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Innovation Capacity Building Programs

Background:

The concept of innovation is one that is currently not well understood among many current and potential innovators. The term has been used in ways that have made it synonymous with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). As a result, current and potential innovators in other disciplines fail to understand if what they are engaged in or planning to engage in is actually innovation.

The practice of innovation too suffers from many false starts arising from ideas and prototypes that do not find their way to commercialization. The lack of knowledge on the end to end process of innovation has led to ‘stolen ideas’, ideas that are never actualized, missed investment opportunities, death of enterprises established from innovative ideas and fallout among innovators among many other challenges. 

Course Objectives: To introduce innovators to fundamental concepts in innovation

 

Course Outline

Week

Topic

Week 1

An Overview of Innovation

Week 2

Identifying Commercially Viable Ideas

Week 3

Innovation Prototyping

Week 4

Protecting Intellectual Property

Week 5

Developing a Business Model

Week 6

Innovation and Business Incubation Hubs

Week 7

Monetizing Intellectual Property

Week 8

Marketing Innovation Products

Week 9

Resource Mobilization

Week 10

Investment Readiness

 

Eligibility: Training is open to all current and aspiring innovators

Establishing an innovation center is often seen as a strategic action in organizations that seek to support innovators in achieving the commercial value of their ideas. However, individuals and teams tasked with this process often lack clarity on the process of establishment, the activities and programs to run, appropriate staffing, and most importantly how to guide innovators from ideas to income.

Sustaining an innovation center is also a daunting task. The need to ‘pay the bills’ such as utilities and salaries, to be sustainable and to generate a return on investment continues to challenge most innovation centers. It is evident that reliance on grants is not sustainable and that the options for revenue generation are also not well understood. Overall most innovation centers may not know how to assess their performance and impact.

Course Objectives: To introduce innovation managers to fundamental concepts in establishing and managing innovation hubs and processes.

 

Course Outline

Week

Topic

Week 1

An Overview of Innovation

Week 2

Types of Innovation Hubs

Week 3

Services offered by Innovation Hubs

Week 4

Establishing an Innovation Hub

Week 5

Managing Innovation Projects

Week 6

Competency and Skills Development

Week 7

Revenue Generation

Week 8

Collaborations and Partnerships

Week 9

Performance Indicators for Innovation Hubs

Week 10

Why Innovation hubs fail

 

Eligibility: Training is open to all persons currently running or intending to run an innovation center

Course Delivery:

  • Webinars
  • Discussion Forums
  • Quizzes

Costs: The training is free of charge

Certification: A Training Certificate will be issued on successful completion of all course activities (webinar attendance, discussions and quizzes)

Registration: Create an account on https://elearn.kabarak.ac.ke/ and enroll to the course

For more details contact the training coordinator – Dr Joyce Mochere on jmochere@kabarak.ac.ke

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September 07, 2022

Central Rift Innovation Week, 2022

Category: Innovation Week Author: Directorate of Research
Kabarak University welcomes all innovators and the general public to the 1st Annual Central Rift Innovation Week. The three day event will feature the following

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