1. 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

2. Differentiated Market
Entrepreneur

3. A booming African Agribusiness 2030
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2010
2030
US$ 313 billion
US$1 trillion
A booming African Agribusiness 2030
Source: Mckinsey

5. Skills requirements: past 50 years

6. Skills requirements: next 50 years

7. Tracer studies

8. Work done so far – The Triple Helix
Agribusiness incubator

9. Incubator achievements

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

11. Coffee Factory as a spinoff

12. Incubator Spinoff activities

13. 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

14. Achievements on the Industry side NUCAFE

15. Highly skilled factory human resource

16. Branding

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

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

19. 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

20. Conclusion

21. West Africa is the next USA

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

23. We must act now
Our children
Our Future