UNICOM Country · Episode 01 ·
GHANA
University Commercialisation
The commercial engine for Ghana's universities.
Phin Mpofu-Masamba II
Founder & CEO · MARATTO
Adelaide Asante
Head of West Africa Office · UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
On MARATTO™ from Ghana
The commercial engine for Ghana's universities.
Ghana's 2017 Science, Technology and Innovation Policy gave the country a commercialisation mandate. The science is strong. The innovation is real. What stands between the two and the market is a Technology Transfer Office that is funded, staffed, and active. MARATTO is already building it, with active users from 10 Ghanaian universities on the platform. In conversation with Adelaide Asante, we explore how an on-demand knowledge-force gives academic institutions the expertise they need, when they need it.
Learnings will include
- iWhere Ghana's research is stalling, told in platform data.
- iiWhat a fractional, outsourced TTO actually does day to day.
- iiiHow research, ventures and spinouts move through the MARATTO pipeline.
Meet the speakers
Phin Mpofu-Masamba II
Founder & CEO · MARATTO
Phin Mpofu-Masamba II is the Founder and CEO of MARATTO, where the mission is to commercialise African university research and innovation at scale. The vision is bold and simple: every African university, an engine of pr…
Adelaide Asante
Head of West Africa Office · UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Adelaide Asante is a MARATTO Domain Expert in Commercialisation and ESG Funding, and Head of the West Africa Office at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology. She brings 15+ years of building Africa's science, technology,…
Agenda
60 min
- 15 minPresentation on What Ghana's public data is showing about the research and innovation output of its universities — Phin Mpofu-Masamba II
- 20 minFireside Chat with Adelaide Asante
- 25 minOpen-floor Q&A
Who should attend
- Vice-Chancellors, DVCs and university leadership
- TTO heads, research managers, innovation directors
- Faculty and students with research or innovations with commercial potential
- Alumni with a retrospective innovation linked to their alma mater
- Funders and policy actors backing African innovation
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