Technology Transfer and Incubation Center 

The Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology (EiTEX) was established as a Textile Technology Department in 1963 under Bahir Dar Poly Technique Institute. For about 33 years the training program was in the level of Diploma and advanced diploma in the field of Textile Technology. In 1996 the Department of Textile Technology changed to Textile Engineering Department and the training program correspondingly promoted to Degree level. Far along in 2009, the Textile Engineering Department of Engineering Faculty under Bahir Dar University was promoted to the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology. Until recent times the Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology has been the prime institute in supplying a trained labor force for Ethiopian textile and apparel sector industries for the last five decades. After its establishment, as an institute, EiTEX has stated, its mission and vision that will enable it strong for academic training, research, and outreach activities in the national as well as the Regional level in the Textile, apparel, and leather sectors.

      To address the outreach activities, the EiTEX community service and Technology Transfer Office began its duty by reviewing all possible channels in EiTEX against conventional technology transfer channels between universities, industries, and the surrounding communities being used elsewhere.  The most common and effective Community service and technology transfer activities so far that EiTEX engaged in addition to the human-embedded knowledge transfer, are:

-   Institute-industry cooperative research.

- A feasibility study in the Textile Apparel and leather sector.

-  Consultancy service for large- and small-scale industries.

-    Short-term training in Textile Apparel and leather sector.

-  Incubation of social enterprise in the handloom sector in collaboration with ITC.

-  Prototype development of machinery for small-scale manufacturers in the sector.

-  Testing service of cotton, yarn, fabric, leather, and related materials for different institutions and industries

Vision:

To be a leading promoter of innovation and entrepreneurship that fosters synergy between the innovator and the institute to create a startup ecosystem. 

Mission: 

- To motivate, build, and promote out-of-the-box thinking and development of innovative ideas. 

- To create an ecosystem on campus to nurture innovation for promoting entrepreneurship through industry collaborations by providing incubation facilities and services for greater social impact. 

- To promote activities related to Ideation, Pre-incubation, and Incubation to support startups

Basic advancements 

   - Set up and facilitate all University regulations to incubate ideas of the staff and students that could lead to a spin-off.

   - Hard-working to become an entrepreneurial university by transforming our academic knowledge into economic and social utilities.

   - Develop and deliver educational presentations and workshops related to IP and commercialization for the EiTEX research community.

   - An integrated institutional entrepreneurial culture.

   - Promoting and providing incentives for TT members, productivity will be higher.

   - Ensuring adequate oversight and guidance of its technology transfer and commercialization structures and processes.

   - Promoting and supporting staff to engage in the TT and incubate.

Community service 

   - Encourage science that meets society’s needs(community impact)

   - Launch community service initiatives that have positive impacts on the environment and the community.

   - Promote, develop, and community service initiatives and actively engage interested parties and community members.

   - Develop measures for performance evaluation for department, faculty, and students in terms of excellence in community service.

   - Working with the indigenous SME to support technical and market linking 

   - collaborate with multidiscipline researchers to support and deliver training, consultancy, maintenance, and other community engagements

   - Give training and consultancy to the SME on the production and quality based on the international standards

   - Outreach activities will be strengthened by working in collaboration with the surrounding community;

Contact person:

• Gezahegn Andargie [Lecturer]
• Community Service and Technology Transfer Officer
• Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology
• Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

• P.O. Box: 1037

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