Press release - Tripartite Partnership Agreement for a cooperation programme in Nairobi
The University of Nairobi (Kenya), 4 schools of ParisTech network (France) – AgroParisTech, Chimie ParisTech - PSL, École nationale des ponts et chaussées and Mines Paris - PSL – and CentraleSupélec - University Paris-Saclay (France) jointly signed a Tripartite Partnership Agreement launching a four-year cooperation programme for the development of the Engineering and Science Complex (ESC) in Nairobi. Prof. Stephen Kiama, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, made the trip to France with a team of leaders for the signing, and visited CentraleSupélec, Université Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, Chimie ParisTech – PSL and École nationale des ponts et chaussées, respectively.
The University of Nairobi, Kenya’s top university, the regional leader in science and engineering, trains the future leaders of the country. This profile matches the French Grandes Écoles AgroParisTech, Chimie ParisTech – PSL, École nationale des ponts et chaussées, Mines Paris – PSL, and CentraleSupélec, all willing to extend their partnerships in Africa.
The University of Nairobi will construct the ESC on its Chiromo campus, keeping with the national 2030 strategy for better industrialization of the country, the creation of greener and more sustainable jobs, and to tackle global challenges. The partners will share their know-how and best practices in five domains: governance, curricula, university-industry linkages, research and innovation, and internationalization. The ESC will be partly funded by a sovereign loan from the French Agency for Development (AFD).
The aim of this partnership is to build long-term knowledge and skills sharing and transfer, and practice-oriented teaching of technological and digital knowledge, in conformance with the curriculum, in an effort to support the growing needs in East Africa for the emerging manufacturing and service industry.
