Julius Gatune Kariuki

Dr. Julius Gatune is a highly experienced policy expert. He researches and advices governments across Africa on issues of economic transformation. His areas of focus include: Innovation with a focus on leveraging Triple Helix Model to drive Local Economic Development (LED), Economic transformation policy; Foresight and future modelling; agricultural value chains; extractive resources management; and institutional strengthening. He has led over 40 studies in 15 Africa countries. He has also been part of an effort to map the future of Middle East and North Africa.

Dr. Gatune-Kariuki has worked with the Africa Centre for economic Transformation (ACET) in Accra as Senior Policy Advisor and at McKinsey & Co at Johannesburg South Africa office as a management consultant. He also worked at the Frederick S. Pardee Centre for Study Longer Range Futures at Boston University and the Frederick S Pardee Centre for International Futures at the University of Denver working on a number of projects that that looked explored the drivers of futures of Africa. He has a PhD in Policy Analysis for the Pardee RAND Graduate School and Masters in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering and an MBA from the University of Nairobi.

Publication type

MSM working papers & occasional papers

• Different Strokes of the 4th Industrial Revolution: Could technological change level the playing field in Africa? Gatune Kariuki, J., Karuri-Sebina, G., & de Boer, D. (2019). Different Strokes of the 4th Industrial Revolution: Could technological change level the playing field in Africa? (MSM Working Paper No. 2019/04). Available at: https://www.msm.nl/IManager/MediaLink/935/104441/22795/0/
• Future of Work Africa: A Desk Study for VSO Netherlands. Gatune Kariuki, J., & de Boer, D. (2019). Future of Work Africa: A Desk Study for VSO Netherlands (MSM Working Paper No. 2019/02). Available at: https://www.msm.nl/IManager/MediaLink/935/104441/19927/0/
• Building the Missing Middle – The Case For Supporting The Telephone Farmer. Gatune Kariuki, J., & de Boer, D. (2019). Building the Missing Middle – The Case For Supporting The Telephone Farmer (MSM Working Paper No. 2019/01). Available at: https://www.msm.nl/IManager/MediaLink/935/104441/19925/0/
• The Triple Helix as a Model for Economic Development: A Background Paper. Gatune Kariuki, J., de Boer, D., & Mudde, H. (2018). The Triple Helix as a Model for Economic Development: A Background Paper (MSM Working Paper No. 2018/04). Available at: https://www.msm.nl/IManager/MediaLink/935/104441/19923/0/