UNIVERSITIES AS DESTINATIONS FOR INVESTMENT: HARNESSINS THE

OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC SROWTH,

good innovutive performunce is u necessury condition for economic success

< There are now 6 fully fledged public universities in

the country and over 20 constituent colleges.
< The student population is in excess of 120,000
and growing fast.
< The higher education sub sector is recording
among the fastest growth index world wide. This
sector is very attractive and potentially rewarding
as an investment option. Especially
< here at the coast.

< Teaching, Learning and Research

< Catering Services
< Accommodation
< Health Services
< Product Development
< Transport Services
< Documentation
< Farming
< Green energy and other green services
< Etc etc etc etc

< Highly Trained Manpower

< Professional networks
< Land and nfrastructure
< An adequate reservoir of middle level workers
< Raw materials

< ndustrialists
< ndividual investors
< Bankers
< Service providers
< Product improvement and new product
development
< Greening systems
< Other enterpreneurs

< Pwani University College is seeking partnerships

with enterpreneurs, investment companies,
industrialists, service providers and other
institutions as it continues to transform itself to a
world class institution of higher learning. The
possibilities are many -
< Some of these include the following:

Provision of services e.g Accommodation,

Sports facilities, Transport services,
Medical services etc
< Bussiness
enterpreneurs
< University-
ndustry
partnerships
Commercialization of research outputs,
New product development,
mprovement of current products

Provision of student attachments by

industry, provision of feliowships and
distinguished positions by industry,
provision of a dedicated facility by
industry
< University-
ndustry
partnerships
cont'd
mprovement of production systems,
Training and provision of technical
Support, provide advisory support as
new processes go green
< Other
academic
partnerships

Provision of a subsidized financial outlay to put up

research and teaching facilities, procure research
equipment,
< Partnerships
with financial
institutions
< nternational
partnerships
< Other
partnerships
Provision of turn key projects e.g Hospital,
Science Parks etc
Training of members of staff for industry,
attachments of university students by industry.

< As one possible resolution from this COPC , a

working committee be set up to spearhead the
actualization of a coast universities ndustry link
under the umbrella of COPC.
< GK should provide some form of incentive to both
industries and universities to encourage
partnerships.