Students graduates in a past event. [File]
Universities must make entrepreneurship education more practical and focused on solving real-world problems.
Director of Innovations and Intellectual Property Management Prof Wagacha Maina said higher education institutions should move beyond classroom theory and give students practical exposure to business, mentorship, financing and industry networks.
Speaking during the University of Nairobi young entrepreneurs’ incubation programme graduation, Prof. Maina said institutions of higher learning must step up efforts to turn graduate training into jobs and sustainable enterprises.
“We learn from books, but we have gone beyond academic work to real implementation,” Maina said.
The programme sought to bridge the gap between university training and the realities of starting and running a business.
The initiative brought together academia, industry practitioners and enterprise-support organisations to equip participants with practical skills to develop, test and grow viable businesses.
It was implemented by the African Women Studies Centre in collaboration with the University’s Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, Department of Environmental and Biosystems Engineering, Department of Food Science, Nutrition and Technology, and Equity Group.