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The Intellectual Property Management Office partnered with Hult-Prize at the On Campus program finals held on 15th March 2022. The event held at the University of Nairobi Main Campus witnessed the University of Nairobi intellectual property officer, Mr John Maina present to the audience an address on intellectual property protection. Mr Maina called on innovators to seek intellectual property protection for inventions and innovations that they develop to gain maximum benefit from their hard work.

The sixth instalment of the Nairobi Innovation Week themed “Innovation for Transformation and Impact in the Society” is set to take place from 26th - 28th April 2022 at the University of Nairobi, Main Campus.

The Nairobi Innovation Week (NIW) is an annual event celebrating local and international innovations while enhancing the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem. Since the first Nairobi Innovation Week in 2015, the University of Nairobi in collaboration with a large number of partners and stakeholders have convened each year to organize and execute the NIW event. However, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the NIW 2020 and 2021 were not held.

A delegation from the Central University of Technology, Free State, South Africa visited the University of Nairobi on Monday, 24th January 2022. The purpose of the visit was to identify and discuss areas of potential collaboration between the South African university and the University of Nairobi. The Associate Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Margaret Hutchinson, and the Director, Intellectual Property Management Office, Prof.

University of Nairobi and Elgon Kenya Limited enter into a collaborative agreement towards setting up an Agricultural Technology and Innovation Center at the Faculty of Agriculture, Upper Kabete Campus. The center will contribute to the transformation of agriculture in the country by imparting hands on skills to learners on modern methods of farming and how to incorporate technology to increase yields, and save on cost and time.

On 28th October 2021, the Intellectual Property Management Office (IPMO) of University of Nairobi facilitated a meeting between representatives from the Agricultural Development Corporation (ADC), Kenya and University of Nairobi, Faculty of Agriculture. The meeting held at UoN Upper Kabete Campus was to discuss potential collaboration in commercialization of agricultural technology developed at University of Nairobi.

On 5th October, 2021, a team from Elgon Kenya Limited led by the Managing Director, Dr. Bimal Kantaria held a meeting with the Vice-Chancellor, University of Nairobi, Prof. Stephen Kiama to discuss collaboration in developing a research and innovation center at the Faculty of Agriculture, Upper Kabete Campus. The research and innovation center will provide practical skills for the students and thereby bridge the “know-do’ gap.

Webinar on: Innovation in 4th Industrial Revolution: The Role of Businesses and Social Scientists (Players or Spectators?) held on  Wednesday, May 19, 2021. The speakers included Dr. Vimal Shah, Dr Evans Baiya, Vincent Odhiambo, Prof. Bitange Ndemo and Prof. Mary Kinoti

A team from University of Nairobi held meetings with the management of Kenya Seeds Limited on October 2020 to discuss commercialization of agricultural products developed at the University of Nairobi.

The University of Nairobi being a research intensive university generates a wide range of products and processes capable of being used in the society. The University therefore has created policies and mechanisms to engage the industry and society in order to move the research output to the society.  One such engagement is a collaboration with SIMLAW Seeds limited for moving some new technologies in agriculture to farmers.