Ratan Tata, University of California to set up venture capital fund

Tata Sons Ltd’s chairman emeritus Ratan Tata is gearing up to get more serious and institutional about the early-stage investing business, after a prolific run as an angel investor. Tata, 78, in partnership with the University of California, is setting up a venture capital fund with a corpus of around $100-150 million and has already […]

UoN received Sh100m to fund new innovations

The University of Nairobi will receive additional funding of Sh100 million annually to fund new inventions and to host an exhibition to showcase its innovations yearly, President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced. Speaking when he officially opened UoN Nairobi Innovation Week, President Kenyatta challenged other universities to showcase their innovations in fields such as agriculture and […]