Strathmore Business School to invest more in health, agribusiness and public sector programs

Leading business institution, Strathmore Business School (SBS) has today announced plans to invest more in impactful and relevant health, agribusiness and public sectors programs in the next decade.

According to the institution, there is a growing need of students and other individuals that are taking up more and more of health, agribusiness and public sector programs. So far, the institution has trained over 180 healthcare professionals across 15 counties in over 50 different institutions that include hospitals and regulatory boards.

Established in 2005, SBS has achieved key milestones that have continued to see its students transform through coaching on governance, leadership in the health, agribusiness and public sector areas.

Speaking at the School’s celebration of its 10 years anniversary, SBS dean, Dr. George Njenga noted: “This is a significant milestone not only for the institution but also for business schools in Kenya and Africa. Through the decade, we have seen an uptake of agribusiness, public sector and health programs amongst Kenyans. This means that more and more Kenyans want to learn entrepreneurial skills to grow their businesses. 

He added: “Business program offerings are evolving over the years. The key factor to take our country to the next level is through offering executive programs that are target specific. As an institution, our commitment is to coach more and more people in these sectors so that we transform our country.”

Over the years, Strathmore Business School has coached opinion shapers including Emeritus Chief Executive Officer; Kenya Commercial Bank, Martin Oduor, James Mwangi, CEO Equity Bank, Governor of Turkana, Josphat Nanok, Governor of Wajir, Ahmed Abdulahi and Chief Government Pathologist Johannsen Oduor among many other executive leaders.

The institution offers various business executives programs that target individuals who have just stepped into employment scaling to chair company boards including – New Managers Leadership program, Program for Management Development, Senior Management Leadership Program, Advanced Management Program, the Effective Director Program and Leading the Board Program. 

This comes at a time when the institution has launched a Doctorate Scheme aimed at enhancing access to graduates who have an interest to pursue a doctoral degree with SBS Partner Schools. These schools include IESE Business School, Barcelona(Spain), Sauder School of Business, Vancouver (Canada), St. Gallen Business School, St. Gallen Switzerland and Nanyang Business School, Singapore.

Make in India campaign launched

India has reiterated its commitment to promoting bi-lateral trade and investment as Kenya’s largest trading partner in Asia. India exported goods worth $252 million in the year 2013-14 and imported goods worth 128 USD million with Kenya.

Speaking during the Indo Expo where the ‘Make in India’ campaign was launched, India Ministry of Commerce representative Mr. Walter D’Souza said that India is seeking investors and partners who consider India as their global manufacturing hub.

“India offers Kenyan businessmen with high production technology standards that will provide them with excellent quality products and services at very competitive prices,” said Mr. D’Souza.

The 'Make in India' campaign aims at making India a global manufacturing hub.

“We hope that through this programme, we will be able to develop and market India to global investors including Kenyans to see India as an alternative manufacturing hub,” added Mr. D’Souza.

The launch will also provide Indian investor with opportunity to seek opportunities within Kenya as an investment destination in areas like communications, petroleum refining, floriculture and medical diagnostics.

In the last fiscal year, India’s exports to Kenya has included petroleum products, pharmaceuticals, electrical machinery, steel products, hand and machine tools, yarn, vehicles and paper while India’s import from Kenya include soda ash, leather, synthetic fibers, chemicals, vegetables, coffee, wool, cereals and metal scrap.

Today, Indian investments in Kenya are worth $1.5 billion and are expected to double in another five years. The ‘Make in India’ policy of the new Indian government is also expected to help in creating world class products and services with high cost efficiency.

Twitter introduces Periscope, its live video-streaming app

Twitter has launched Periscope, which now allows users to share and watch live video broadcasts from their mobile phones.  

 

Twitter has always intended to give users a way to discover the world through someone else’s eyes. While there are many ways to discover events and places, Twitter realized there is no better way to experience a place right now than through live video. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but live video can take one to a place and shows them around.

Users are able to title their broadcasts as well and allows only those only those you choose to view it.

Periscope allows broadcasters to share experiences with others. Press a button, and instantly notify your followers that you’re live. Broadcasters on Periscope are directly connected to their audience, able to feel their presence and interact.

For viewers, Periscope gives a new set of eyes and ears. The ability to travel the world and step into someone else’s shoes. See what they see, hear what they hear, and hopefully feel what they feel. Watching a broadcast isn’t a passive experience like television. On Periscope, viewers influence the broadcaster by sending messages, and expressing their love by tapping the screen to send hearts.

One can tap the video while watching to send a color coded heart. 

While Twitter brings one closer to people, places, interests, and events in an experience that’s immediate, unfettered, and conversational, periscope helps further that mission by giving people a way to share and experience the world around them, both near and far.

Recently, Twitter launched Tweet Deck teams that lets you share accounts without sharing passwords. They also lunched “While you were away” feature that keeps you abreast with what’s happening on Twitter even when you are offline.