Uganda, April 10 -- Ugandan youth innovators should not be left to struggle alone but must be supported to develop and commercialise their ideas in order to reduce dependency levels, the Chairperson of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council, Allen Kagina, has said.

Kagina, who also sits on the board of MTN Uganda Foundation, said stronger collaboration between government and the private sector is critical to scaling innovation and preventing promising ideas from stalling before reaching the market.

She said many young innovators lack the capacity to move from concept to commercialisation, a gap she warned could slow Uganda's innovation agenda.

"MTN for example partnered with National ICT Hub in Nakawa to ski...