Henry Yatich is the Principal, College of Graduate Studies and Research at Mount Kenya University. He is a Senior Management Science Research Fellow at Mount Kenya University’s School of Business and Economics with research focuses on inclusive employability skills, entrepreneurship, and innovation, with an emphasis on bridging university-business linkages and knowledge transfer in Kenya. He has extensive experience in quantitative and qualitative research methods, particularly in evaluating business ecosystems and start-up innovations. He has sat in numerous international research conferences such as the British Council-Going Global, AOM, UNAI SDG7 Hub- Scientific Committee Member-18th International Conference on Energy and Climate Change.

Current Research Projects:

Lead or Co-Principal Investigator (PI) Roles

• ACCESS Project (2020-2029): Dr. Yatich is the Lead Country Coordinator/PI in the Africa Centre for Career Enhancement and Skill Support (ACCESS-UBL pillar) project. The project focuses on entrepreneurship training, industry partnerships, and start-up promotion through design thinking, especially in the context of sustainable development goals. It also involves reviewing curricula and training modules to promote entrepreneurial skills by using technology-led innovations.
• “Africa Meets Bavaria Project” (2024-2026): He is a Co-PI in this project with UnternehmerTUM. The project’s goal is to bridge the gap between universities and industries to strengthen the innovation and start-up culture in Germany. This collaboration focuses on four emerging technology hubs in Africa, including Kenya

Book Chapters:

• 2022: Promoting Entrepreneurship to Reduce Graduate Unemployment. Henry Yatich. 2022., ISBN: ISBN13: 9781799895817. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9581-7.ch002
• 2025: Rethinking Service Learning: Best Practices on Service Learning from Kenya. Published in the “University-Business Linkage for Employability Promotion Practice Cases from Africa” 978-3-7489-5289-3 (ePDF). https://www.nomos-shop.de/en/p/university-business-linkage-for-employability-promotion-gr-978-3-7560-2414-8
• 2025: Implementing Service-Learning-ACCESS Project Framework with Higher Education and Industry-A Kenyan Perspective Publication in the “Transforming Higher Education Institutions through service-learning and capacity building: Reflections from the iN4iN LATAM Chapter Conference”No. 162, ISSNe: 2463-1892 Mayo de 2025. https://doi.org/10.48713/10336_45327

ORCID profile:         https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7887-1549

LinkedIN:                Dr. Henry Yatich, Ph.D | LinkedIn

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