Industry-Academia Linkages

The Directorate of University Advancement and Institutional Development will be launching the 3rd Cohort of the Company Series Program on the 12th of September 2025, an initiative under the Engineering and Science Complex that seeks to bridge the gap between industry and academia.

The University of Nairobi in collaboration with Elgon Kenya Ltd marked the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the first of its kind, Kantaria Agricultural Technology and Innovation Centre (KATIC), at the upper Kabete Campus, Faculty of Agriculture. The collaboration addresses the need for enhanced innovation, mentorship and commercialization of innovative technologies and ideas in the agricultural sector, commercial success and to accelerate the uptake of technology and innovations along the agricultural value chains.