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Over 50 participants drawn from eight countries in academia, industry and government, converged at JKUAT on Wednesday May 8, 2019 for the University’s annual Sustainable Research and Innovation...
View ArticleProf. Mathu First Visit to JKUAT as Chancellor
The Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Prof. Joseph Mathu Ndung’u, has pledged to work with the institution’s stakeholders in his effort to take the...
View ArticleUnions, Students and Management Welcome New Chancellor
The appointment of Prof. Joseph Mathu Ndung’u as JKUAT Chancellor has been well received by JKUAT stakeholders. During his first visit to the University, staff union leaders, students, University...
View ArticlePAUSTI registers another milestone with admission of 6th Cohort
The Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation (PAUSTI) has admitted the sixth cohort comprising 115 students, drawn from 35 African countries. The students will...
View ArticleResearchers Dig in to Help Solve Narok’s Flash Floods Menace
The frequent flash floods menace threatening lives and destroying millions of property in Enkare Narok Basin, may be a thing of the past if the efforts by a team of researchers drawn from five...
View ArticleMicrosoft on a Mission to Start Regional Center in Africa
Microsoft is seeking partners in the establishment of their first regional development center in Africa and the 7th of its kind globally. According to Microsoft Vice President in-charge of Office 365,...
View ArticleChief Justice Maraga Urges Students to Shun Drugs Abuse
The Chief Justice of Kenya, David Maraga has advised university students against drug and substance abuse, which he warned, could easily compromise their academic and social development. Maraga decried...
View ArticleExperts crack the coconut value chain woes to boost productivity
Farmers and small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the coconut value chains at the Kenyan Coast have attributed lack of business skills, markets, value addition technologies; poor quality products...
View ArticleHow Much Do you Know About Food Digestion?
A nutritional biochemist from the United Kingdom has said the digestion of food nutrients, simple as they may sound, is a complex science best appreciated through different disciplines such as Food...
View ArticleUniversity Managers Sensitized on Security
The National Disaster Management Unit (NDMU), a Department under the Inspector General of Police Service has advised institutions to be vigilant and embed security awareness at all levels of the...
View ArticleJKUAT and FKF Holds Inaugural Refereeing Training
JKUAT Sports Department and Kenya Football Federation (FKF) have jointly organized a five-day soccer refereeing training seminar that will run between May 27–31, 2019, to offer basic training skills to...
View ArticleVarsity Stages Intellectual Property Awareness Workshop
Over 20 members of staff drawn from different academic disciplines within the University have concluded a seminar on patent, scientific and technological information search. The training that was...
View ArticleJKUAT Alumnus Bags the Cisco Global Innovation Challenge
A Business Information Technology (BBIT) alumnus from JKUAT has become the First runner up of the Third Annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge, winning Kshs. 7.5 Million (US$ 75,000) according to...
View ArticleDon calls for new approaches to food production
Climate change prediction models have indicated that food production in the future will be a challenge due to increased temperature and fluctuating rainfall patterns. According to Dr. Jake Bishop, a...
View ArticleAFRICA-ai-JAPAN Project Bids Farewell to Two Members
Tributes rented the air as various speakers passed messages of goodwill to two JICA experts attached to the AFRICA-ai-JAPAN Project whose service tenure had come to an end. Prof. Shinjiro Shiomi and...
View ArticleStudent’s Work to Stem Malnutrition receives Global Award
Stephen Odiwuor Ochieng, a final year medicine student, has been crowned winner of the 2019 Students Projects for Health Competition. The award by the US based Foundation for Advancement of...
View ArticleSecond Cohort of Pre-Varsity Students Complete ICT Training
The second cohort of 84 pre-university students have successfully completed the JKUAT-Zalego ICT Youth Innovation Programme, May 31, 2019. The five months’ programme, organized by JKUAT’s ICT-...
View ArticleData Science Capacity Building Workshop Opens at JKUAT
A week-long workshop aimed at fostering JKUAT’s data science capacity opened at the University on Monday June 3, 2019. The event that brought together students and staff from different departments such...
View ArticleProf. Ngumi urges Students to Work hard, Secure Varsity Education
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Vice Chancellor, Prof. Victoria Wambui Ngumi, has urged students pursuing primary and secondary school studies in the country to work...
View ArticleTowards Data Driven Informed Decision Making in Health Sector
The limited use of data and GIS in the provision of health care has continued to hinder programme management, policy development and decision making in health. To curb this, the Health Informatics...
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