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Dr. James Mwaluma, KMFRI Director for Marine and Coastal Systems presents highlights of KMFRI researches to NACOSTI Committee on the opening day. The mandate of NACOSTI is to regulate, assure quality and advise the Kenya Government on matters related to Science Technology and Innovation (STI). Its regulatory framework is embedded in the Kenya Constitution 2010, Science and Technology Act 2013, and Legal Notices nos. 106, 107 and 108.When the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) was established in … Continue reading “NACOSTI CHOSES KMFRI FOR ITS MAIDEN REVIEW PROCESS”

Jaramogi Oginga  Odinga University  of  Science  and Technology  (JOOUST)  has unveiled a modern molecular and  microbiology  laboratory to boost scientific research in the Lake Region. The laboratory equipped at a cost of Sh33 Million through the  National  Research  Fund (NRF) Infrastructure Support, will  boost  research  in  fresh water, human health and molecular microbiology. The  modern  technology equipment in the lab will also enable  researchers  and  students undertake advanced cell research on plants and animals through DNA and RNA tests. Speaking  … Continue reading “BOOST FOR RESEARCH AS JOOUST LAUNCHES MODERN MICROBIOLOGY LABORATORY”

The State of the Bioeconomy in Eastern Africa: 2022

The French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) representatives led by the President and CEO Prof Antoine Petit and the Attaché for Science and Higher Education at the Embassy of France in Kenya Dr. Mathieu Guérin paid a courtesy call to the Director General, the National Commission for Science Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI), Prof. Walter Oyawa on 22/06/2022 at the headquarters of the commission. The consultative meeting was also graced by Chairpersons of NACOSTI Board Committees Ms. Rachel Shibalira and … Continue reading “HIGH-LEVEL FRENCH DELEGATION PAYS COURTESY CALL TO NACOSTI”

The National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI) facilitated a three-day training on the Science, Technology, and Innovation performance contracting indicator and reporting to the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Focal Person and Champions on the 14th -16th June 2022. The training was convened by the NSSF. In accordance with the purposes of the STI Act enactment, the Financial Year 2021/2022 Performance Contracting Guidelines (18th Cycle) released by the Ministry of Public Service and Gender incorporated a performance indicator on … Continue reading “TRAINING FOR THE NSSF TEAM IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION PC INDICATOR”

“Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” The High-level Political Forum (HLPF) is an annual intergovernmental forum at which countries review and report on progress towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The 2022 HLPF will take place from 5 to 15 July, under the theme ‘Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development‘. The … Continue reading “HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM 2022”

Ms Norah Magero and Prof Yotto Ochieng. The aura of confidence is discernible as one meets Norah Magero. Having being crowned the Royal Academy Engineering’s 2022 winner due to her ingenuity, Magero is sitting on the innovator’s pedestal. The bubbly innovator of a solar-powered fridge – VacciBox – used for storage of vaccines, received the news on Wednesday and is still savouring the success of hard work and resilience fuelled by the desire to change the life of the rural … Continue reading “KENYAN INNOVATOR, SCHOLAR GET TOP UK HONOURS”

National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) Director General/CEO Prof. Walter Oyawa has been appointed a fellow of the International Science Council. He is among 66 Foundation Fellows who were recognized for their outstanding contributions to promoting science as a global public good. The Fellowship is the highest honor that can be conferred on an individual by the International Science Council. The first cohort of Fellows includes distinguished scientists, engineers and thought-leaders from the science-policy sphere who have made … Continue reading “OUTSTANDING SCIENTIST APPOINTED FELLOW OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE COUNCIL”

In a letter addressed to Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and copied to the Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Education Prof. George Magoha, the Principal Secretary Amb. Simon Nabukwesi and the Director General of NACOSTI, Prof. Walter Oyawa, the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) has announced the award to Egerton University to host the 1st ICGEB Regional Research Centre in Africa and its 2nd in the world after China. This is a landmark achievement by Kenya as a … Continue reading “ICGEB ESTABLISHES FIRST REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE IN AFRICA”

(CNN)What if doctors could just print a kidney, using cells from the patient, instead of having to find a donor match and hope the patient’s body doesn’t reject the transplanted kidney?The soonest that could happen is in a decade, thanks to 3D organ bioprinting, said Jennifer Lewis, a professor at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Organ bioprinting is the use of 3D-printing technologies to assemble multiple cell types, growth factors and biomaterials in a layer-by-layer fashion to … Continue reading “WHEN WE’LL BE ABLE TO 3D-PRINT ORGANS AND WHO WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THEM”