Abstract:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I wish to thank the leadership of Dedan Kimathi University, for hosting this important
conference. I am delighted to see so much enthusiasm, at the highest level of academia,
for a topic that is dear to my heart “Science Technology Innovation and
Entrepreneurship
I am pleased to be here, and I would like to thank my host – Prof.P.Ndirangu Kioni-- Vice
Chancellor for giving me this opportunity to give a key note speech to this great
audience
Universities play an important role in driving economic growth. We live in a time where
knowledge as an input to economic growth, has fundamentally changed, and indeed
gained more prominence.
A majority of developing countries are now moving towards a “Knowledge-based
economy”; whose key component is greater reliance on intellectual capabilities, human
capital, research and development.
Indeed, knowledge is replacing other resources, as the key driver to development, and
Science Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship has increasingly become the basis
of individual prosperity and social mobility in the world today.
