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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

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