Prof. Wagner spoke passionately on the need for corporates to engage startups because of their innovations. He pointed out that in Africa, Kenya is among the leading tech innovations hub. Others in the continent are South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt.
The potential areas of collaboration highlighted during the meeting include: students and staff exchange programs, joint research and publications, joint conferences between the two Faculties.
Going forward the two Faculties will do a Memorandum of Understanding that will guide their collaboration. The MoUs will be signed and witnessed by the Vice Chancellor, University of Nairobi.
Speaking during the event, Aurther Ondego, Operations Director, L’Oreal East Africa opined that there are many opportunities for students in the supply chain space.
He pointed out that world wars are won or lost based on supply chain and more so logistics. He opined that despite Germany having the best army in the world, they still lost the world war 2 after the allied forces destroyed bridges, roads, trucks and hence cutting the supply of food, medical materials and weapons.
