Doing Business with Finland will bring Finnish and Kenyan private sector representatives together with the special focus on agribusiness and food security.

*Attendance is by invitation only

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Ramses Malaty,

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The East Africa innovation ecosystem is fast-evolving and the ‘African Silicon Valley’ is becoming a reality in Kenya. At the same time, Assistive Technology (AT) is increasingly needed and scarce within the East African Community. Informed by an analysis of the regional context and potential for AT innovation in East Africa, a unique opportunity has been identified and partners had developed a programme to support the creation of a thriving AT Innovation Ecosystem in Kenya.
This event will be the official launch of the AT2030 Spark Innovation and call for applications for the AT2030 Innovate Now Accelerator.
Proposed Program

• · 8:00-9:00 am Media Interview: GOK Rep, AT2030 Innovate Now Director, Amref Rep, UON Rep, Safaricom Rep
• · 9:00-9:30 am Arrival and registration
• · 9:30-9:40 am Welcome and introductions
• · 9:40-10:00 am About the AT2030 Innovate Now Ecosystem
• · 10:00-10:20 am Keynote 1 Global Disability Innovation Hub
• · 10:20-10:40 am Keynote 2 GOK
• · 10:40-10:55 am Official launch of AT2030 Innovate Now Accelerator Call for Applications
• · 10:55-11:00 am Closing Vote of Thanks
• · 11:00-11:20 am Photo Session and Networking
• · 11:20 am Departure

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Bernard Chiira,

The Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives will host a Policy Hackathon in partnership with GIZ Make IT in Africa Initiative. The policy hack will apply the Startup Nations Policy Hackathon framework which is designed to help the public sector, startup entrepreneurs and incumbents co-design solutions that will have higher chances of tackling the specific problems that have been identified once implemented. Seasoned, expert policymaker peers join policy hack teams to guide the process and provide feedback.
The aim of the event is to inclusively explore innovative ways to address some of today’s most pressing policy issues faced by both regulators and entrepreneurs, by ensuring the involvement of key stakeholders in the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem from the on-set.
Aim of the Outcome:
Co-Creation of Enabling Policies to facilitate the establishment and sustainable growth of startups.
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Florence Kimata - SME Advisor, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Cooperatives,

The University of East Anglia in partnership with AfriBusiness LLP will deliver a workshop relevant to the themes of: Innovation, Hi-Growth Startups, Business Planning, Change Management.
Aim of the Outcome: Exploring how innovation can be harnessed to help any business from the Big Four Agenda move beyond the start-up phase to achieve real growth.
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Julian Campbell,

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The goal is to influence funding modalities of organizations investing in health innovations to support innovators through the innovation pathway, with an aim of identifying pitfalls that hinder successful scaling up of tested and successful health innovations. This will contribute towards catalyzing faster progress in achieving Universal Health Coverage in Kenya.

For more information: https://mnhcicf.org/news/news/health-innovation-learning-lab-2019
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Kimani Karuga,

Topics to be covered include:

• -Blockchain fundamentals
• -Blockchain use cases and applications
• -Cryptocurrencies
• -Crowdfunding on the blockchain
• -Smartcontracts

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Frank Deya,

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Startup pitching and fire-side plenary chats with a focus on AFRICA IN THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.
One of the two startups that will be selected during Nairobi Sparks together with other winning startups from other regions, will go through the selection for the Africa 4.0 week; where the selected startups from participating countries will pitch at Angel Fair Africa and the rest will showcase at Sahara Sparks 2019, both getting the privilege of Deal Room and Entrepreneurs Bootcamp.
For more information: https://www.tectona.co.ke/news/call-for-startups-to-join-nairobi-sparks-pitch-competition-2019/

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To create a platform to discuss on how innovation and technology can guide the urbanization process towards a model that delivers impact driven results by focusing on innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation.
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To stimulate and accelerate future discussion on urban tech and build a vibrant startup ecosystem.

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Faith Miano,

This side-event will explore the intersections between digital technology, civil society and social change. Our event will take place over the course of a day and is targeted to local and international activists, innovators, academia and partners in the private sector who provide digital services.
Delegates will participate in co-creation workshops focused on contextual design and emerging tech and attend talks by field experts.
The event is broken down as follows:
The morning session (8:00 -11:30am) will comprise three co-creation workshops:

• Youth Digital Innovation Showcase
• Digitalization in the Fight against Corruption
• The Use of Digital Innovation to promote the Right to Health for People with Disabilities.

The afternoon session (12:30 – 14:30pm) will be a series of talks on topics such as

• Contextual Design,
• The use of market-based models and
• Using emerging technologies to facilitate social change, amongst others.

The afternoon session will unpack findings from the workshops conducted earlier in the day.

For more information and registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/co-creation-for-human-rights-centred-digital-change-tickets-60460733682

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Kari-Pekka Murtonen,

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Emilia Laine, | (Kuu Project)
Mary Ojwang, | (Woswa)
Nancy Gatwiri, | (Lunette)

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Topics to be covered include:

• -Blockchain investment opportunities
• -Cryptocurrency Scams Awareness
• -How blockchain is shifting business models
• -Asset Tokenization

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Frank Deya,

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The Ideation to Commercialisation Seminar provides a series of interactive presentations leading experts giving you the insights and information you need to move your ideas from concepts to commercialisation. Whether you are a current or aspiring innovator or entrepreneur, this seminar is for you.

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Aim of the Outcome:
- To identify and examine the innovative fields regarding rapid urbanisation and affordable housing with focus on plastics and / or its alternatives in building and living.
- To collect expert feedback on the crucial questions in workstream shaping the input for the final report and setting agenda for policy makers and industry.
- Pro/Contra: affordable vs. environmentally sustainable

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Thematic contributions & organisation - Oleg Ditkovskiy:
Director ISC3 Science & Innovation - Dr. Claudio Cinquemani:

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The UNESCO/UNITWIN Chair is organizing a Youth Summit for the Elimika Wajibika Vijana Amkeni Youth Programme on 13th June, 2019.
The Summit will bring together 100 youth drawn from Counties and Universities under the theme “All creating Kenya: Partnership between Universities and Counties to further the Big 4 Agenda. The forum will offer a platform for the youth to reflect on the innovative ways to achieve the Big Four Agenda and on the role of mentorship in the 21st Century.

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Prof. Judith Bahemuka

The UN Solutions Summit is a catalytic initiative that surfaces innovators who are creating and advancing solutions for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and connects them with ecosystems of support that can accelerate their impact.
We all have a role to play in achieving the SDGs, and the most effective solutions often come from those who face challenges directly. Innovators around the world are actively developing transformational solutions for their communities and beyond, yet they often lack the connection to investors, policy makers, and networks that can help their solutions thrive and grow. Together, we can build these ecosystems of support.
Join us for an experiential discussion on increasing support, acceleration and inclusion for global solution-making using the methodology of the UN Solutions Summit, and on leveraging your own ecosystems to empower local innovators and help bring their work to scale. In this session you will hear from talented regional innovators about their exciting work and have the opportunity to join in to collaboratively accelerate their work in a small group.

Topics to be covered include:

• -Blockchain development basics
• -Smart contract development
• -Blockchain programmers opportunities
• -About Aeternity Hub Africa Developer Community

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Frank Deya,

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With the advent of mobile phone technology, new ideas have emerged to address issues of health and wellbeing using mobile phone applications. The UoN Health App branded RADA has been designed and developed by University of Nairobi students with technical assistance from UNESCO and The Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Alliance.
This mobile phone application has been developed with the aim of reaching out to all UoN students and later be scaled up to other institutions of higher learning. Content of the App has been consolidated by the students themselves with facilitation by partners including UNESCO, Centre for HIV Prevention and Research (CHIVPR), UoN Health Services, I Choose Life Africa (ICL-Africa), and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) Alliance. Other strategic stakeholders engaged to ensure that content in the App is relevant and updated included National AIDS Control Programme (NASCOP), NACADA, Kenya AIDS NGO Consortium (KANCO), Fountain of Hope, JHPIEGO (John Hopkins University), Africa Population Health Research Centre (APHRC), KAVI-ICR, Ministry of Health-Reproductive health, UNFPA, ILO and NACC. With the support of the UoN Vice Chancellor, the App is hosted in a portal within the University of Nairobi website. It is envisaged that management of the same will be done by CHIVPR as the administrators.
The scope of the content in the App includes the following thematic areas:

1. Sexual and Reproductive health
2. HIV and AIDS
3. Safety in Campus
4. Alcohol and Drug Abuse
5. Mental Health
6. General Health
7. College Financial Management
8. Tips on Career Development

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Lisbeth Kageni,

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Aim of the Outcome:

• -Breakfast
• -Introduction to Viktoria Business Angels Network
• -Master Class – Value Addition
• -Angel Investor Experience
• -Q & A Session

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Jason Musyoka,

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In the framework of the Africa Innovation Leaders Programme (www.africainlead.net) we want to propose an event dedicated to the Leaders from Kenya, both first and second generation. The first generation of African innovation leaders, who already took two learning period in Italy about Innovation and Next Production Revolution, have developed a Project Work in the form of a Business Idea, and this event can be the chance to present their work to a national audience and to meet possible stakeholders interested in the potential outcomes of their project.
The second generation followed a set of MOOCs especially developed for this programme and are now participating to a nationwide contest in the form of a business idea challenge, the finalists will present their work and a winner will be announced by the first generation leaders and the programme management team who will be present as a delegation from Italy.
The expected outcome is to put in contact the leaders with the national industrial ecosystem and ensure sustainability to the programme leaving an heritage in the project work itself, giving it a chance to evolve from idea to implementation.

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Nicolo’ Stevanato [Politecnico di Milano],

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