About Tech Center
Mission statement
Whether you are running your own startup, business, or an idea development journey, looking to network with others in the tech and entrepreneurship ecosystem participate in an innovations challenge, receive business start- up support, technical assistance and capacity building training, the Academic City University College Technology & Entrepreneurship Center is equipped to support you on your journey as you change the world.
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Objectives
- Provide funding support for innovations towards commercialization
- Facilitate academia and industry collaborations
- Provide an enabling environment for entrepreneurship ecosystem
- Profiling of projects to increase their visibility
- To showcase profiled projects to board, partners and investors
- To provide technical support for projects
- Create a relevant and sustainable outlet for academic related student projects
- SDG Centered Projects
- To profile, exhibit and support ( funding and grant seeking) alumni projects
- Create networking opportunities for various student enterprises
- Document all projects by students, faculty and collaborations with partners
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Strategic Components
Strategic Components
Student and Faculty project profiling allows for matching projects to partners, opportunities, resources and highlighting the key milestones of projects in a way that magnifies them and projects their progress and impact.
Harnessing ideas is so crucial to keep students and faculty in a continuous cycle of idea development that leads to solutions that become marketable
The multidisciplinary challenge will incubate 10 student projects and innovations leading to startup formations and job creation. Increasing entrepreneurial drive among students and empowering them to team up and collaborate for success. Funded by the ACity Innovation Fund supported by private partners and other stakeholders.
Identifying problems in communities through stakeholder engagements and spotting opportunities through marketing research to develop tailor-made innovations and solutions that immediately benefits members of these communities.
The Academic City University Alumnus is positioned to champion alumni success stories as they make an impact in the world.
Creating more opportunities for women and girls who are most vulnerable to poverty, discrimination, social pressures, and the impact of conflicts.
Empowering the 21st century workforce with up-to-date tools and technical strategies to manage all aspects of their work more efficiently.
A powerful installation of what can be achieved with technology as an enabler.