100 exhibitors expected to showcase products at Nairobi innovation week
Workers put final touches to a stand ahead of Nairobi Innovation week at the University of Nairobi on March 6, 2017. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- ICT cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru is expected to officially open the exhibition on Wednesday.
- The innovation week started in 2015 with a 10-year plan focusing on invention.
- The annual event seeks to bring together entrepreneurs with innovative ideas as well as corporates with latest inventions.
Over 100 innovators from across the world are expected to converge at the University of Nairobi to display their products in a fair to be officially opened on Wednesday by ICT Cabinet Secretary.
On Monday, they were involved in the final preparations for the third edition of the annual fair.
UoN vice chancellor Prof Peter Mbithi said both local and international innovators will take part.
From last week, the institution has been receiving funds from partners including Barclays Bank, Kenya Climate Innovation Centre, Kenya Commercial Bank, Safaricom, Techno Mobile, Uber, university of Nairobi Alumni Association, NIC Bank, Chase Bank, Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) among others to help in making the event a success.
ICT cabinet secretary Joe Mucheru is expected to officially open the exhibition on Wednesday.
The innovation week started in 2015 with a 10-year plan focusing on invention.
The annual event seeks to bring together entrepreneurs with innovative ideas as well as corporates with latest inventions. It also seeks to create a platform for academic presentations.
