Education

Kenyatta University Ventilator turns out to be a Faulty Bicycle Pump

Unveiled with pomp, color and global media attention, the much-celebrated prototype of the pneumatic ventilator made in Kenyatta University has turned out to be a faulty bicycle pump. The device which had promised to transform the medical engineering in Kenya has turned into disappointment after it emerged that the actual prototype was simply a faulty […]

Education

Kisii University Launches ‘eLearning’ Program Using Smoke Signals

Kisii University is set to join other Universities offering distance learning programs, although in a very unconventional manner that combines technology and traditions. Speaking during the launch of the program, the University Vice Chancellor Professor John S Akama said that the Kisii based institution would embark om using smoke signals to communicate to students who […]

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University of Nairobi Rediscovers Alphabets

In what appears to be the biggest research breakthrough in Kenya, the University of Nairobi has discovered the alphabet. A paper published in the Journal of Linguistics and Literature, the Institute of Advanced Languages highlights this groundbreaking discovery which is going to change the education landscape in Kenya. “The alphabet is going to be the […]