Rwanda set to host regional conference on partnership between industries and universities

 Photo/Dr. Vincent Gichuru Gaitho By James Wakahiu The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), in collaboration with the East African Business Council (EABC), is organizing a major conference on collaborations between the private sector, governments and universities in the region.     The 13th Academia-Public Private Partnership Forum (APPPF)-2025 is scheduled to take place from March…

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DP meet MPs’ from coffee regions

BY DPCS  Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says coffee farmers will earn more this year owing to key interventions by the government that have improved production and increased returns.  The Deputy President said the estimated projection is at Sh110 per kg of cherry this year which is almost double what farmers received when the Kenya Kwanza…

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Coffee market excels 

 The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) this week auctioned 2,092,764 kilograms of coffee earning the farmers in cooperatives and estates Sh1.9 billion. Nyeri based  Kiundu factory affiliated to Mutheka cooperative society attained the highest price of Sh57,494 per bag of Grade AA, brokered by the Alliance Berries Limited. Other factories that achieved…

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Maragua celebrates water from the dam

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Provision of clean water has uplifted Maragua town to grow after decades of stagnation owing to shortage of the commodity sourced from Maragua In two years have benefited with water after  Maragua was neglected in the supply. Two years ago, President William Ruto in a tour of Murang’a  county directed that…

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