The HEI Innovation Summit was the climax of the Uni:nnovators Startup-in-Residence Programme to showcase these innovations’ impact and mark the program’s end. The summit also served as a platform to engage key stakeholders across Africa on the role of African HEIs in the emerging African Innovation Ecosystem and create lasting relationships and networks for all stakeholders.

The student demonstrations, which were a key highlight of the HEI Innovation Summit, showcased the innovations fostered by students from higher education institutions in Namibia, Kenya, and Nigeria. One such student is Josephina Gebhard from the Namibian University of Science and Technology (NUST) with her startup ‘Hydrowatch’, which is a water testing system that gives real-time results on water quality, eliminating human error and long laboratory wait times. Watch her journey here