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ENTERPRERIAL STI UNIVERITY IN
         COMESA REGION




Triple Helix Workshop at Stanford University

                       15th November, 2012 2012

Fred Kong’ong’o
Coordinator STI programme
fkongongo@comesa.int
Comesa - Fred Kongongo
COMESA Membership

• The 19 Member States of COMESA are:
    Burundi
    Burundi         Malawi
                    Malawi
    Comoros
    Comoros         Mauritius
                    Mauritius
    Congo, DR
    Congo, DR       Rwanda
                    Rwanda
    Djibouti
    Djibouti        Seychelles
                    Seychelles
    Egypt
    Egypt           Sudan
                    Sudan
    Eritrea
    Eritrea         Swaziland
                    Swaziland
    Ethiopia
    Ethiopia        Uganda
                    Uganda
    Kenya
    Kenya           Zambia
                    Zambia
    Libya
    Libya           Zimbabwe
                    Zimbabwe
    Madagascar
    Madagascar

                                        3
FACTS AND FIGURES
 79% of Africa’s arable land remains uncultivated–
 20% of the earth’s Land Mass – only 6% are cultivated
 African population has just passed 1 Billion with around 400 Millions of
  Youth
 Enormous Primary Energy sources: Water, hydro, oil/gas, coal, nuclear
 Renewable Energy sources: Solar, wind, geothermal, ocean waves/tides, bio-
  energies
 1 sq km of Africa’s desert receives Energy equiv to 1.5 millions barrels of oil
  per year-1000 times the world’s entire annual energy
 As per today Africa is using < 2 % of its hydro and geothermal power
  potentials
 Africa has rich and varied biological Resources
 The global market value of pharmaceuticals derived from genetic resources is
  estimated at US$75 billion to 150 billion annually;
Source : Mo Ibrahim Foundation, 2011:”African Agriculture: From Meeting Needs To Creating Wealth”, 2011, Revised
                                                                                                      4
    Edition
FACTS YOUTH IN AFRICA (a)




         Africa is the most ‘youthful’ continents of the world
   About 500 Millions of Africa’s population is below the age of 18;
In 2010, Africa is home of 630 Millions of young below the age of 25;
                                                                        5
Importance of STI

• African Political          • Harness and apply STI
  leadership’s                 for sustainable socio-
                               economic development
  recognition of S&T as a
  goal to attain MDGs
  and socio-economic         • Ensure that Africa
                               contributes to the global
  growth-recognised by         pool of scientific
  AU Summit of 2007            knowledge and
                               technological innovations
Development
   Entrepreneurial
University in COMESA
Status
• Most Universities are funded by Government
• Due to funding constraints-created enterprise
  development unit-acquiring businesses
• Some universities created -running
  Businesses through these units
• Most do not office of technology transfer
• Link to Industry –office Industrial relation
  offices for Internship
• ICT- based companies –initiated collaborations
  with Universities –reduce cost- get human
  capital
Entrepreneurship
• Many starts ups in and outside Universities
  due to job shortage
• Some remain informal for a long time due to
  business environment
• Protection to Student’s IP is weak thus link to
  established companies weak
• Entrepreneurship talk in some Universities
• Some Universities have created incubators
• Tech companies promoting entrepreneurship
  through global competitions
Entrepreneurial Universities
• Nokia and Microsoft and Cisco pioneered
  Industry-University collaboration in certain
  countries , Google, HP and IMB have now
  joined
• Local companies are following
• However most Universities do not have a
  structured way of dealing with this
  partnerships
COMESA -
  What are the
Policy priorities ?
Cross border investments                 Designated regional
Infrastructure development               STI Centers of excellence




                        Infrastructure
•Africa inherited education system –designed to produced civil servants

•– Change of mind set and attitude- reform -market focused needed

•Hold VC meeting –collaboration with Africa scholars in Diaspora-share
experience




                    Expand –engineering and science training
                 through South-South, North-South collaboration

          Higher technical education
•COMESA –working to harmonize Intellectual properly
  •PPP + Universities –policy
  •Financial support-creation of Innovation fund-(Kenya,
  Zimbabwe, Ethiopia already have funds-
  •Mechanism to tap into private sector and NGO funding
  •Regional and international collaborations




Policy                                     Creation of
interventions to                           cross-
create                                     border
entrepreneurial                            networks
ecosystem
             Business incubation
Governance
Structured -STI advice at the highest level of Government

STI advisor                                           Created
at all level of                                       COMESA
Government                                            Innovation
                                                      Council



Flagship
products
                                                      Regional
                                                      entreprene
                                                      urial
                                                      ecosystem
Science and
technology
diplomacy

                    Executive leadership
Summery
– Focus harnessing STI for economic development
– Created of Innovation Council –tap eminent STI persons to provide advise on STI
– Innovation wards at National level -regional level to starts 2013
– Capacity building -Executive programme in collaboration with Harvard Kennedy and
  others
– Designated STI regional Centers of Excellence foster regional and international
  collaboration
– Promoting creation of innovation funds National and regional level to support
  entrepreneurial ecosystem
– Promotes of creation of Entrepreneurial Universities-graduate business as well as
  students
     – -Change of attitude -take advantage of the incubation potential of Universities
– Promotion of training of more engineers and scientist - line ministries , private sector
  institutions
– Tap Diaspora talent to contribute to STI development

– Sharing of University Best Practices regarding innovation entrepreneurship and
  commercialization
Key Ministerial decisions
– tapping into Africans in the Diaspora, vast amount of
  knowledge exists among the Diaspora, invite and
  provide a vehicle for supporting STI parks programs;
– Establish offices of Chief Innovation Advisors as well
  as broad cross-sectoral national advisory committees
  to assist harness and provide advice on knowledge
  and innovations that could be diffused into the
  economies.
– STI ministries -work closely with related ministries,
  such as those for infrastructure, Health Agriculture,
  ICT so that these include research and innovation in
  their programmes and allocations.
Key Ministerial decisions
    – Higher education ministers to promote the
      creation of technical universities under other line
      ministries and public corporations. To expand
      engineering and technical training institutions,
•
    – On STI indicators- to add creation of new
      enterprises incubated by universities, clusters and
      science parks could be a good measure of
      progress
Finally

When we aggressively execution
                                 visionary policies




There is no reason for COMESA/Africa
            not to bullish!!
              Thank You

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Comesa - Fred Kongongo

  • 1. ENTERPRERIAL STI UNIVERITY IN COMESA REGION Triple Helix Workshop at Stanford University 15th November, 2012 2012 Fred Kong’ong’o Coordinator STI programme fkongongo@comesa.int
  • 3. COMESA Membership • The 19 Member States of COMESA are: Burundi Burundi Malawi Malawi Comoros Comoros Mauritius Mauritius Congo, DR Congo, DR Rwanda Rwanda Djibouti Djibouti Seychelles Seychelles Egypt Egypt Sudan Sudan Eritrea Eritrea Swaziland Swaziland Ethiopia Ethiopia Uganda Uganda Kenya Kenya Zambia Zambia Libya Libya Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Madagascar Madagascar 3
  • 4. FACTS AND FIGURES  79% of Africa’s arable land remains uncultivated–  20% of the earth’s Land Mass – only 6% are cultivated  African population has just passed 1 Billion with around 400 Millions of Youth  Enormous Primary Energy sources: Water, hydro, oil/gas, coal, nuclear  Renewable Energy sources: Solar, wind, geothermal, ocean waves/tides, bio- energies  1 sq km of Africa’s desert receives Energy equiv to 1.5 millions barrels of oil per year-1000 times the world’s entire annual energy  As per today Africa is using < 2 % of its hydro and geothermal power potentials  Africa has rich and varied biological Resources  The global market value of pharmaceuticals derived from genetic resources is estimated at US$75 billion to 150 billion annually; Source : Mo Ibrahim Foundation, 2011:”African Agriculture: From Meeting Needs To Creating Wealth”, 2011, Revised 4 Edition
  • 5. FACTS YOUTH IN AFRICA (a) Africa is the most ‘youthful’ continents of the world About 500 Millions of Africa’s population is below the age of 18; In 2010, Africa is home of 630 Millions of young below the age of 25; 5
  • 6. Importance of STI • African Political • Harness and apply STI leadership’s for sustainable socio- economic development recognition of S&T as a goal to attain MDGs and socio-economic • Ensure that Africa contributes to the global growth-recognised by pool of scientific AU Summit of 2007 knowledge and technological innovations
  • 7. Development Entrepreneurial University in COMESA
  • 8. Status • Most Universities are funded by Government • Due to funding constraints-created enterprise development unit-acquiring businesses • Some universities created -running Businesses through these units • Most do not office of technology transfer • Link to Industry –office Industrial relation offices for Internship • ICT- based companies –initiated collaborations with Universities –reduce cost- get human capital
  • 9. Entrepreneurship • Many starts ups in and outside Universities due to job shortage • Some remain informal for a long time due to business environment • Protection to Student’s IP is weak thus link to established companies weak • Entrepreneurship talk in some Universities • Some Universities have created incubators • Tech companies promoting entrepreneurship through global competitions
  • 10. Entrepreneurial Universities • Nokia and Microsoft and Cisco pioneered Industry-University collaboration in certain countries , Google, HP and IMB have now joined • Local companies are following • However most Universities do not have a structured way of dealing with this partnerships
  • 11. COMESA - What are the Policy priorities ?
  • 12. Cross border investments Designated regional Infrastructure development STI Centers of excellence Infrastructure
  • 13. •Africa inherited education system –designed to produced civil servants •– Change of mind set and attitude- reform -market focused needed •Hold VC meeting –collaboration with Africa scholars in Diaspora-share experience Expand –engineering and science training through South-South, North-South collaboration Higher technical education
  • 14. •COMESA –working to harmonize Intellectual properly •PPP + Universities –policy •Financial support-creation of Innovation fund-(Kenya, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia already have funds- •Mechanism to tap into private sector and NGO funding •Regional and international collaborations Policy Creation of interventions to cross- create border entrepreneurial networks ecosystem Business incubation
  • 16. Structured -STI advice at the highest level of Government STI advisor Created at all level of COMESA Government Innovation Council Flagship products Regional entreprene urial ecosystem Science and technology diplomacy Executive leadership
  • 17. Summery – Focus harnessing STI for economic development – Created of Innovation Council –tap eminent STI persons to provide advise on STI – Innovation wards at National level -regional level to starts 2013 – Capacity building -Executive programme in collaboration with Harvard Kennedy and others – Designated STI regional Centers of Excellence foster regional and international collaboration – Promoting creation of innovation funds National and regional level to support entrepreneurial ecosystem – Promotes of creation of Entrepreneurial Universities-graduate business as well as students – -Change of attitude -take advantage of the incubation potential of Universities – Promotion of training of more engineers and scientist - line ministries , private sector institutions – Tap Diaspora talent to contribute to STI development – Sharing of University Best Practices regarding innovation entrepreneurship and commercialization
  • 18. Key Ministerial decisions – tapping into Africans in the Diaspora, vast amount of knowledge exists among the Diaspora, invite and provide a vehicle for supporting STI parks programs; – Establish offices of Chief Innovation Advisors as well as broad cross-sectoral national advisory committees to assist harness and provide advice on knowledge and innovations that could be diffused into the economies. – STI ministries -work closely with related ministries, such as those for infrastructure, Health Agriculture, ICT so that these include research and innovation in their programmes and allocations.
  • 19. Key Ministerial decisions – Higher education ministers to promote the creation of technical universities under other line ministries and public corporations. To expand engineering and technical training institutions, • – On STI indicators- to add creation of new enterprises incubated by universities, clusters and science parks could be a good measure of progress
  • 20. Finally When we aggressively execution visionary policies There is no reason for COMESA/Africa not to bullish!! Thank You

Editor's Notes

  1. Thierry Amoussougbo, UNECA 20% of the earth’s Land Mass – More than Australia, Brazil, Europe and USA combined African population has just passed 1 Billion with more than 380 Millions of Youth Enormous Primary Energy source: Water, hydro, oil/gas, coal, nuclear Renewable/clean Energy: Solar, wind, geothermal, ocean waves/tides, bio-energies 1 sq km of desert receives equiv 1.5 millions barrels of crude oil per year &lt; 2 % of Africa’s hydro and geothermal power potentials is used
  2. Thierry Amoussougbo, UNECA 20% of the earth’s Land Mass – More than Australia, Brazil, Europe and USA combined African population has just passed 1 Billion with more than 380 Millions of Youth Enormous Primary Energy source: Water, hydro, oil/gas, coal, nuclear Renewable/clean Energy: Solar, wind, geothermal, ocean waves/tides, bio-energies 1 sq km of desert receives equiv 1.5 millions barrels of crude oil per year &lt; 2 % of Africa’s hydro and geothermal power potentials is used