Strengthening University Capacity to Enhance Competitiveness of Agribusiness in East and West Africa (2014-2016)
This project is a partnership between four African Universities and University of Copenhagen with the objective to strengthened competences of faculty in terms of agri-entrepreneurship training, enhanced agri-entrepreneurial skills and competitiveness of agricultural science graduates in the labour market and enhanced collaboration between universities and private sector agri-enterprises.
The main activities include:
- Sensitization of faculty /students/ and industry players on importance of agri-entrepreneurship
- Review of existing agricultural sciences curricula to include agri-enterpreneurship
- Training of academic staff and other stakeholders
- Write shop for academic staff to compile and customize learning resources for agri-entrepreneurial training
- Development of agro-innovation clusters
- Establishment of university-industry linkages
- Establishment of entrepreneurship fund scheme
Research topics
• University-industy collaboration
• Innovation and entrepreneurship pedagogics
• Institutional aspects of educational reform
Funding and collaborations
Funded by ACP-EU Co-operation Programme in Higher Education (EDULINK II)
Collaborators are:
- Egerton University, Kenya
- University of Port Harcout, Nigeria
- Gulu University, Uganda
- Mekelle University, Ethiopia