Entrance view of the new Mount Kenya University Malindi Maritime Academy.[FILE,Standard] Training of seafarers in Kenya and the region has received a major boost following the signing of an agreement between Mount Kenya University (MKU) and the Abu Dhabi Maritime Academy (ADMA). The two institutions last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to co-design and deliver courses on maritime studies, artificial intelligence in maritime applications and marine safety and sustainability. According to the agreement, the courses will be hosted at ADMA or virtually, with MKU gradually building local capacity. The two institutions will also collaborate in joint research and innovation initiatives aligned with…
Author: By John Muchucha
Mount Kenya University Vice-Chancellor, Prof Deogratius Jaganyi (right) presents a token of appreciation to Germany’s Deputy Ambassador to Kenya Alexander Fierley. [John Muchucha, Standard] A labour migration programme initiated by Mount Kenya University and Germany’s Hochschule Koblenz University of Applied Sciences has been lauded as a model project in facilitating the export of labour to the European country. Through the programme healthcare professionals, who have also been trained on the German language, are taken to Germany where they are absorbed in the country’s healthcare sector. The programme has already seen two cohorts of the apprentices leave Kenya for Germany, where…