{"id":24,"date":"2018-05-01T00:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-05-01T00:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2021-11-17T16:31:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T16:31:59","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/?page_id=24","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On this page we will keep you updated about new developments and information regarding DEpUK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>October, 2021: 15 Kenyans in Germans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Several years have past by since DEPUK project has come to live. The joint efforts of all universities during the whole project period has brought about interesting ideas, valuable business prototypes and accelerated organizational development of participating universities in Kenya. Students and teachers participated in various entrepreneurial activities that foster not only career development and job creation among students, but also improve materials and course structures that teachers could use for teaching students the &#8220;entrepreneurial mindset&#8221;. As we want to acknowledge, honor and celebrate these efforts at the end of this project, we created a final event, that should summerize the project outcomes, learnings and future pathways of participating universitie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have a look into the event, following this link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENTREPRENEURIAL UNIVERSITIES IN AFRICA\" width=\"1050\" height=\"591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fNDDpH12TKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Second round: 15 Kenyans in Germany<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>The DEpUK project goes into second round! Again 15 professors from Kenya came to Germany to work on a concept to implement entrepreneurial thinking at their universities.&nbsp; Now that they are back home we\u00b4re excited to see the change in the coming months!<\/p>\n<p>During the first days the 15 champions from Chuka, Nyeri and Karatina got insights into the entrepreneurial structures of Saarland University. The next step for the second half of the week was to use that knowledge to find a way to support the Start-up culture in Kenya. With guidance of Norbert Lang and Sebastian al-Halabi the professors developed detailed plans to encourage new business founding at their universities.<\/p>\n<p>We want to thank all the lecturers, organisers and of course the attendants for their participation. It has been a great week with a lot of cultural exchange and valuable learning experiences for everyone!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-business-consultr-1200-850 size-business-consultr-1200-850 wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trainthetrainer.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trainthetrainer.jpg 1080w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trainthetrainer-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trainthetrainer-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trainthetrainer-768x576.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Organising a Business Plan School<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>The workshop for a Business Plan School took place in Karatina. Participants from all three partner universities learned what a business plan is, about already existing concepts for it and about the financing. The next step was to develop individual concepts for the different universities and how to implement them for their students.<\/p>\n<p>We\u00b4re excited for the results at each university!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Start-up Weekend DeKUT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>DeKUT university took on the big project to organise a Start-up weekend themselves. All partner universities got invited and everyone worked very hard on their business ideas. It\u00b4s awesome to see so many creative and motivated young people.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00b4s been a great day for the entrepreneurial spirit in Kenya!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-business-consultr-1200-850 size-business-consultr-1200-850 wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190929_190513K-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190929_190513K-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190929_190513K-300x194.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190929_190513K-1024x661.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190929_190513K-768x495.jpg 768w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190929_190513K-1536x991.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190929_190513K-2048x1321.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1651\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>August, 2019: Leaning about Pitch and Presentation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>In Karatina the project members got insights into a very interesting form of pitch practice taught by an actor. He showed the audience diverse speaking and breathing techniques and changed the perspective on classical pitch practice completely. After also communicating the content of a business pitch a start-up team pitched their idea and got feedback on it.<\/p>\n<p>It was a great experience for the Kenyan partners and we hope to see many more great pitches from new founders when this knowledge gets passed on!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-business-consultr-1200-850 size-business-consultr-1200-850 wp-post-image aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pitch.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pitch.jpg 480w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pitch-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/pitch-150x150.jpg 150w\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>August, 2019: Project Management Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>Great programs are in progress and of course good project management is essential for the success of it. So, in this workshop member of the partner universities travelled to Nyeri and learned some important lessons about organisation skills on the example of planning a Start-up Weekend. This served as preparation since it was planned that each university will host a Start-up Weekend themselves during the course of the DEpUK project.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u00b4s see how their organisational talents will advance and how this will show in future projects!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-business-consultr-1200-850 size-business-consultr-1200-850 wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190815_100631K-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190815_100631K-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190815_100631K-300x262.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190815_100631K-1024x894.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190815_100631K-768x670.jpg 768w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190815_100631K-1536x1341.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190815_100631K-2048x1788.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2235\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>June, 2019: Planning a 600Ksh Start-up program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>The 600 Shilling Start-up is an adapted concept from the 5\u20ac Start-up from the Start-up centre from Saarland university. Students found a business in 12-15 weeks with very simple means like the symbolic amount of as less as 5\u20ac and with the help of experts. Members of Chuka University, DeKUT University and Karatina University came together to develop an individual program for each of their universities.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to see this project soon to be put into action!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-business-consultr-1200-850 size-business-consultr-1200-850 wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190628_143440K-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190628_143440K-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190628_143440K-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190628_143440K-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190628_143440K-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190628_143440K-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190628_143440K-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>June, 2019: Strategic Action Planning<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>At the strategic workshops last month many great concepts have been put down on paper. Now it\u00b4s all about putting the ideas into actual action plans. For this procedure the three universities came together in Chuka to work on the details and the execution. Goals, tasks, ressources, stakeholder, obstacles, responsibilities and milestones have been specified.<\/p>\n<p>And now we\u00b4re looking forward to seeing these action plans put into practice!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-business-consultr-1200-850 size-business-consultr-1200-850 wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190614_124956K-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190614_124956K-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190614_124956K-300x279.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190614_124956K-1024x953.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190614_124956K-768x714.jpg 768w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190614_124956K-1536x1429.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190614_124956K-2048x1905.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2381\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>June, 2019: Start-up Weekend in Nairobi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>A great way to promote entrepreneurial activity is a Start-up Weekend. Creative people present their business ideas and for 2 days teams work on the persecution. Some members of the DEpUK project visited Nairobi and even made it to the winning teams!<\/p>\n<p>That\u00b4s the entrepreneurial spirit!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-business-consultr-1200-850 size-business-consultr-1200-850 wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20190611_164546_598K.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20190611_164546_598K.jpg 960w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20190611_164546_598K-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20190611_164546_598K-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20190611_164546_598K-768x768.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>May, 2019: Design Thinking and Job shadowing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next workshop in our sequence of activities was, unlike the previous, a methodological one. Our consultant Sebastian al-Halabi covered with students the topics of design thinking, while being job shadowed by the lecturers of the participating Kenyan universities.<br>We again appreciate the great commitment from everybody participated and are looking forward to our next workshops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190514_100440K-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>April, 2019: Strategic workshop &#8211; Towads an entrepreneurial university<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>After hearing about the different methods of promoting entrepreneurship it\u00b4s now time for the universities to develop their own strategy. The three universities from Karatina, Chuka and Nyeri had separate strategic workshops in their cities to work on a concept how to implement entrepreneurial structures at their location.<\/p>\n<p>There have been many creative and interesting ideas and we can\u00b4t wait to see how they will evolve!<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment-business-consultr-1200-850 size-business-consultr-1200-850 wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190408_125800K-scaled.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190408_125800K-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190408_125800K-300x219.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190408_125800K-1024x748.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190408_125800K-768x561.jpg 768w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190408_125800K-1536x1123.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/20190408_125800K-2048x1497.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1871\"><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>March, 2019: Persona Canvas session for students<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afterall the students are the ones that we want to see succeeding with their own businesses. Of course, it is really important to give them the right tools to do so. That\u00b4s why we conducted a Persona Canvas session with the 2019 class of the NextFounder program at DeHUB in Nyeri. Persona Canvas is a method where you give potential customers a face, name and personality to get a better understanding of what they need and want from a product or service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope this exercise will help the students to become better entrepreneurs who can accommodate the needs of their customer base!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/IMG_20190404_135504_845K.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>March, 2019: Starting off 2019!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div>We started off 2019 with a strategic workshop conducted by the head of the Startup Center Saarland Jens Kr\u00fcck and the startup consultant Christine G\u00f6rgen.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>In this two day workshop at Karatina University 15 participants from our three partner universities (Dedan Kimathi University of Technology, Karatina University, Chuka University) learned about the Business Model Canvas and got hands-on experience with it. Furthermore, they gained insights into three dimensions of HEInnovate. Those dimensions were &#8220;Organizational Capacity&#8221;, &#8220;Entrepreneurial thinking and learning&#8221; and &#8220;Preparing and supporting entrepreneurs&#8221;. Thank you all for a educative and knowledge-enhancing workshop. We are already looking forward to our next workshop.<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-130 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_6430-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_6430.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_6430-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_6430-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><p><\/p>\n<hr><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>November, 2018: Had a very interesting week in Germany!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week 15 Kenyan guests visited Saarland University to get to know different institutions and structures at Saarland University that support founding and entrepreneurial thinking. We want to thank our guests for this interesting experience and exchange!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journey startet on Sunday with an interesting visit of the StartUp-Weekend. During the following days from Monday to Friday we listened to a lot of interesting presentations from different presenters. The vice president for European and international affairs, Prof. Claudia Polzin-Haumann, welcomed our guests officially on Monday morning. Amongs others Dr. Michael Brenker from Phoenix Contact, Christine G\u00f6rgen and Sebastian Al-Halabi from KWT, Dr. Thomas Schmidtgall from ZeSH, Lukas Bieringer from CISPA and different presenters from ZeMA held their presentations on entrepreneurial thinking, supporting students and establishing companies. For further information see the detailed agenda for the DEpUK Meeting in November 2018: <a href=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Program_November_Meeting_final..pdf\">Program November Meeting DEpUK<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see in greater detail which activities took place last week follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/depukenya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/depukenya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another insight in the informational journey can be seen in an interesting article published on the website of the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dkut.ac.ke\/index.php\/notices\/dekut-visit-to-saarland-university-germany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DEpUK Article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gruppenbild-zema-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gruppenbild-zema-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gruppenbild-zema-300x225.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gruppenbild-zema-768x576.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gruppenbild-zema.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>October, 2018: Looking forward to the informational journey to Saarland University!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are happy to have less than one month left until 15 Kenyan university members come to visit the Saarland University and participate in the organized informational week. Many presentations containing experiences of founding related corporations such as the KWT, the Start-Up Center, the Career Center, the Center for Key Competences, the Cooperation Center for Science and Employment are already planned. Furthermore, some excursions are planned so that our Kenyan visitor do not only get the informational input on entrepreneurship and related competences but also experience an inspiring week in Germany. The detailed schedule will be published shortly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>July, 2018: The project is getting started with the self-assessment!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_7919-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-75\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_7919-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_7919-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_7919-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To identify the current status of the Kenyan universities a needs assessment was conducted in July 2018. All participating universities represented by management, employees and students fulfilled a self-assessment concerning the university&#8217;s current entrepreneurial orientation. The HEInnovate Tool was used for this self-assessment. Overall, it seems that the different universities identified similar fields of action. As planned in the project proposal the next step will be arranged and we await some representers of the Kenyan universities to visit us in Germany in November 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_7921-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_7921-1024x683.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_7921-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IMG_7921-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>May 1, 2018: The project proposal is approved!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"651\" height=\"412\" src=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bajwa_K\u00f6nig_DAAD.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bajwa_K\u00f6nig_DAAD.jpg 651w, http:\/\/depuk.bajwa.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Bajwa_K\u00f6nig_DAAD-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"post-text\">\n<p>The proposal for DEpUK as a project that initiates concrete action plans to develop entrepreneurial universities in Kenya was submitted in February 2018. Within the proposal we identified possible challenges and developed intended solutions. For nearer information and content visit the page \u201eAbout DEpUK\u201c.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal is now approved and we are happy to get started. We are looking forward to our first planned steps namely conducting the needs assessment (a self-assessment using the HEInnovate Tool) and increasing the sensibility for the need of change.<\/p>\n<hr><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>February, 2018: Submitting the project proposal!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We submitted the proposal for the DEpUK project &#8211; Developing Entrepreneurial Universities in Kenya &#8211; in February 2018. The proposal contains of several information concerning the project including the initial situation and possible challenges as well as the projects arrangements and goals. We kept our fingers crossed until the proposal was approved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this page we will keep you updated about new developments and information regarding DEpUK. October, 2021: 15 Kenyans in Germans Several years have past by since DEPUK project has come to live. 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