Where Opportunity and Transformation Meet

What We Do

The Frontier Manufacturing Hub operates as an integrated, three-pillar platform:

— Regional Manufacturing Platform

  • Ideation, technology transfer, and execution for manufacturing enterprises.
  • Incubation of manufacturing concepts with at least 70%+ market success potential.
  • Resource mobilisation — technical, financial, and intellectual — to bring manufacturing ideas to life.
  • Direct contribution to SBS Research & Innovation through real-world outcomes and publications.

— Regional Centre of Excellence in Manufacturing

  • Think tank and curated community of experts in manufacturing.
  • Policy and regulatory intelligence and knowledge integration.
  • Knowledge management and academic research output.
  • Interactive forums, thematic summits, and global partnerships.
  • Centre of excellence for regulation and policy shaping.

  • Short courses, Exchange Programs, Masterclasses, Workshops, Executive Education programmes for manufacturing entrepreneurs and enterprises.
  • Design studios and scale-up labs for prototyping and market intervention.
  • Capacity development and technical training aligned to GMP and quality risk systems.
  • Collaborations with like-minded institutions.

The Structure

The Frontier Manufacturing Hub operates within a lean, accountable governance structure embedded within SBS. The Hub is sustained by a blend of intellectual, technical, and administrative resources.

SBS Management Committee

Strategic oversight and overall governance of the Hub

Associate Dean, Research & Innovation

Academic and institutional line management; liaison with SBS leadership

Frontier Manufacturing Hub Board of Advisors

External expert accountability, advisory oversight, and strategic guidance

Frontier Manufacturing Hub Lead

Overall strategic and operational leadership; primary contact with SBS leadership and external partners

Technical Lead

Technical delivery oversight across all Hub activities; alternate contact with SBS leadership

Three Programme Arms

Regional Manufacturing Platform | Centre of Excellence in Manufacturing | Learning Academy

Our Team

The Frontier Manufacturing Hub is led and staffed by a multidisciplinary team of practitioners, academics, and industry specialists and experts— each bringing deep domain expertise relevant to Africa’s manufacturing transformation agenda.

 Collaborate With Us

The Frontier Manufacturing Hub is an open ecosystem. We are actively building partnerships with:

  • Industry players — manufacturers, technology providers, raw material suppliers
  • Development partners and investors — DFIs, foundations, bilateral funders
  • Government and regulators — for policy dialogue and market-enabling reform
  • Academic and research institutions — for knowledge exchange and co-creation
  • Entrepreneurs and enterprises — from micro to medium scale, ready to grow

 Contacts

frontierhub@strathmore.edu