In recent months, the University has hosted various webinars and public lectures geared towards creating learning platformsand sharing knowledge and ideas. One event hosted was a Bioethics Café on 23rd November, 2022 at Main Campus in Njoro. A bioethics café is a forum where individuals from diverse academic backgrounds come together to discuss on a selected topic relevant to bioethics. BSK organizes regular cafés in various institutions in Kenya to fulfil its core mandate to promote ethics in research, medicine and health care. The theme of the event was: Decolonizing Bioethics in Africa. Key participants were Dr Felix Mogaka (Kenya Medical Research Institute), Prof. KaroriMbugua (University of Nairobi) and Dr Simon Langat( Bioethics Society of Kenya).
Another key event was the Alliance for African Partnership (AAP) Public Dialogue on Youth Entrepreneurship: Universities and Youth conversation held on 30th November 2022. AAP is a consortium of Michigan State University (MSU), ten leading African universities, including Egerton University, and a distinguished network for African research institutes.Participants made presentations during the virtual event that included Youth Employment: Analysis of Opportunities and Challenges (Prof. Patience Mshenga, Dean Faculty of Agriculture, Egerton University), Universities Role in Supporting Youth Entrepreneurship (Dr Laurel Ofstein, Faculty Director, Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, MSU), Regional and Local Experiences with Increasing Economic Prospects of Youth through Entrepreneurship (Wilson Karimi, Project and Youth Officer USAID Empowered Youth, Egerton University), The New Normal: Harnessing the Fourth Industrial Revolution to Accelerate the Growth of Youth Enterprises ( Dr Matlhogonolo Mongwa, Founding Director Kalafhi Medical Center, Botswana), and Innovating with Youth and Creating Decent Jobs (Samuel Mwangi, Egerton Alumni and CEO Plotus Technology Company Kenya).
The University also hosted a public lecture on Climate Proof Crops By Manipulation of the PRT6 N-DEGRON Pathway. The public lecture was held in partnership with Dr GuillerminaMendiondo from the University of Nottingham (UK), Dr Miriam KarwithaCharimbu and Dr Charles Kihia from Egerton University. The three researchers are collaborating on a project titled Exploring The Potential of Togotia as a Future African Leafy Vegetable for Nutritional Security In Kenya (RIS 13171324 / RIS 9901661) funded by Innovate UK KTN Award 2022.
