I launched the ‘Collaborative Mauritius (CM) Network Connector Development Programme’ today at the Mauritius Research Council (MRC).The Collaborative Mauritius (CM) Network is a platform for Innovative Mauritians minds from Academia, Research and Businesses. Mr G. Kearney, CEO of Connected Knowledge and co-founder of Innovation Exchange (IXC) and Ms Tess Julian, Director of Development at Innovation Exchange (IXC) from Australia, will assist us in overcoming this hurdle of cross-institutional communication and operation by identifying necessary programmes we need to put in place in order to make our new Innovation System sustainable over the long term.