Irish students to come for COP activities in July 2009

July 2009

Students from Rockbrook Park School in Dublin, Ireland will come to Kenya in July 2009 to spend quality time engaged in activities with students their own age in Ikumbo village in Meru, and in Kibera slums. In the rural environment of Ikumbo, the focus will be on teaching primary school children and assisting the school manually as it constructs more buildings Read more...

Prime Minister to lay foundation stone for Phase III

February 25, 2009

Prime Minister Raila Odinga will on Wednesday, 25th February lay the foundation stone for the Universitys Phase III of expansion. The ceremony will kick off the Universitys preparations to mark its 50th anniversary in year 2011. Read more...

The Facebook Fever

February, 2009

Dr Freddie Acosta, a senior lecturer of Business Information Technology at Strathmore University has been tracking developments on Facebook, a social networking site now with 150 million members. Read more...

Alumna wins ACCA's Global Achievement Award

February, 2009

Mrs Evelyn Kamagaju Rutagwenda, Rwanda's Auditor General and Chairperson of the Interim Governing Council of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Rwanda (ICPAR) won the 2008 ACCA Global Achievement Award for Africa and the Middle East, alongside Anna Orlia Chifungula from Zambia. Read more...

Strathmore highest ranked university in Africa outside Egypt and SA

February, 2009

Strathmore is the highest ranked university in Kenya, according to the January 2009 webometrics ranking of world universities. At position 12 in Africa, Strathmore is the highest ranked university outside Egypt and South Africa. Read more...

MIT professor to lecture at Strathmore

February 12, 2009

Professor Nathan Eagle, a Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute will give a lecture on Thursday, 12th February between 2 and 4pm in L2 (Phase II). Prof Eagle's research is on applying machine learning and network analysis techniques to large human behavioral datasets generated by mobile phones. Read more...

Hockey and rugby teams triumph at East Africa Games

February 4-7, 2009

The University's hockey and rugby teams are the new East Africa University champions. The teams emerged
triumphant at the 6th edition of the regional university games which were held from 4th to 7th of February in Kampala. Read more...

Envoy opens centre for HIV/Aids

February 6, 2009

Mr Frantisek Hejny, the Commercial Counselor at the Czech embassy in Kenya on Friday, 6th February opened the re-constructed Kenya Organisation of People Living with Aids (KOPLWA) Centre in Kibera. The Centre was swept away by heavy rains in November last year. Read more...

Research training for government officers

February 2-13, 2009

Strathmore Business School (SBS) is training 20 statisticians from different government ministries between 2nd and 13th February. The training is meant to equip the participants with skills on how to gather, analyse and disseminate data. Read more...

Jessica Colaço named one of the top 40 women in Kenya

February, 2009

Miss Jessica Colaço, the Research Leader at Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC) was named by 'Business Daily' as one of the top 40, under 40 years of age women in Kenya's business scene. Ms Colaço was the only one in the list working in an education institution. Read more...

When COP distributed food and clothes in Makueni District

January 31, 2008

The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. That is one lesson that can be drawn from the efforts of COP (Community Outreach Club) Club. By selling raffle tickets, COP raised enough money to buy 22 sacks of maize, and 15 bales of flour for the people of Kathonzweni Division, Makueni District. Read more...

Pioneer Student Council inaugurated

January 22, 2009

The University''s first elected Student Council was inaugurated on Thursday, 22nd January. Speaking at the inauguration ceremony held at the Graduation Square, Vice Chancellor John Odhiambo said a lot was expected of the council. "The Council should provide guidance to student councils of other universities," Prof Odhiambo said.  Read more...

Inaugural speech by Chairman of Student Council

January 22, 2009

The University's pioneer Student Council was inaugurated on Thursday, 22nd January. James Muhia, the Chairman of the Council gave a speech on the occasion based on what he called the 'Muhia Principles.'  He challenged his fellow students to become more involved in co-curricular activities and posed: what moves us to come to school every day? Read more...

Climbing the Rwenzoris a mix of heaven and hell

January 2009

The Rwenzori Mountains are a jewel of nature that cannot be compared to either Kilimanjaro or Mt Kenya. The latter are a 'walk in the park' compared to the Rwenzoris.  The Rwenzoris are so beautiful and yet so tough. Read more...

Former IESE Deputy Dean teaching at SBS

Prof Jaume Ribera of IESE Business School, Spain is currently teaching the Advanced Healthcare Management Program (AHMP). Ribera is a professor of Operations Management at IESE. He holds the Port of Barcelona Chair of Logistics at CEIBS in Shanghai, China. Read more...

SBS lecturers attend course at Harvard

Strathmore Business School's Dean, Dr Edward Mungai travelled to Boston, Massachusetts to attend a two-day course at Harvard Business School's Institute of Strategy and Competitiveness(ISC). ISC is headed by renowned business strategist Professor Michael E. Porter. The course was titled Microeconomics of Competitiveness: Firms, Clusters, and Economic Development. Read more...

Hell's Gate lives up to its name

Clawing my way up a rock face in Hell's Gate National Park, I tried not to think about what would happen if I fell.  Right hand up, left foot up, left hand up, right foot up.  Rock crumbled in my fingertips as I checked a hand grip.  Just a few more feet... Read more...

Does your CV have international codes?

December 5, 2008

When I look at a CV and the telephone contact(s) don't have the '+254' international code, I know the owner doesn't have a global outlook. Some people don't even put their town or area telephone codes or even the postal code. Read more...

Marketing Club launches a Research arm

December 5, 2008

The Strathmore Marketing Society (SMS) on Friday, 5th December launched the Research Society arm of the club. The club patron, Miss Fredah Mwiti, said it was important for the club to get more involved in research activities. Read more...

School of Hospitality to collaborate with Kula Korner franchise

December 5, 2008

The School of Tourism and Hospitality (SSTH) on Friday, 5th December signed a collaboration agreement with Kula Korner, a restaurant franchise. The Dean of SSTH Dr Joe Wadawi and Mr Dominic Kosen, the Managing Director of Kula Korner signed the agreement at the franchise offices at Hurlingham. Read more...

First ever Student Council elected

December 5, 2008

We have a Student Council! James Muhia, Joan Metian Pertet, Esther Karimi Njeru, David Karanja Gichiri, Laban Cliff Onserio were elected Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Finance Representative, and Public Relations Representative positions respectively in the first ever Strathmore University Student Council elections held on Friday, 5th December. Read more...

IHEDS holding seminar in collaboration with government body

December 2, 2008

The Institute of Humanities Education and Development Studies (IHEDS) in collaboration with Ministry of Education's Kenya Education Staff Institute (KESI) is hosting two week-long seminars for heads of secondary schools from all over the country titled "National induction course in education management for principals of secondary schools". Read more...

Student Council elections campaigns begin

November 24, 2008

After years of preparation, the University's Student Council is now only days away. The official campaign period starts on 24th November and runs through to 3rd December paving way for the elections on Friday, 5th December. Read more...

Inaugural Mobile Boot Camp held

November 28-29, 2008

The University's inaugural Mobile Boot Camp was held was held on 28th and 29th of November. About 100 information technology developers (programmers) and students attended the event. Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC) hosted the event in collaboration with the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT). Read more...

PS to open Strathmore's Mobile Boot Camp

November 28-29, 2008

Dr Bitange Ndemo, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication will open Strathmore's Mobile Boot Camp, a two-day mobile phone technologies crash course. The event will be held on 28th and 29th November at the University. Read more...

Mr Ahluwalia marks 30 years in Strathmore

November, 2008

"I have dedicated 52 years in education here in Kenya, and 30 of them have been in Strathmore". These were the emotional words of Mr Randhir Ahluwalia at a dinner to honour his 30 years of service at Strathmore on Friday, 14 November 2008 at Haveli Restaurant at Capital Centre along Mombasa Road. Read more...

AMP participants attend final session in Barcelona

November 29, 2008

Participants in the 2008 Advanced Management Program (AMP) from Strathmore and Lagos business schools attended a joint, one week long session at IESE Business School in Barcelona. The session ran from Monday, 24th  to Saturday, 29th November. It was the final AMP session this year. Read more...

Public Lecture on how to enhance training and research at universities

November 28, 2008

Prof Fred Otieno, the Executive Dean, Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, Tshwane University of Technology in South Africa will on Friday deliver a public lecture at the University. The topic of the lecture will be: The challenges facing a typical University and suggestions on how to enhance undergraduate and post graduate training and research. Read more...

Prof Naituli on mainstreaming environmental education

November 24, 2008

On 24th November, Prof Gitile Naituli of Faculty of Commerce gave a presentation on integration and sustainability of environmental education in universities at the first Mainstreaming Environment and Sustainability in African Universities (MESA) international conference held at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi. His presentation was titled 'The MESA experience: what we have learned'. Read more...

Inaugural Scholars' forum and lunch held

November 21, 2008

The University's inaugural Scholars' Forum and Lunch was held on Friday, 21st November. The event was attended by students on scholarships and those who have been awarded scholarships to begin their studies in January 2009. Read more...

Scholars lunch set for Friday, 21st November

November 21, 2008

The University will on Friday, 21st November host for lunch continuing and in-coming students on its scholarship schemes in Phase II. The function will begin at 1100am in the auditorium. Vice Chancellor Prof John Odhiambo will preside over the event. Invited too are the University's partners in provision of scholarships. Read more...

Humanae Vitae Conference to be held on Saturday, 15th November

November 15, 2008

There will be a conference on Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae (on Human Life) on Saturday, 15th November beginning at 8.30am in the auditorium. The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. Read more...

Lecturer to talk at conference on local internet content

November 14, 2008

Dr Joseph Sevilla, an ICT lecturer will present a paper on creating local content in education at the Kenya Content Conference organized by The Kenya ICT Board. The conference dubbed "Tandaa 2008" will be held on Friday, 14th November at KICC. Read more...

FIT Lecturers report on Internet Governance in East Africa

November 10-12, 2008

Dr Joseph Sevilla, Miss Maureen Olembo and Mr Tonny Omwansa, all lecturers in the Faculty of Information Technology prepared a report on Internet Governance based on the East African Internet Governance Forum (EAIGF) that was held at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) between 10th and 12th November. Read more...

Dramsoc to stage Henrik Ibsen's Doll's House on November 22nd and 23rd

November 22 & 23, 2008

A Doll's House traces the awakening of Nora Themba from her unexamined life of domestic comfort. Ruled her whole life by either her father or her husband, Nora must question the foundation of everything she believes in when her marriage is put to the test. Read more...

Public lecture: The new global ethic - challenges for Africa

November 19, 2008

Marguerite Peeters, the director of the Brussels-based Institute for Intercultural Dialogue Dynamics and the author of "The Globalization of the Western Cultural Revolution" will give a lecture at the University's auditorium on Wednesday, 19th November at 5.30pm. The title of the lecture  will be: The new global ethic - challenges for Africa. All are welcome to attend the lecture.For more on Marguerite and her work: Read more...

Director of Research attends Mathematics event in Austria

November 2, 2008

Dr Silas Onyango, the Director of Research and a Mathematics lecturer attended a special semester on stochastics with emphasis on finance held at the Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics (RICAM) at Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria from 19th October to 2nd November. The semester is supported by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Read more...

Lecturer to head taskforce on Mobile Banking in Kenya

November, 2008

Mr Tonny Omwansa, a lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology will head a taskforce that will explore financial integration in Kenya using M-Transactions, a mobile phone based platform that would link all banks, mobile operators and merchants in the country. Read more...

Rockefeller to give SRCC $70,000 to conduct research on NGOs

November, 2008

Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC) SRCC will conduct an NGO assessment and mapping research in Nairobi. The exercise will be funded by the Rockefeller Foundation to the tune of $70,000. It will seek to establish an inventory of institutions working on urban issues that relate to the poor with specific emphasis on those working informal settlements. Read more...

Pope's representative to Kenya visits SU

November 1, 2008

His Excellency Archbishop Alain Paul Lebeaupin, the Papal Nuncio in Kenya visited Strathmore's Mbagathi Study Centre on Saturday, 1st November. The Nuncio arrived a few minutes before 5.00 PM and had a two hour get-together with about 50 university students. Read more...

Kevin O'Byrne Memorial Fund launched

October 31, 2008

The Kevin O'Byrne Memorial Fund was launched at The Serena Hotel in Nairobi on Friday, 31st October. The Minister for Public Services, Hon Dalmas Otieno, an alumnus of Strathmore presided over the launch of the fund. Kshs 500,000 was raised, and another Kshs 1,000,000 was pledged during the launch according to the fund chairman, Mr Leslie Mwachiro. Read more...

Prof Yash Pal Ghai to deliver a paper during the 5th Annual Ethics Conference

October 30-31, 2008

Strathmore University will host the V Annual Ethics Conference, a high profile Ethics & Governance Forum. The theme of the conference is: Governance: Institutions and The Human Condition. It will be held on 30 and 31 October, 2008 in Phase II. The Conference's objective is to bring together a selected group of scholars, VIPs and policy makers to review the essential aspects of governance and to deliberate on some of the challenges facing the nation. Read more...

Lecturer examines M-Pesa's security

October 29-31, 2008

Mr Fanon Ananda, a lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology (FIT) and Mr John Kiptum of Citibank (and a Strathmore alumnus)  made a presentation titled "Security issues of M-Banking" at the Information security and cyber forensics conference held  at the Hilton Hotel, Nairobi from 29th to 31st October.  Read more...

Kevin O'Byrne Memorial Fund to be launched on Friday, 31st October

October 31, 2008

The Kevin O'Byrne Memorial Fund (KOBMF) will be launched on the 31st of October at the Nairobi Serena hotel from 7:00pm. The fund is being organised by the The Kevin O'Byrne Memorial Committee. The KOBMF seeks to inspire Kenyans to serve society as Kevin O'Byrne did throughout his life. Read more...

Leos continue making history in rugby

October, 2008

Strathmore Leos started Day-1 of the Driftwoods competition by beating hosts Mombasa Sports Club 19–7 in the opening match. In the second game of the day, Leos beat Mombasa Polytechnic 28–0, and secured a place in the quarter finals. In the last preliminary match, Leos were seeded in the tough pool A  and lost 21-17 to Mwamba. Read more...

Lecturer awarded PhD

October 22, 2008

Antoinette Kankindi, a lecture in the Institute of Humanities Education and Development Studies (IHEDS) defended her PhD thesis and was awarded Summa cum Laude at the University of Navarre in Pamplona on Wednesday, 22 October. Read more...

Blades and Swords glitter at the lakeside city

October 18-19, 2008

The University's men Basketball side – Blades - won the Kenya University Sports Association Basketball tournament held at Kisumu's Kenyatta grounds on 18th and 19th October. The tournament attracted 14 universities. Read more...

Lecturers participate in developing IT course for Africa

October 15-17, 2008

Dr Freddie Acosta, the Director for Academics and Research, and Mr John Matogo, an instructor in the Faculty of Information Technology represented the University in a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) certification planning workshop held in Johanessburg between 15th and 17th October 2008. Read more...

American influence on Kenyan culture

October, 2008

Alex Haynie, nicknamed "Aliki" by some of his new Strathmore friends, is an associate at Strathmore University Foundation now in Kenya until December on a three-month exchange assignment to further the collaboration of SUF with Strathmore University.  A 2008 graduate of Princeton University from North Wales, PA, Alex is interning with three of Strathmore's departments: athletics, community outreach, and alumni development. He is keeping a journal of his experiences and impressions. Read more...

Alumnus bags best CEO award

October, 2008

Ken Njoroge, the CEO of Cellulant was named the best CEO of a medium sized company in a survey conducted by KPMG and Business Daily. Cellulant emerged as the best company in the survey. The survey results were released on Friday, 3rd October. Read more...

Lecturer presents paper on m-voting in South Africa

October, 2008

Miss Maureen Olembo, a lecturer in the Faculty of Information Technology attended the annual South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists (SAICSIT) conference held in South Africa between 6th and 8th October. Read more...

Lecturer facilitates workshop at global summit for mobile technology

October 15, 2008

Mr Tonny Omwansa, a lecturer at the Faculty of Information Technology presented a paper and facilitated an M-Banking and M-Payments workshop during the MobileActive08, a global Summit on Unlocking the Potential of Mobile Technology for Social Impact, in Johannesburg, South Africa between 13th and 15th October, 2008. Read more...

SU website most popular after media sites

October 15, 2008

The University's website is the 28th most browsed by Kenyans. It is the third most popular local website after The Nation Media Group (ranked 17) and The Standard Group (ranked 18).The survey was carried out by Alexa, a Web Information Company that computes traffic rankings based on three months of aggregated historical traffic data obtained from diverse traffic data sources. Read more...

Construction work on Phase III begins

October, 2008

Construction work has began on Phase III of the University. The project comprises construction of a Management Science Building that will have classrooms, lecture theatres and offices; the definitive business school building; the Student Centre; and new and better Sports Grounds. Read more...

Harambee's International Board visits Kenya

October 08, 2008

Harambee Africa International board members Juan Luis Rodriguez-Fraile and Margarita Valenzuela de Guzman from Spain; Rosalinda Corbi, from Italy; and Marie Noelle Muller from France visited the University at the end of September in an effort to strengthen the existing collaboration between the two entities. Read more...

Analysis of the draft Reproductive Health and Rights Bill, 2008, Kenya

October, 2008

This bill addresses the issues of reproductive health pertinent to Kenya, in particular: sex/health education (including HIV/AIDS), contraception, abortion, assisted reproductive technology (ART) and female genital mutilation. The bill presents yet another attempt to expand the notion of rights to include access to reproductive technologies, extensive contraceptive options and legal abortion. Read more...

Dean awarded PhD

October 6, 2008

Dr Joseph Kibuye Wadawi, the Dean of School of Tourism and Hospitality was awarded a PhD by the University of Johannesburg on 6th October 2008. Dr Kibuye's PhD thesis was on destination marketing. Read more...

SU Sports Tournament to be held on 27th & 28th September

September 27-28, 2008

The University's 2008 sports tournament will be held at the university sports grounds on 27th and 28th September. Eleven universities have confirmed participation. They are:  Moi, Egerton, Masinde Muliro, Mt Kenya, USIU, CUEA, KCA, JKUAT, Daystar, and Kenyatta. Read more...

Hunger necessary for success, says career banker

September 26, 2008

Mr Paul Sagnia, Regional Head of Shared Services Centre (SSC) Standard Chartered Bank's (SCB's) East and Central Africa gave a talk at the University on Friday, September 26. The topic of the talk was "Excellence in the work place: how to be a leader". The talk was based on his experience in working at SCB. Read more...

Governance Centre launched

September 17, 2008

The Minister for Medical Services, Prof Anyang Nyongo on Wednesday, 17th September inaugurated the Strathmore University Governance Centre (SGC). The Centre hit the ground running with a health care governance workshop which the minister opened at the launch ceremony. The theme of the workshop was "Risk Management in the Domestic Supply Chain for Health Commodities". Read more...

SRCC implements IT system at Catholic University

September 17, 2008

The Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC) has implemented an Integrated Management of Information System (IMIS) at the Catholic University of East Africa (CUEA). The system is similar to the one running at Strathmore. It was launched at CUEA on Wednesday, 17th September by Dr Kilemi Mwiria, Assistant Minister for Higher Education. Read more...

No legacy is so rich as honesty, Pro-Chancellor reminds graduands

September 12, 2008

Strathmore University held its 2008 graduation ceremony on Friday, 12th September at its Madaraka campus. The University's Pro-Chancellor who is also the Vicar of Opus Dei in Eastern Africa countries Monsignor Albert Pampillon presided over the ceremony. In total, 816 graduates were awarded certificates, diplomas and degrees. Read more...

Strathmore Kenya universities rugby champions

September, 2008

Strathmore University rugby team "Leos" are the new champions of Kenya universities 7s rugby. In the preliminaries, Leos dismissed Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology 36 – 0, before beating Kenyatta University 49 – 0. Read more...

BBIT student wins in Google's East Africa Gadget Competition

September, 2008

Hussein Lightwalla (BBIT IV) submitted the most technically sophisticated gadget in Google's East Africa Gadget Competition (http://www.google.com/intl/en/events/eagadgetcompetition/) and won $350 for his efforts. The competition was launched in February. Read more...

Graduation 2008 to be aired live on CITIZEN TV

September 12, 2008

Strathmore University will hold its 2008 graduation ceremony on Friday, 12th September at its Madaraka campus beginning at 10am. It is the first graduation since the University received its Charter in April.  The ceremony will be aired live on CITIZEN TV. Read more...

Winners of European Union essay to get $50

September 8, 2008

On Monday, 8th September, Sir John Alexander Corrie the Honorary Life President of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly pledged to give $50 each to the best male and female students who write essays on the role of the EU in Africa's development. Details of the competition will be communicated later. Read more...

Set up Business incubators for your graduates, PS challenges Kenyan universities

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Communication, Dr Bitange Ndemo has challenged universities in Kenya to set up business incubators to help their graduates enter into self-employment. Dr Ndemo was speaking at the closing of Strathmore's 9th ICT conference on Saturday, 6th September at the University's auditorium. Read more...

Education is meaningless without responsibility, universities told

September 4, 2008

Value based education is key to sustainable development, says Prof Akpezi Ogbuigwe, the head ofEnvironmental Education and Training, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation at UNEP. Prof Akpezi said this at a public lecture she delivered at the University on Thursday, 4th September. Read more...

Seminar for pioneer Masters IT graduates

September 2, 2008

The Masters in IT (MSIT) students held a seminar on Tuesday, 2nd September where they presented their projects. The projects were the final part of their degree program. The projects addressed varied technological issues. Read more...

Public lecture on EU's contribution to Africa's Development

September, 2008

John Alexander Corrie, Honorary Life President of the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly will on Monday, 8th of September deliver a lecture on EU's contribution to Africa's Development. The lecture will be in the Auditorium at 6.00 pm and staff, students, alumni and friends are all welcome.  Read more...

Man with a heart of gold

August, 2008

Colonel Harry Clark is a tough, experienced, outspoken man with a heart of gold. He served in the British Army for many years, including stints in the Far East, where he made many friends. Some  of those friendships endure up to today. Read more...

Humbled to win the most coveted award in Strathmore

August, 2008

Collins Asenah, Accounts Assistant in Finance Department won the University's Employee Quality Award. He was voted by colleagues during the University's Quality Week (4th-8th August) for exemplary effort in his work in the 2007-2008 academic year (July 2007 to June 2008). Read more...

Alumni database hits 500+

August, 2008

Charity Mwaura, the Business Development Manager at Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC) is the 500th alum to subscribe to the Strathmore Alumni Liasion Office (SALO) website. "As a Strathmore Alum you get the opportunity to network (i.e. social and business networks) with other alumni who are in different industries. You also get access to quality and fairly priced financial products that you can trust whether you are abroad or in Kenya," Read more...

Dramsoc to stage Uncle Vanya at Alliance Francaise

The university's Drama Society (Dramsoc) will be staging Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekov at the Alliance Francaise auditorium as from Friday 29th August through to Sunday 31st August 2008. The play originally written in Russian is about a once rich family that squandered its wealth and is now struggling to keep up with its gone high class life and at the same time a life of vice is slowly creeping into the family. Read more...

Business School graduates should join government

August 27, 2008

What is expected of leadership in Africa in the 21st century? That is the question Baronnes Lynda Chalker tackled at her public lecture titled "Leading Africa into the 21st Century" at Strathmore Business School (SBS) on Wednesday, 27th August. The lecture, to borrow one of her golden rules of leadership, under-promised and over-delivered. Read more...

For the love of French

August 23, 2008

The University French Club, Les Amis du Français (Friends of French) hosted a French Open Day on Saturday, 23rd August in the auditorium. The theme of the day was L'amour pour Français (For the love of French). Students took the opportunity to express themselves in French and learn more about the French culture and language. Read more...

Business least responsive to anti-corruption efforts - Githongo

August 22, 2008

What is the way forward in the fight against corruption? Focus on cultural change, says Mr John Githongo, the former Governance and Ethics Permanent Secretary. He said this at a lecture he delivered at Strathmore Business School (SBS) on Friday, 22nd August. Read more...

A Sports Day to remember

August 22, 2008

The day begun with the long distance races. In the 5000m men, 15 athletes registered from all faculties and schools including the three time winner and defending champion Dr Paul Kioko. In the pack was Domenic Ikunga, a member of staff and a former National Youth Service (NYS) champion. Read more...

Glorious weekend for SU teams

August 22, 2008

Blades, the men basketball team; Leos, the rugby team; and Strath FC, the soccer team all registered significant victories over the weekend. To confirm that their first leg victory against the fancied University of Nairobi Mean Machine in the Kenya Cup was no fluke, Leos beat Mean Machine 28 - 8. Read more...

Celebrating 50 years of Opus Dei in Africa

August 18, 2008

On 25th August 2008 we will be celebrating 50 years of Opus Dei in Kenya and in Africa. The first members of Opus Dei came to Kenya and in Africa on 25th August 1958. These are the people who started Strathmore. Read more...

Fr Paul Mimbi relates how he discovered his vocation to Opus Dei

August 18, 2008

Former University Chaplain, Fr Paul Mimbi relates how he discovered his vocation to Opus Dei. Fr Paul eventually became the first African Opus Dei priest when he was ordained by Pope John Paul II in 1982. Read more...

School of Tourism and Hospitality launched

August 15, 2008

Although the tourism industry is a leading contributor to the economy, there is no research and development institute to provide it with  professional guidance, says Dr Ongong'a Achieng, the Managing Director of Kenya Tourist Board (KTB). Dr Ongong'a said this while presiding the launch of Strathmore University's School of Hospitality and Tourism (SSTH) on Friday, 15th August at Serena Hotel. Read more...

Choir performs at National Music festivals

August 14, 2008

Four months after their invitational tour of South Africa, the University's Kilele Choir was in the lakeside city of Kisumu for the 2008 Annual Kenya National Music Festival. The higher education category was held between 10th and 14th August. Read more...

Quality can give you competitive advantage

August 8, 2008

"Quality management systems such as ISO 9000 can give you a sustainable competitive advantage. However, they also have the potential to cost a lot of money with no discernible benefit," says Mr Jim Neill, the Managing Director of Alpine Management, a management consulting company. Read more...

Staff beat students in soccer tournament

August 8, 2008

The staff soccer team (Wazee) are the new champions of the annual university 6-aside soccer tournament. The Wazee team dismissed the students by showing a slow but controlled game that displayed experience and a good understanding of the game, which ended up frustrating the fit and quick students. Read more...

Are entrepreneurs born or bred?

August 8, 2008

Capacity building is one of those terms associated with NGO training programs that don't seem to head anywhere. Trainees are taught basic skills and some business principles etc but generally, the effort comes to naught. So you ask the question, what makes this paper any different? Read more....

Strathmore MBA in South African press

August 6, 2008

The Master of Business Administration (MBA) that Kenyan doctor Majid Twahir, a specialist in kidney disease, is to complete at the end of this year has completely changed the course of his career. Twahir's partner at Nairobi's Aga Khan University Hospital was so unsettled by the changes he implemented because of what he learned at the Nairobi's Strathmore Business School he bought Twahir out. Read more...

A School under a tree

August 6, 2008

Nakabosan Primary School in the arid Turkana South District has no physical structures. It has no classrooms, offices, or even toilets. But it has the will of the local community, and the determination of its two teachers who handle three classes. "Classes are held under a tree. This means we can only teach up to late morning. The classes begin at 6.30am and end at 11.30am," says John Egielan Ekaliban, the founder teacher. Read more...

Strathmore Pilgrims at World Youth Day

August 4, 2008

This year's WYD, (WYD08) was held between 15th and 20th July in Sydney, Australia.  It was also marked the first visit to Australia by Pope Benedict XVI. The atmosphere was festive and the mood exhilarating. But the focus was on prayer and helping young people to grow in faith. Read more...

Strath FC sees off AFC Leopards

August 3, 2008

The much talked about return leg match between Strath FC and the legendary AFC Leopards didn't disappoint. The match was played at the Strathmore University grounds on 3rd August and lived up to its expectations with both teams displaying great soccer. Read more...

SU hosts International Rugby coaching course

August 2, 2008

Strathmore University in conjunction with The Kenya Rugby Football Union (KRFU) successfully hosted the Level 1 IRB (International Rugby Board) Coaching course on Saturday, 2nd August 2008 at its Madaraka campus. The intense course that took one day was attended by a total of 46 players and coaches. Read more...

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