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Okpara’s Welcome luncheon

Okpara’s Welcome luncheon group photo

KCA University Research team joined their St. Paul’s University counterparts for welcome luncheon for Prof. John Okpara from Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania- USA who is in the country for the Carnegie African Scholar program jointly hosted by KCA University and St. Paul’s University. The luncheon was hosted by St. Paul’s University, Limuru.

The KCA University delegation was led by Dr. Abraham Rotich (Director Innovation, Incubation and Linkages), Dr. Gabriel Munene (Director Research Support and Dissemination and Dr. Jackson Ndolo (Director Graduate Studies) and Roggers Abong’o (Executive Director KCA University Foundation).

The team was received by DVC – Academic and Student Affairs of St. Paul’s University Prof. Peter Ngure.

During his two months stay, Prof. Okpara will work with the two institutions through Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program (CADFP) on a collaborative project on growing research capacity and output and mentor graduate students in business administration.

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