IBM to boost ICT Training and Research

Posted on February 1, 2013 by The Editor

The enterprise of research and innovation, which is the defining characteristic of JKUAT has received considerable boost following the sealing of a collaboration that will see US based multinational, International Business Machines (IBM) work closely with JKUAT in training and research in the area of ICT. The agreement signed at the University, Friday February 1, 2013, by Prof. Mabel Imbuga, the vice chancellor and Mr. Mauricio Sucasas, IBM China based Director, ISV and Developer Relations, Growth Market Unit, will lead to the review of ICT curriculum to integrate new advances in ICT that IBM will… Continue reading →

Optimism as Career Fair ends

Posted on July 14, 2012 by The Editor

It was the first time for the students to organize a Career day, and the aim was to provide a platform for students to interact with their potential employers. And the event did not disappoint, at least going by the large number of students who for three days swarmed from booth to booth to talk to industry professionals invited by the University to help students to relate their academic programmes to their future careers. The Career fair that ended, Friday July 13, 2012 brought over 35 companies to the University with their representatives who had… Continue reading →

Department of Mechanical engineering Tops in Online Visibility

Posted on July 13, 2012 by The Editor

The departments of Mechanical Engineering and Library have floored their contemporaries in the second quarter online visibility ranking of academic and non-academic categories respectively. Mechanical Engineering department also elbowed the department of Botany from the coveted overall best position to stamp its online authority in a competition that is growing fiercest with each ranking. Closing in after Mechanical Engineering department in the teaching category was the department of Statistics and Actuarial Science while the department of Performance Contracting came second in the non-teaching category. Speaking at a brief ceremony to announce the rankings, the Vice… Continue reading →

JKUAT Launches Annual Career Fair

Posted on July 12, 2012 by The Editor

The first Annual JKUAT Career Fair got underway on Wednesday July 11, 2012 at the main campus grounds with an interactive ceremony bringing together students, university management and company executives. The three day event themed Developing Careers in line with Vision 2030 has attracted exhibitors from over 20 companies drawn from telecommunications, ICT, manufacturing, energy, security, enterprise and banking sectors. Besides promoting their products and services, the companies are sensitizing students on various career opportunities they offer. In a colourful opening ceremony graced by the indefatigable comedian and Kiss 100 Big Breakfast co-host Felix Odiwuor… Continue reading →

Teaching Centre in Arusha to steer Regional Integration

Posted on July 5, 2012 by The Editor

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has opened own teaching centre in Arusha Tanzania, becoming the first public University in East Africa to take advantage of the revitalized regional corporation to mount its academic programmes across the country’s boarders. The inauguration ceremony held in Arusha Thursday July 5, 2012, was presided over by the Chancellor, Prof. Francis Gichaga, who used the event to underscore the importance of higher education in fostering regional integration. Prof. Gichaga in a ceremony witnessed by officials from the East Africa Community and a representative from Kenya’s High Commission office… Continue reading →

JKUAT Shines at the Nokia QT 2012 Hackathon

Posted on June 29, 2012 by The Editor

Jomo Kenyatta University students emerged tops in the Nokia QT Hackathon competition that ended in Nairobi, Sunday June 24 2012. Mike Kivuvia , a Third Year Computer Technology student developed an application, SkinSwap, which allows one to theme (phone background look and feel) own phone based on themes (background images) of various wild animals. He walked away with KSh. 1,000,000. Matu Jotham, a Third Year Information Technology student, came in third with his application Quickdrums, a musical beat sequencing that helps users create musical beats. Other innovations developed by JKUAT students that were among the… Continue reading →

Higher Education Minister Happy with JKUAT Progress

Posted on June 25, 2012 by The Editor

Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister, Hon. Prof. Margaret Kamar has lauded JKUAT for offering competitive and relevant academic programmes, critical to the realization of Vision 2030. The legislator who was speaking during the varsity’s 19th graduation ceremony equally underscored the strides made by JKUAT epitomized by its selection to host the Pan African University Institute of Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation (PAUISTI). “The commencement of PAUISTI courses in September 2012 in JKUAT will be a major milestone in regional research, training and technology”, reiterated Prof. Kamar, adding that the initiative will bring a remarkable… Continue reading →

19th Graduation ceremony

Posted on June 22, 2012 by The Editor

The future of Kenya’s economic development lies in the country’s ability to embrace the application of new technologies such as biotechnology that has the potential of opening new opportunities for industrial development. Prof. Calestous Juma one of Kenya’s leading academic currently serving at the prestigious US based, Harvard University dispelled the notion that agricultural biotechnology in particular was an instrument used to benefit rich farmers in developed countries, while at the same time it undermined food security and the environment. Prof. Juma was speaking at Jomo Kenyatta University of agriculture and Technology where he was… Continue reading →

Embrace Entrepreneurship: Scholar Urges Universities

Posted on June 21, 2012 by The Editor

African Universities have the potential to pull the continent out of poverty but only if they transformed their traditional approach to teaching and research, and embrace modern entrepreneurial practices crucial in fostering economic development. In a public lecturer at JKUAT, Wednesday June 20, 2012, renowned Harvard based Kenyan scholar, Prof. Calestous Juma, was of the view that the challenges facing the continent require universities to be central actors in strengthening global competitiveness of African economies. “To achieve this, African universities need to adopt new thinking, different from the first generation universities’. The don further told… Continue reading →

Rice Research Project gain Momentum

Posted on June 19, 2012 by The Editor

Hopes to increase rice production to promote food security in Kenya are brighter following a promising study initiated by the University three years ago. The study has led researchers at JKUAT to develop high yielding and disease resistant varieties of the cereal that is now gaining importance as a major food crop in the country. The multidisciplinary research project that has brought together researchers from different disciplines mainly from the Departments of Food Science, Horticulture, Botany, and Biomechanical and Environmental engineering has since attracted new local and international collaborators including National Irrigation Board, National Council… Continue reading →