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Setting up of Kenya’s first Innovation Academy

Kenya could have its first Innovation Academy if a proposal being considered by Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology is accepted by the Government and other stakeholders. The idea, ... more

Business Process Outsourcing Training

JKUAT becomes the first institution in the region to develop Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) curriculum. The training which will be launched in September this year, is designed to develop market dr... more

Liming of acid soil in Tea growing areas around Mt Kenya increases Maize Yields

Liming of acid soil in Tea growing areas around Mt Kenya increases Maize Yields
JKUAT researchers led by Dr. Njue Mugai of the department of Horticulture have shown that liming of tea growing acid soils around Mt. Kenya region can lead to massive increase in maize yields. The researchers are developing guidelines on the amounts ... more

Fifth Professor's Luncheon

Fifth Professor's Luncheon
The fifth Professor's Luncheon was held on July 6, 2010 at JKUAT main campus (Juja). The guest professor was Prof. Norah Khadzini Olembo. Prof. Olembo is the Executive Director of African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF). She holds a Post Doct... more

ICT Directorate trains prisons and probation officers in computer application to data management

JKUAT's ICT Directorate has taken prisons and probation officers through an intensive training on computer application to data management. The two week training sponsored by the Kenya National Bureau ... more

Don appointed PS-Ministry of Industrialisation

Dr. Kibicho Karanja has been appointed by His Excellency the President, Mwai Kibaki as the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industrialization. Dr. Kibicho, a mechanical engineer, has been involv... more

DyneMaths System Features at ICT conference

DyneMaths System Features at ICT conference
Dr. John Kihoro from JKUAT School of e-Learning explains a point to a section of visitors anxious to get first hand information on the operations of DyneMathsDyneMaths System used for e-content generation. Dr. Kihoro was in  Lusaka-Zambia at... more

KIPI lauds varsity research and innovation initiative

KIPI lauds varsity research and innovation initiative
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has received praise for embracing change that has seen researchers in the Juja based institution shift from the traditional research aimed at publishing to modern research focusing on inv... more

Access of e-books and journals free of charge to JKUAT and its campuses

Access e-books and journals free of charge at  - Emerald Group Publishing (www.emeraldinsight.com) between 16th June and16th of July 2010  - Oxford Scholarship Online (www.oxfordscholarsh... more

Electronic Information Resource Exhibition

Electronic Information Resource Exhibition
The purpose of the Electronic Resources Exhibition is to bring awareness in the University community of the availability e-books, e-thesis and e-journals for learning and research.   Dates Monday June 7  to Friday June 11 2010 Organizer... more