UNICOM Country · Episode 02 ·
KENYA
University Commercialisation
The commercial engine for Kenya's universities.
Leonard Kambona
AI Governance & Digital Sovereignty in Africa
Phin Mpofu-Masamba II
Founder & CEO
MARATTO
On MARATTO™ from Kenya
The commercial engine for Kenya's universities.
Kenya's 2013 Science, Technology and Innovation Act gave the country an explicit innovation mandate, and established the Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) to deliver on it. The science is strong. Kenya sits in Africa's top three for research output. The institutional energy is also strong, with KeNIA's Research-to-Commercialisation programme reaching 14 universities and counting. Yet under 10% of Kenyan research reaches the market, because no single agency can be inside every faculty meeting on every campus. MARATTO is the on-demand operating layer that meets institutions where they are
Learnings will include
- iWhere Kenya's innovation system is delivering, and where it is not yet reaching.
- iiWhat a fractional, outsourced TTO adds to a country that already has a national innovation agency.
- iiiHow Kenyan research, ventures and spinouts move through the MARATTO pipeline.
Meet the speakers
Leonard Kambona
AI Governance & Digital Sovereignty in Africa
Leonard Kambona is a digital economy and AI specialist with two decades of work across 23 countries for institutions including the World Bank, UNCDF, IESC, and DAI. He serves on the Smart Africa Board's Africa AI Council…
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…
Agenda
60 min
- 15 minPresentation on What Kenya's public data is showing about the research and innovation output of its universities — Phin Mpofu-Masamba II
- 20 minFireside Chat with TBC
- 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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