Prof. Gupta delivers a public lecture at PAUSTI
Minds on the margin are not marginal minds. That was the opening statement by the internationally acclaimed scholar, Prof. Anil K Gupta, to graduate students at the Pan African University Institute for...
View ArticleJKUAT Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has won the Grand Challenges Explorations grant, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to foster groundbreaking...
View ArticleFAO Books Donation to Boost Food Security Research
Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has donated 519 books to Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology with an aim of creating access to resources and information on food security and...
View ArticleJKUAT Hosts International NAPRECA Conference
Researchers, scholars and herbal medicine practitioners drawn from various countries in Eastern and Central African region have concluded a two-day International Conference on Natural Products Research...
View ArticleAcademia-Industry Ties, Key in Tackling Global Challenges
Academia-Industry linkage is imperative for industries to build on a growing pool of academic talent that exists in institutions of higher learning in order to solve real-world challenges in an...
View ArticleJKUSA Commissions 5 million Students’ Centre Face-lift
When the face-lift of the JKUAT Students Centre is complete, it shall go down in history books as one of the most significant milestones accomplished by any Students’ leadership in the University. On...
View ArticleStandard curriculum for health records management mooted
Stakeholders in the academic and health sectors are mulling a standard curriculum to guide training of health records and information management professionals in the country. Besides harmonizing...
View ArticleJKUAT Welcomes Inaugural Physiotherapy Inspection
The Physiotherapy Council of Kenya (PCK) docked at JKUAT, February 22, 2018 for its inaugural inspection of the Physiotherapy Programmes run by the University. Established in December 2014, the...
View ArticleRepositioning African Universities for Sustainable Development Goals
Universities in Africa have the onerous task of honing creative and sustainable ideas and innovations to power Africa’s socio-economic transformation, in line with aspirations of United Nations’...
View ArticleVarsity Students Leverage on Technology to Conduct Electronic Elections
JKUAT Society of Engineering Students (SES) held its annual hand-over elections on Tuesday February 27, 2018 and for the first time in the history of the society the exercise was done electronically....
View ArticleJKUAT Ropes in Japanese Company to Boost E-learning
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has inked a partnership with a Japanese firm to promote smart learning in the University. The initiative will see KJS Company transfer e-learning...
View ArticleJKUAT Don Elected African Academy of Science Fellow
JKUAT scholar and top researcher has been elected as a fellow to the African Academy of Sciences (AAS). Prof. Mary Abukutsa from the department of Horticulture bagged the honour following her decades’...
View ArticleHORTINLEA Meeting, Stakeholders’ Forum Opens
Researchers working under the Horticultural Innovation and Learning for Improved Nutrition and Livelihood in East Africa (HORTINLEA) project funded by the Ministry of Education and Research of Germany,...
View ArticleShujaa Tractor Paves Ways for Agricultural Mechanisation
Agriculture being the backbone of the Kenyan economy, mechanisation is paramount to increase the food basket of the country hence enhancing the economic growth. According to Vice Chancellor, Prof....
View ArticlePS to Leverage on Evidence-Based Research for Decision Making
There is need to identify effective and efficient ways of increasing the use of evidence based research in agricultural decision making to improve agricultural productivity and service delivery. This...
View ArticleWorkshop on Internationalization of Higher Education Staged
African countries have been challenged to come up with progressive policies in order to foster internationalization of higher education. JKUAT Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mabel Imbuga said that increased...
View ArticleSchool of Public Health Reviews Curricula for Six Programmes
The School of Public Health convened a two-day workshop to review curricula for six academic programmes under its stable. The workshop held on March 1-2, 2018 at the Sino African Joint Research Centre,...
View ArticleTalks to Establish African-German University Held
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mabel Imbuga today, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, received at JKUAT, a German delegation drawn from a consortium of five universities. The team was in Kenya as part of...
View ArticleCounty Officers Trained on Data Analytics
Over 38 officers drawn from twelve counties are at JKUAT for a four-day training on health data analytics and geographic information systems for informed decision making in the devolved units. The...
View ArticleProf Imbuga Hails Government for Reviewing Education Curriculum
The government has been commended for reviewing the education curriculum making it competency – based, a move that is likely going to alleviate the numerous challenges bedeviling the education sector...
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