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Ghana Benin Togo Burkinafaso Cameroon Senegal Gambia Nigeria AAU Cote D’Ivore ECOWA S Why is it important for an ACE to invest in strengthening its university-industry linkages? Joseph Nkandu NUCAFE - Uganda 17 th Lagos May 2017

Entrepreneur Differentiated Market

A booming African Agribusiness 2030 US$1 trillion Nnn Xxx Nnnn US$ 313 billion Mmmm Lll Mmm mmmm 2010 Nnn Mmm 2030 Source: Mckinsey

Skills requirements: past 50 years

Skills requirements: next 50 years

Tracer studies

Work done so far – The Triple Helix Agribusiness incubator

Incubator achievements

Registered Company - Incubator Ownership issues Legal structure Governance Management Operating standards Value proposition to the trio and their clients

Coffee Factory as a spinoff

Incubator Spinoff activities

Incubator Achievements continue Description Number of start-up agribusinesses established Number of jobs created by start-ups Number of benefiting farming families Graduates of improved curriculum/internships Graduates with own businesses within one year of graduation Graduates employed within six months of graduation Lecturers who have commercialized their innovations Since 2013 94 2, 223 12, 744 253 40% 55% 6

Achievements on the Industry side NUCAFE

Highly skilled factory human resource

Branding

The Farmer’s Success Journey COOPERATIVES COOPS YR 2 YR 1 +30% NUCAFE YR 3 +900%

Achievements on the Research Side A Fully fledged National Coffee Research Institute established

Implementation Challenges • Main challenge • Other challenges • Limited human resource with skills to work in Triple Helix incubation • Finding a new Managing Director who has both Agri. Food and business incubation skills and is • Overwhelming demand acceptable in academic and research circles.

Conclusion

West Africa is the next USA

ACEs and industry need each other and both must invest for impact

We must act now Our children Our Future