UNICOM Country · Episode 04 ·
MOROCCO
University Commercialisation
The commercial engine for Morocco's universities.
Phin Mpofu-Masamba II
Founder & CEO · MARATTO
To be announced
On MARATTO™ from Morocco
The commercial engine for Morocco's universities.
Morocco's PACTE ESRI 2030, launched in 2023, is one of the continent's most ambitious higher education reforms, co-funded by a €46 million European Union programme. The science is strong. Moroccan universities produce research at scale, and OMPIC, the national IP office, runs an intellectual property system ranked the highest-performing of any middle-income economy by the US Chamber of Commerce. Yet the operational layer that turns research into commercial outcomes remains thin at faculty and laboratory level.
Learnings will include
- iWhere PACTE ESRI 2030 is changing the game, and where the operational layer is still missing.
- iiWhat a fractional, outsourced TTO does in a country with strong IP frameworks but a research-to-market gap.
- iiiHow Moroccan 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…
To be announced
Agenda
60 min
- 15 minPresentation on What Morocco's public data is showing about the research and innovation output of its universities — Phin Mpofu-Masamba II
- 20 minFireside Chat with the guest
- 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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