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8/2/2019 Innovation & Kenya -Mike Macharia Seven Seas
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SERVICE EXCELLENCE. DELIVERED
Knowledge & BeyondThrough a National Innovation System As a tool for
Building a Knowledge Economy .
Connected Kenya | Diani, April
2012
Mike Macharia -Founder & CEO
Twitter:
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Hence the need of a National Innovations Syst
A key element to competitiveness
in the knowledge based economy
is ''interconnectedness" or
linkages. The nation that fosters aninfrastructure of linkages (networks)
among firms, universities and
governments, gains competitive
advantage through quicker
information diffusion and product
BIGGER PICTURE
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Media &Perception
Innovative/CreativeRisk ToleranceEntrepreneurshipAttitude &EducationPrejudice-Tribalism
Building Block 1 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
Attitude : Believing in Ourselves.THINK Different(ly) ACT
Different(ly)
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TeachingHigher DegreesTertiary WorkforceDev.R & D
Primary &SecondaryUpgrade our industry from raw material-
intensive labour- intensive activities
to knowledge and technology-intensivesectors.
Building Block 2 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
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UniversityGovernment R&DNon-profit privateResearch
Linkage R & D andCommercialization
Building Block 3 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
Consistent &deliberate efforts
to create asustainableresearch and
developmentframework.
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Health &MedicalEnvironmentArts & CultureDefense &SecurityEnergy
Building Block 4 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
Example :The US
semiconductor industrys
development in the late
60s and early 70s.
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Technology TransferCooperative Research
Technology IncubatorsDiffusionInnovation
Awareness Conferences
Building Block 5 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
it is necessary to promote linkages,knowledge flows, and technology
diffusion within the cluster.
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Cluster NetworksMNCs, Large CoSMEsEmergingexportersInnovativecompaniesR&D Performing
firmsStart-ups / Spinoffs
Industry bodies
Advisor servicesInvestors /
Building Block 6 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
Direct investment,policiesshould aim to be selective
by discriminating in
favour of those investors
whose strategies and
organisations
complement national
advantages
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LeadingCustomersDirect Customers
End users /StakeholdersGovernmentProcurementInternationalCustomers
Seek Replicable
BusinessModels that canbe re-sold,
Re-used &IPRed globally .
Building Block 7 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
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R&D & Business links, Recruit &Retain CompaniesImport/Exports & Infrastructure(Physical & Info/comms)
Building Block 8 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
Internet, Voice & Video
become conduits of knowledge,having the power to becomericher by selling and buying
knowledge.
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Patents
IPACopyright
Building Block 9 of A Mature National InnovationSystem
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Private EquityVenture Capital
Debt EquityGrantsStock Market
PPP
Building Block 10 of A Mature NationalInnovation System
A welldeveloped
risk capitalmarket, thatnurturing
entrepreneurship
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Tax ratesR&D Break
Export TaxesDouble Taxation
Building Block 11 of A Mature NationalInnovation System
Emphasis on growth ratherthan
distribution in its overall policies.
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Education Funding Bodies, R&D FundingBodies, Technology and Innovation PolicyAdvisory Bodies Standards, regulations &Contract legal system Fiscal & Tax PolicyTrade/ Procurement Policies County and
Regional Government Decision MakingProcesses
Government operates as an informed
and demanding champion ofpolicies.
Building Block 12 of A Mature NationalInnovation System
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Education Funding Bodies, R&D FundingBodies, Technology and Innovation PolicyAdvisory Bodies Standards, regulations &Contract legal system Fiscal & Tax PolicyTrade/ Procurement PoliciesCounty and
Regional Government Decision MakingProcesses
The Future: A Mature NationalInnovation System Research and Development
expenditurethat is well- coordinated
Emphasis inUniversities and publiceducation on engineering and
sciences;
linkages and cooperation betweenbusiness &
public sector organizations;
Technolo olic that is aimed at
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HOW IT ALL COMESTOGETHER BHAG
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the best way to predict the future
is to create it Peter Drucker
The surplus society has a surplus of
SIMILAR companies, employing
SIMILAR people, with SIMILAR
educational backgrounds, coming up
with SIMILAR ideas, producingSIMILAR things, with SIMILAR
prices and SIMILAR quality.
OUR CHALLENGE ON KNOWLEDGE &
BEYOND
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ORGANIZATION &
EXECUTION
FORCES OF
COMMUNITY
MAKING INNOVATIVEIDEAS HAPPENTHEIDEA{ } WHATIF{ }= WHYNOT{ }