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By Meshack Ngangi.<\/strong>This year presented an extraordinary turn of events during the inauguration of our three-day Annual Career and Innovation Week 2024, which was celebrated under the theme \u201cLeveraging on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Careers of the Future.<\/em><\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As an institution of higher learning, The Co-operative University of Kenya has been deliberate and particular with innovations by providing mentorship to our student innovators who have in the past competed and excelled on global forums, including the Huawei ICT Competition, which is held annually, funded, and hosted by Huawei ICT Academy.<\/p>\n In commemorating this annual event, the University had the pleasure to host H.E. Pastor Dr. Dorcas Rigathi, E.G.H., as the Chief Guest during the official opening of the 2024 Career and Innovation Week on 19th<\/sup>\u00a0March 2024.<\/p>\n The Chief Guest toured different innovations exhibited by our students and high school students from Oloolaiser High School. This informed the University\u2019s intent behind engaging high school participation during our annual career and innovation fair. In her remarks, H.E. Pastor Dorcas reiterated the transformative power that innovation and entrepreneurship hold in shaping our society and propelling our nation forward.<\/p>\n The Chief Guest challenged The Co-operative University of Kenya to harness the potential of the rapidly evolving technological advancements and generate innovative processes that will reshape and re-imagine Kenya\u2019s Co-operative Movement, which is a stronghold pillar supporting the economy.<\/p>\n Further, H.E. Pastor Dorcas recognized the University\u2019s great initiatives it continues to make. She outlined that the showcased innovations are the seeds sown and foreseen to sprout into creative entrepreneurial enterprises.<\/p>\n The Chief Guest\u2019s remarks were a testament to the institution\u2019s broad objective and commitment to excellence in education and research that is geared towards nurturing the future generation of leaders, strategic thinkers, and creative innovators who will utilize technological mechanisms to spur Kenya\u2019s economic growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n The dynamic career and entrepreneurship landscape of the 21st<\/sup>\u00a0century faces an unprecedented future with the invention of disruptive technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). However, students in higher education institutions must learn how to convert these threatening technologies, which bring job insecurity, into opportunities through innovations that create more career avenues.<\/p>\n Dr. Jeremy Bundi, the University Council Chairperson, expressed the pride the institution has in the achievements of being an industry leader that has trailblazed the way for the country\u2019s co-operative movement since independence in 1952 and development milestones attained associated with knowledge and skill nurturing learners receive for career advancement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe skills we impart in our various programmes are of utmost importance in spurring the much-desired economic growth across every sector of the economy in Kenya, Africa, and beyond since we have integrated the fundamental tenets of the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC), which are key to delivering the Government\u2019s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA),\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Dr. Jeremy.<\/p>\n Our Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kamau Ngamau, PhD, E.B.S., insisted that the need to infuse innovation and technology for entrepreneurship as foundational elements the University has particularly endeavoured to ensure it has met its mandate as a public institution that provides education and training with an emphasis on co-operative development.<\/p>\n In his speech, Prof. Ngamau underscored that the University\u2019s five-year Strategic Plan 2022-2027 has placed a lot of emphasis on our specialized mandate, which has clearly visible fruits both for our institution and for the co-operative sector.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s annual Career and Innovation Week was a turn-about calendar activity that brought together more than 1,000 high school students and featured over ten (10) innovators with different incubation projects aimed at bringing sustainable solutions to problems facing Kenyan\u00a0 society and transforming entrepreneurship to a more advanced tech-aligned orientation.<\/p>\n The three-day event saw alums of The Co-operative University of Kenya led by the alum association chairperson Pauline Ngari, Robinson Maina, and Margaret Kamau turn up to mentor students on various angles of career growth.<\/p>\n By Meshack Ngangi.This year presented an extraordinary turn of events during the inauguration of our three-day Annual Career and Innovation Week 2024, which was celebrated under the theme \u201cLeveraging on Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Careers of the Future.\u201d As an institution of higher learning, The Co-operative University of Kenya has been deliberate and particular with innovations by providing mentorship to our student innovators who have in the past competed and excelled on global forums, including the Huawei ICT Competition, which is held annually, funded, and hosted by Huawei ICT Academy. In commemorating this annual event, the University had the pleasure to host H.E. Pastor Dr. Dorcas Rigathi, E.G.H., as the Chief Guest during the official opening of the 2024 Career and Innovation Week on 19th\u00a0March 2024. The Chief Guest, H.E. Pastor Dr. Dorcas Rigathi, E.G.H., tours an innovation exhibition booth on Thermoplastic Road Signs during the official opening ceremony of the 3rd Career and Innovation Week 2024 on 19th March 2024 at our Main Campus, Karen-Nairobi. The Chief Guest toured different innovations exhibited by our students and high school students from Oloolaiser High School. This informed the University\u2019s intent behind engaging high school participation during our annual career and innovation fair. In her remarks, H.E. Pastor Dorcas reiterated the transformative power that innovation and entrepreneurship hold in shaping our society and propelling our nation forward. The Chief Guest challenged The Co-operative University of Kenya to harness the potential of the rapidly evolving technological advancements and generate innovative processes that will reshape and re-imagine Kenya\u2019s Co-operative Movement, which is a stronghold pillar supporting the economy. H.E. Pastor Dr. Dorcas Rigathi, E.G.H., delivers her official opening address during the 3rd Career and Innovation Week 2024 on 19th March 2024 at our Main Campus, Karen-Nairobi. Further, H.E. Pastor Dorcas recognized the University\u2019s great initiatives it continues to make. She outlined that the showcased innovations are the seeds sown and foreseen to sprout into creative entrepreneurial enterprises. The Chief Guest\u2019s remarks were a testament to the institution\u2019s broad objective and commitment to excellence in education and research that is geared towards nurturing the future generation of leaders, strategic thinkers, and creative innovators who will utilize technological mechanisms to spur Kenya\u2019s economic growth and prosperity. The dynamic career and entrepreneurship landscape of the 21st\u00a0century faces an unprecedented future with the invention of disruptive technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI). However, students in higher education institutions must learn how to convert these threatening technologies, which bring job insecurity, into opportunities through innovations that create more career avenues. Dr. Jeremy Bundi, the University Council Chairperson, expressed the pride the institution has in the achievements of being an industry leader that has trailblazed the way for the country\u2019s co-operative movement since independence in 1952 and development milestones attained associated with knowledge and skill nurturing learners receive for career advancement. The Chairperson of the University Council Dr. Jeremy Bundi gives his remarks during the 3rd Career and Innovation Week 2024 official opening ceremony on 19th March 2024 at our Main Campus, Karen-Nairobi. \u201cThe skills we impart in our various programmes are of utmost importance in spurring the much-desired economic growth across every sector of the economy in Kenya, Africa, and beyond since we have integrated the fundamental tenets of the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC), which are key to delivering the Government\u2019s Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA),\u201d\u00a0Dr. Jeremy. Our Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kamau Ngamau, PhD, E.B.S., insisted that the need to infuse innovation and technology for entrepreneurship as foundational elements the University has particularly endeavoured to ensure it has met its mandate as a public institution that provides education and training with an emphasis on co-operative development. Our Vice Chancellor Prof. Kamau Ngamau, PhD., E.B.S., addresses the attendees of the 3rd Career and Innovation Week 2024 official opening ceremony on 19th March 2024 at our Main Campus, Karen-Nairobi. In his speech, Prof. Ngamau underscored that the University\u2019s five-year Strategic Plan 2022-2027 has placed a lot of emphasis on our specialized mandate, which has clearly visible fruits both for our institution and for the co-operative sector. 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