.
How It Works
We identify. We select. We transact.
Three layers of capability. Each builds on the last.
Discover
The largest searchable index of African research.
1M+ publications indexed from 2,300+ research institutions. Searchable by country, institution, sector, and research theme. Continuously updated via automated data pipelines. This is the raw intelligence layer: comprehensive, current, and continent-wide.
Assess
Not all research is commercially viable. We score it.
Our proprietary TTO Score algorithmically ranks researchers and publications by commercialisation potential. This filters signal from noise, surfacing the research most likely to translate into licencing opportunities, R&D partnerships, or IP acquisition. You see the shortlist, not the slush pile.
Engage
Our experts translate research into commercial conversations.
MARATTO™'s Fractional Domain Experts are MBAs, PhDs, and industry practitioners from across the continent and diaspora. They take the filtered shortlist and do what academics typically cannot: speak industry's language, structure the commercial proposition, and manage the engagement so you do not have to navigate university bureaucracy.
Sector Intelligence
See what's in your sector.
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The Value
Three reasons industry works with us.
R&D Without the Lab
Access cutting-edge African research without building internal research teams or labs. Licence existing IP, co-develop with university researchers, or commission demand-driven research through our research institution network.
Talent Behind the Research
Do not just read the paper. Meet the researcher. MARATTO™ connects you directly to the academics behind commercially promising work, creating a talent pipeline that goes beyond recruitment.
Deals, Not Reports
We do not deliver PowerPoints. We identify commercially viable research, structure the proposition, and broker the engagement between industry and university. The output is a deal, not a document.
The Scale
The index behind the intelligence.
1M+
Research Publications
Indexed and growing
2,300+
Research Institutions
Universities and research bodies
0
Countries covered
The full continent
100K+
Researchers
Across 54 countries
150+
Industry Domains
Mapped to global standards
Live
Continuously updated
Via automated data pipelines
Why MARATTO™
The ecosystem is converging. We are the layer connecting it.
Technology transfer is becoming a continental priority. Kenya has committed $15M to TTO development. Egypt has launched its TICO network. Southern Africa's SARIMA has been building regional TTO capacity for over a decade. The World Bank and World Economic Forum have both identified university-industry collaboration as critical to Africa's economic transformation.
These are independent national and institutional efforts converging on the same conclusion: African research needs a commercial pathway. MARATTO™ is the pan-African layer connecting them, covering both ARIPO and OAPI intellectual property systems across anglophone and francophone Africa.
OpenAlex-sourced intelligence
1M+ publications from verified African research institution sources, continuously synced via automated pipelines.
Proprietary TTO Score
Algorithmic assessment framework ranking researchers and publications by commercialisation potential. You see the shortlist, not the archive.
Fractional Domain Expert network
Senior practitioners spanning the African diaspora, deployed project-by-project against matched university engagements.
Pan-African from day one
2,300+ research institutions. 54 countries. Both ARIPO and OAPI IP systems. Not a country-by-country pilot. A continental operating layer.
Let's find what your sector is missing.
Whether you are exploring R&D partnerships, scouting IP, or looking for the researchers behind the next breakthrough, MARATTO™ can surface what matters to your business. Start with a sector snapshot, or skip straight to a conversation.