Dr. Tonny Omwansa, PhD
@tomwansa
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CEO, Kenya National Innovation Agency @KENIAUpdates; Commissioner @NACOSTI; Trustee @NRFKenya @_SLU; #KnowledgeEconomy #Innovation #Startups @KenyaInnovWeek
Joined April 2009
Itโs a great honor to champion the bold component of #KnowledgeEconomy under #Vision2030 @KenyaVision2030. #Research and idea #Commercialization is a major underexploited space for job and wealth creation. It requires a favorable policy atmosphere, De-risking funding,
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Day 6. I'm working on onboarding today. Yeah, some might say it's better not to waste time on small visual details and just ship, but details are important.
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Leaders reviewed progress on the three-year workplan, sustainability and financing models, governance structures, strategic partnerships, and the establishment of a continental Advisory Council.
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Chaired by @tomwansa (KeNIA), the meeting brought together: - Dr. Erasto Shemu Mlyuka (COSTECH) - Prof. Anicia Peters (NCRST) - Carlos Tavares Pina (NOSI) - Ato Selamyhun Adefris (MINT) - Ismail Abdoola (Acting CEO, TIA) - Isaac Chingota (NCST)
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#Kenya thrives on #sports. Everyone knows. From Kenya National Innovation Agency @KENIAupdates standpoint, we recognize an opportunity of growing the innovation ecosystem, leveraging clusters. The Sports cluster is one of the striking ones. We call it โInnovation in Sports
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Gift cards get shoved in a drawer. This gets opened twice โ at their door, and again at the table. USDA Prime steaks. Beautifully packaged. Guaranteed Christmas delivery. 6 FREE Petite Ribeyes + FREE shipping ($240 value) Use code SANTA229 ๐
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Accompanied the Principal Secretary for #Science, #Research and #Innovation Prof @Profshaukat) in engaging Research centers in #Kenya with objective of streamlining coordination, cooperation, #commercialization while optimizing available resources and enhancing impact. Data and
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The Kenya National Innovation Agency (KeNIA) officially launched the peer evaluation exercise under the Institutional Commercialisation Support (IS) Program Phase III. The exercise, held at @PwaniUniversity, involved peer evaluators from the United States International University
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The Constitution gave the federal government a LIMITED set of powers for a reason. The Supreme Court's greatest betrayal was reading those limits out of the document entirely. Watch to understand how we traded enumerated powers for unlimited government ๐ @ConLawWarrior
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@AfCFTA Protocol on Digital Trade-Guided trade Initiative Model is key to urgently unlock economic opportunity for restless youth? @tanuijohn @MoICTKenya @KenyaEac @Trade_Kenya @COMESABusiness @EABCjumuiya @tomwansa @KENIAupdates @afreximbank @AfreximResearch
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๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข. After a week of learning, collaboration, and reflection, senior officials from seven countries โ representing the seven member national agencies of the Innovation Agencies in
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KeNIA CEO Dr. Tonny Omwansa paid a courtesy call to the Vice Chancellor and the innovation community of Mount Kenya University (MKU). While acknowledging the strides MKU has made in advancing innovation through both infrastructure and academic programs, Dr. Omwansa challenged
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Honoured to be the Chief Guest and delivered a Keynote address during closing of 3 days @BlueEconomySummit. Reminded the gathering that the current level of ocean protection in ๐ฐ๐ช is around 1%, which is stated as insufficient. We need to dramatically increase this area to move to
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Thank you Proffessor and for your wise counsel. It was a powerful climax, bringing to an what has been a highly successful @BlueSummit_Ke 2025!! We will knock on your doors very soon, alot to work on๐ @EUAmbKenya @MichalMlynar @tomwansa @AgollaVictor @Sote_Hub
Honoured to be the Chief Guest and delivered a Keynote address during closing of 3 days @BlueEconomySummit. Reminded the gathering that the current level of ocean protection in ๐ฐ๐ช is around 1%, which is stated as insufficient. We need to dramatically increase this area to move to
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๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ @honkabogo, ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ
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Glad to pull together towards a stronger #University #education ecosystem that leads boldly as new #technologies shape the future ๐ช๐ฝ. Be assured of support from @KENIAupdates
@THIGO @Profshaukat
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ @honkabogo, ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐บ
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Congratulations to 11 Vice Chancellors for Championing Student-Led Innovation Clubs. We celebrate the remarkable leadership of Vice Chancellors who are paving the way for student innovators by embedding student-led innovation clubs within their institutions. This bold step is
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Catalyzing innovation & entrepreneurial ecosystems is the theme for #CEIL2025. @CoopVarsityKE joins other stakeholders to advance kenyaโs national commercialization ecosystem thru stronger commercialization processes. Thank you @KENIAupdates @LemelsonFdn @tomwansa @Profshaukat
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