{"id":30,"date":"2023-04-16T04:23:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-16T04:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2025-04-07T07:25:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T07:25:59","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"30\" class=\"elementor elementor-30\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-65a7fa1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"65a7fa1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1525f7a8\" data-id=\"1525f7a8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b6f8201 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b6f8201\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/04\/DVC-Co-operative-Development-Research-and-Innnovation-Prof.-Isaac-Nyamongo-768x512-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large 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Nyamongo PhD, MBS<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-632edf91\" data-id=\"632edf91\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e6ebc19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e6ebc19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Recently I attended a meeting at the Royal Society, London organized by CODATA (Committee for Data for Science and Technology). CODATA was created by the International Council for Science in 1966 with the mission to \u2018improve the quality, reliability, management, accessibility and use of data\u2019. CODATA\u2019s greatest challenge is to support the scientific community in enhancing efficiency, rigor and creativity. As I sat in the room of 30+ experts representing various international organizations, it was quite clear that Africa was underrepresented. Indeed I was the only person from Africa in the meeting and I was there as a representative of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUEAS), where I co-chair the Committee on Documentation.<\/p><p>What emerged from the meeting is that we live in a period characterized by a move towards big data. While many of us work with small data, there is an increasing group of individuals and institutions that have<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4eec09d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"4eec09d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8710cd\" data-id=\"e8710cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf6cc27 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bf6cc27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>made a transition either to \u2018biggish\u2019 data or those that have moved and are now working with big data. Big data is the next frontier of science; where theories shall come into being. Of course, big data presupposes that we have the capacity to cumulatively manage the knowledge we each generate.<\/p><p>Countries and regions are in competition to attract or develop successful knowledge-based business or industries. They are recognizing the importance of research and innovation in the difference spheres of socio-economic and technological development. Successful institutions that have realized that the control of data and making use of it to inform decisions is the next big thing are sparing no effort to invest in acquiring that data; But the quality data is only as a good as its weakest link.<\/p><p>Thus, universities including The Co-operative University of Kenya must invest in systems and processes that assure the quality of data generated. As such, The Co-operative University of Kenya is investing in training of its faculty members in an effort to prepare them to compete in an increasingly competitive research ecosystem where only the best of proposals are funded. Most recently, several young faculty with support of the Division of Academic, Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation went through a training on proposal writing organized by the Ministry of Education.<\/p><p>The Division of Academic, Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation (ACDRI) plays an enabling role in The Co-operative University of Kenya\u2019s vision\u2014to be a leading University in Academic,\u00a0 Co-operative Training, Education, Research and Innovation. ACDRI aims at creating an environment in which the spirit of innovation flourishes. It provides avenues for knowledge sharing through scholarly meetings, seminars and workshops.<\/p><p>The Division also plays a critical role coordinating community extension services, shows and exhibitions, Linkages and collaborations. So far, the Division has made milestones on the scheduled activities. Three policies, namely, Research Policy, Linkages Policy and Innovation Policy are at the final stages of review. Furthermore, progress has been made towards establishment of an Innovation Hub.<\/p><p>Research proposals have been prepared and funding decisions are currently being waited for in relation to several proposals that have been submitted for consideration. The Division is hopeful that these will move the research activities to a new level. Through this research, The Cooperative University of Kenya will move closer to realizing its vision to play a leadership role in co-operative training, education, research and innovation. With these initial steps, CUK will gradually move into big data, where the league leaders play.<\/p><p><strong>Isaac K. Nyamongo, PhD<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>DVC (ACDRI) &amp; Professor of Anthropology<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-79565cc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"79565cc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-11cbe3e\" data-id=\"11cbe3e\" 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href=\"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/research\/\">Research Policies<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4e8538\" data-id=\"b4e8538\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a467174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a467174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55676e6 elementor-widget 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Servers\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2024\/03\/Server-Reception-300x169.webp\"\/>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__muted_bg\"><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__thumbnail-bg anwp-position-cover\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__content d-flex flex-column anwp-position-cover\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__top-meta d-flex mb-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"anwp-pg-post-teaser__meta-comments d-flex align-items-center mr-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"anwp-pg-icon anwp-pg-icon--s1em anwp-pg-icon--white mr-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<use xlink:href=\"#icon-anwp-pg-comment-discussion\"><\/use>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t0\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column anwp-pg-post-teaser__category-column ml-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"anwp-pg-category__wrapper-filled px-2 d-flex align-items-center 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ACDRI is responsible for establishing and maintaining strategic linkages and partnerships with the industry to promote best practices through training, research and information sharing. Expand All | Collapse All DVC, Academics, Co-operative Development, Research and Innnovation, Prof. Isaac K. Nyamongo PhD, MBS Recently I attended a meeting at the Royal Society, London organized by CODATA (Committee for Data for Science and Technology). CODATA was created by the International Council for Science in 1966 with the mission to \u2018improve the quality, reliability, management, accessibility and use of data\u2019. CODATA\u2019s greatest challenge is to support the scientific community in enhancing efficiency, rigor and creativity. As I sat in the room of 30+ experts representing various international organizations, it was quite clear that Africa was underrepresented. Indeed I was the only person from Africa in the meeting and I was there as a representative of the International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUEAS), where I co-chair the Committee on Documentation. What emerged from the meeting is that we live in a period characterized by a move towards big data. While many of us work with small data, there is an increasing group of individuals and institutions that have made a transition either to \u2018biggish\u2019 data or those that have moved and are now working with big data. Big data is the next frontier of science; where theories shall come into being. Of course, big data presupposes that we have the capacity to cumulatively manage the knowledge we each generate. Countries and regions are in competition to attract or develop successful knowledge-based business or industries. They are recognizing the importance of research and innovation in the difference spheres of socio-economic and technological development. Successful institutions that have realized that the control of data and making use of it to inform decisions is the next big thing are sparing no effort to invest in acquiring that data; But the quality data is only as a good as its weakest link. Thus, universities including The Co-operative University of Kenya must invest in systems and processes that assure the quality of data generated. As such, The Co-operative University of Kenya is investing in training of its faculty members in an effort to prepare them to compete in an increasingly competitive research ecosystem where only the best of proposals are funded. Most recently, several young faculty with support of the Division of Academic, Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation went through a training on proposal writing organized by the Ministry of Education. The Division of Academic, Co-operative Development, Research and Innovation (ACDRI) plays an enabling role in The Co-operative University of Kenya\u2019s vision\u2014to be a leading University in Academic,\u00a0 Co-operative Training, Education, Research and Innovation. ACDRI aims at creating an environment in which the spirit of innovation flourishes. It provides avenues for knowledge sharing through scholarly meetings, seminars and workshops. The Division also plays a critical role coordinating community extension services, shows and exhibitions, Linkages and collaborations. So far, the Division has made milestones on the scheduled activities. Three policies, namely, Research Policy, Linkages Policy and Innovation Policy are at the final stages of review. Furthermore, progress has been made towards establishment of an Innovation Hub. Research proposals have been prepared and funding decisions are currently being waited for in relation to several proposals that have been submitted for consideration. The Division is hopeful that these will move the research activities to a new level. Through this research, The Cooperative University of Kenya will move closer to realizing its vision to play a leadership role in co-operative training, education, research and innovation. With these initial steps, CUK will gradually move into big data, where the league leaders play. Isaac K. Nyamongo, PhD DVC (ACDRI) &amp; Professor of Anthropology Research Policies Partnerships &#038; Collaborations Publications Division Notice Board JOINT CO-OPERATIVE CONFERENCE 2025 THEME: \u201cCOOPERATIVES BUILD A BETTER WORLD: REENERGIZING THECOLLECTIVE POWER OF COOPERATIVES IN AFRICA\u201d Read More Division Notice Board Latest News and Updates 0 Research News Posted onMarch 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Kenya Rural Transformation Servers 0 Research News Posted onMarch 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Innovation Week 2024 0 Research News Posted onApril 29, 2023May 1, 2023 Cuk Celebrates Cultural Day With a Call to a Peaceful Kenya 0 Research News Posted onApril 29, 2023May 1, 2023 Varsity on a Reading Campaign in Kibera, Nairobi 0 Research News Posted onApril 29, 2023May 1, 2023 Cuk Joins the Word to Mark the 2017 International Day of Co-operatives 0 Research News Posted onApril 29, 2023May 1, 2023 Varsity Participates in the 2017 Mater Heart Run Previous Next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"plain-container","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"disabled","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-30","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30"}],"version-history":[{"count":91,"href":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cuk.ac.ke\/acdri\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}