{"id":82171,"date":"2026-01-27T04:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82171"},"modified":"2026-01-27T04:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:33:23","slug":"naseni-aust-partner-to-commercialise-research-drive-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/01\/27\/naseni-aust-partner-to-commercialise-research-drive-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"NASENI, AUST Partner to Commercialise Research, Drive Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja, to promote innovation and commercialise research outputs.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership aims to transform academic research into practical solutions that support industrial and economic development.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the signing ceremony in Abuja, NASENI\u2019s Executive Vice Chairman and CEO, Mr. Khalil Halilu, said the agency is shifting from theory-driven research to innovation with measurable impact.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the collaboration would help bridge the gap between academia and industry, stressing that NASENI\u2019s Innovation Hub is designed to nurture and scale promising ideas into usable technologies.<\/p>\n<p>According to NASENI, the agreement will strengthen research-to-market pathways and ensure that innovations from academic institutions contribute meaningfully to Nigeria\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with the African University of Science and Technology (AUST), Abuja, to promote innovation and commercialise research outputs. The partnership aims to transform academic research into practical solutions that support industrial and economic development. Speaking at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82173,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82171\/revisions\/82173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}