Comprehensive
Curriculum
Scaling up implementation and resilience building of entrepreneurs for impact and transformation:
Sustainable transformative value chains that create employment and wealth require startups and progressive development of new ventures so as to grow customer base and market, geographical coverage, firm turnover and profits. To this end, Origin Venture Growth School, admits innovator-entrepreneur-students with ventures that are along the value chains for a more long-term and deeper learning. The students receive education, systematically organized to support their venture development whilst progressing towards attainment of academic credentials. Additionally, they are equipped with practical skills and mentorship to build their resilience.
The initial cohort has fifteen innovator-entrepreneur-students representing founders and co-founders of thirteen scalable ventures based on innovations in the transformative value chains. Origin’s target for such scalable ventures is a total of fifty in the next two years.
Master of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is a degree of DeKUT. MIE is offered at DeKUT with Origin as one of the key partners.

Origin as a key industry partner. Origin creates the environment for the student-entrepreneur to succeed in his or her business ventures. At admission, Origin provides the student-entrepreneur with the tools and a platform to identify a great innovation by effectively scoping challenges whose solution have a potential for scaling up. Furthermore, students can enhance their chance of succeeding by selecting challenges from Origin’s list of transformative value chains that it has identified and developed over time; Origin can facilitate the student-entrepreneur to solve and implement solutions that are in its list of challenges. Subsequently, Origin brings on-board outstanding entrepreneurs to serve as role models, mentors and speakers; it runs a global network of top-tier entrepreneurship and innovation academics from Africa and diaspora to teach topics and/or units, supervise and mentor the student-entrepreneur; Origin organizes innovation and entrepreneurial activities including talks, seminars, workshops, and exhibitions, events; and very importantly, it arranges events to expose entrepreneurs to sources of capital: viz., equity funds, banks, angel investors and venture capitalist; Origin provides a platform for showcasing innovations.
The programme comprises thirteen Core taught Units and Four (4) Phased Venture Projects, spread over four academic semesters, and organized in the following four Modules.
Faculty
Gain insights from a diverse team of DeKUT faculty and renowned entrepreneurship and innovation experts from Africa and the diaspora. Network with top entrepreneurs across the continent.
Curriculum
Turn ideas into reality by applying what you learn to build and develop your own business venture.
Global Cohort
Connect with a global network of innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders sharing knowledge and gaining support as you grow together.
Delivery & Structure
Enjoy flexible learning through a blend of online, virtual and in-person sessions, plus hands-on field experience. A modular structure that allows you to Progress at your own pace with a modular setup, earning credentials as you advance.
Our Expertise
Actualization of Transformative Venture-Based Projects.
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Prof. Eng. Ndirangu Kioni
Origin Founder
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Dr. Anita Wachira
PhD in Business Administration and Management
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Dr James Wakiru
Sr. Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering
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Dr. Rosemary Kagondu
Start-Up Committee
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Dr. Julius Gatune
UNESCO Chair of Future Literacy Laboratory and Associate Professor of Anticipatory Socio-Technical Systems
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Dr. Anne Sang
Senior Lecturer and Dean School of Business Management and Economics
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Prof. Yoporeka Somet
Sr. Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering
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Our Mission
To produce graduates equipped with innovative entrepreneurial competencies
We create vigorous programs that help produce graduates with innovative entrepreneurial skills who can create, develop, and scale high-growth start-up companies, and successfully manage their growth in a rapidly evolving global business environment.