Abstract:
On Wednesday 1st November 2017, Riara University (RU) signed an MOU with YOU-and-I, a company that focuses on developing leadership capacity among the youth starting from high school right through university. Their goal is to build the youth in society and equip them with the right mindset and skills to become change agents in both the private and public sector.
The two institutions signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance leadership skills in students from high school all the way to University. This partnership will initially focus on working with the Journalism Department to cover all the youth capacity building programs in terms of photography and videography as we later work with other schools and departments in various other initiatives.
The signing ceremony was held at the Riara University. At the ceremony was Simon Kioko - Co-Founder and President of YOUandI; Jared Babu - Co-founder and Director; Lawrence Njihia - Finance Director; and Ivy Kiarie - Corporate Relations Director; while RU was represented by Prof Robert Gateru - Vice-Chancellor; Dr. Joy Mueni - Head of Communication and Multimedia Journalism Department; Beverlyne Mudeshi - Director Quality Assurance & Institutional Strategy; and Marion Amukuzi, Faculty member at the Communication and Journalism Department.