KCA University opens 5th innovation week and Industry Summit
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 27 – Industry Principal Secretary Dr Juma Mukhwana and Bidco Africa Chairman Vimal Shah have urged Africa to stop exporting raw materials and start making its own…
The 5th KCA University Innovation Week and Industry Summit was held at the university’s Ruaraka campus, with the theme "Learn! Lead! Transform!" The gathering featured EU Ambassador to Kenya Andreas Peschke, Bidco Africa Chairman Vimal Shah, and KCA University Vice Chancellor Prof Isaiah Wakindiki, who called on Africa to stop exporting raw materials and start producing its own products.
Dr. Mukhwana, the chief guest, emphasized that Africa, with its 1.4 billion people, must industrialise to avoid remaining a consumer of other nations' goods. Shah emphasized the need to turn ideas into products, products into enterprises, and enterprises into industries, while Prof. Wakindiki highlighted the university's research achievements and the responsibility to connect research to users.
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