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

Differentiated Market Entrepreneur

A booming African Agribusiness 2030 Nnn Xxx Nnnn Mmm Mmmm Lll mmmm 2010 2030 US$ 313 billion US$1 trillion A booming African Agribusiness 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 Governance Ownership issues Legal structure Management Value proposition to the trio and their clients Operating standards

Coffee Factory as a spinoff

Incubator Spinoff activities

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

Achievements on the Industry side NUCAFE

Highly skilled factory human resource

Branding

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

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

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

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