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Africa International University (AIU) has a new Vice Chancellor. After a competitive process, Prof. Dankit Nassiuma was chosen as the eligible candidate for the position.
Prof. Nassiuma is currently ISAR Director and the Ag. Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs. Prof. Nassiuma brings to us a wealth of expertise having served in different capacities in different organizations here in Kenya. Prof. Nassiumma was the Vice Chancellor and Chief Executive at Kabarak University for a period of five years. He was also a Director of post graduate school at Egerton University where he served for seven years. Before that he was an Associate dean, faculty of science at the same university. In 1998 he developed a teaching staff rationalization model for Egerton University to facilitate optimum Human Resource utilization. Read more »
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Betty Mukami Mutunga is a 2nd year student at AIU pursing Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Counseling. Betty believes that it is important to train and educate children early, since that training lasts longest and strongly influences their future life and character.
Ms. Mukami, what influenced you to do Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Counseling?
I chose to do this course because I wanted to understand and help people especially myself. The course has taught me to look at people differently based on how they carry themselves and not judge them based on how they do things.
It’s been great studying at AIU; my spiritual life has grown because of some of the biblical courses that are incorporated in our course content. I have met new people who have inspired me to see the world in a different and better way.
Other than being a student are you involved in any ministry work?
I am a member of the Praise and Worship team in AIU and One Worship Experience. The one worship experience brings together young people from different churches who yearn to serve and spread the word of God through music. Read more »
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In Africa, 400 million Protestant Christians are without a full study Bible written to address the spiritual needs of their own cultures. The Africa Study Bible is been developed to fill this immense need. It will be a totally new kind of Bible built from the ground up by theologians and pastors in Africa who see the critical need to make scripture relevant to the every day lives of their people. The goal is to increase the understanding of the Bible using African insights and experiences to meet the needs of the church in Africa and around the world.
The concept of a study Bible specifically created for the needs of African Christians began in 2003 among African leaders, Oasis International and Tyndale House Publishers. Missionary statesman Dr. Danny McCain led an effort to evaluate the understanding of the Bible by English-speaking church members in Jos, Nigeria and the potential impact of having the Bible in clear, modern language using African vocabulary.
Over the following years, the project moved forward through conversations with leaders through out Africa, Bible experts at Tyndale, and the Oasis International Board. These conversations included ones with African Bible scholar, Dr. Tite Tiénou from Burkina Faso, previously a member of the team that formed the vision for the Africa Bible Commentary. Read more »
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Meet Mr. Soren Dalsgaard an AIU alumni who graduated in 2010 with a Master of Divinity in general studies.
Mr. Dalsgaard, are you involved in any ministry work?
Since my wife and I came back from Kenya we have been involved in a local church in Copenhagen, the capital city of my home country, Denmark. I was on staff for a few years in the social outreach ministry and I have continued my involvement there though I’m back in school full-time. Our area is very interesting but also poses serious challenges.It is one of the poorest areas in the country, the crime rate is amongst the highest, alcoholism is common, and isolation and loneliness is widespread. The majority are from a migrant background and the population is predominantly Muslim. But how I love our neighborhood! I’m thinking that if Jesus lived here, he would be filled with compassion for the people and give all he had to restore each and everyone back to what God had intended for them. I’m trying to understand my own mission in light of God’s mission for this place. Read more »
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The Center for World Christianity (CWC) hosted Professor Elizabeth Koepping a Senior Lecturer and Associate Director of Center for the Study of World Christianity,University of Edinburgh (UK) last month.
On 16th April, Professor Koepping gave an interactive lecture on the topic of domestic violence which was held at the PhD room. In the lecture Professor. Koepping noted that, “most women face domestic violence in their lives but never bring it up publicly. The church doesn’t support violence but because it is often silent about the issue, it looks as if it does. That is a problem, it is good to talk about physical violence. The church should not be silent or it is implicated”
During the talk she talked about avenues where couples shouldn’t discuss domestic violence. For example Premarital Counseling is not the best time to talk about domestic violence because the couple is already committed (usually the wedding is all planned out). Read more »
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On Saturday 16th March, AIU attended this year’s KNFTCU indoor games at PACU. The AIU team, accompanied by the Director of students Mrs. Mungathia, Sports officer Mr. Kiniti and the marketing team left a mark at the event. The event was attended by five universities and AIU stamped its presence in the compound with students taking part in different sports and staff marketing AIU to people in attendance.
The highly AIU colored event began with a sumptuous breakfast and devotion from the PACU team. The word of the day was shared by the Dean of PACU, one of our own Dmin students, Rev. John Wesley Nguuh. The games then kicked off in various areas of the field. The first sport of the day was athletics where AIU was well represented. In this sport we had Sam Tome as the first runners up in the men’s 1500m race and John Muema winning the 100m men. The ladies race was 100m where the winner was Hilda Chepkorir and the first runners up was Meriline Adisa. Read more »
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Henry Bentry Mwalwanda is a 1st year student at AIU from Malawi pursuing the Master of Arts in Education with emphasis in Curriculum & Instruction. His favorite quote is, “There is no greater discovery than seeing God as the author of your destiny.” Ravi Zacharias
Mr. Mwalwanda, what influenced you to do Master of Arts in Education – Curriculum & Instruction?
I did my first degree in communication from Africa Bible College in Malawi; later on I worked with Airtel Malawi after I graduated. As I continued working at Airtel Malawi, I was not able to find fulfillment in what I was doing, thus deciding to come back to school and pursue further studies to find my way into a classroom and teach in Higher Education Institutions, not only that but also I want to become the best Education practitioner as well as a policy maker and scholar in my Country. Right now I am so fascinated with the program sorely on the basis of it being multidisciplinary in design and collaborative in character, practices based in change. Read more »
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Mr. Josh Amwago works as a part time lecturer, he teaches core courses that fall under Education and Theology departments. He holds a Master of Divinity in Christian Education from Africa International University (2010), Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology from Global University USA (2007), and a Diploma in Bible and Theology from Kaimosi Bible College (2002). Given an opportunity to change the world, Mr. Amwago would change the heart of men; because they are desperately wicked no one can know them.
Mr. Amwago, what is your teaching philosophy?
My teaching philosophy is, ‘Learner Centered’. I choose this particular statement because I believe learners are not empty slates, out of the experiences they can reconstruct their learning to suit their context. Read more »
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Hon Prof. Kivutha Kibwana, a scholar and former adviser to the President of the republic of Kenya is the new Governor of Makueni County. Prof. Kibwana, won the position through the Muungano wa Wazalendo party whose mission is, ‘strive to offer the people of Kenya a solid foundation based on democratic principles with a clear and unequivocal mission to eradicate poverty and reduce unemployment, crime and other socio-economic ills of our country’. Prof. Kibwana among a host of other leaders is credited for his significant role as a 2nd liberator who has relentlessly pushed for political and constitutional reforms.
Prof. Kibwana beat five other candidates with 146,534 votes including Wiper’s Professor Phillip Kaloki who came second in the race with 79,513 votes. Addressing the press and his supporters at Makueni County Hall after receiving his election certificate, Kibwana said he was moved to vie for the governor seat by the plight of unemployed youths in Kibwezi town in Makueni County. One of his objectives as Governor is to start parallel education to enable those who did not make it at Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) levels so that they can qualify for Technical training and University Education. Read more »
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On Wednesday 6th March 2013, Africa International University (AIU) in partnership with Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) Chicago held a colloquium on the subject of “The Church and Witchcraft/Witchcraft Accusations”.
This colloquium was inspired by the research of Dr. Steve Rasmussen. “In my research in Tanzania the issue of witchcraft and witch accusations emerged as extremely important. Every year, just in North West Tanzania about 300,000 people are accused by diviners of being witches. Many are victimized including 100-250 being killed by relatives. In other parts of Africa, some pastors’ take the place of diviners in prophesying who the witch is that caused your suffering. Yet the church has little guidance on how to address this in Africa or the world. Partially as a result of reading my PhD dissertation, two of my professors at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School – TEDS (Bob Priest and Tite Tienou, dean) pursued a research consultation here at NEGST – AIU in partnership with TEDS”. Read more »
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We are pleased to announce a significant achievement by the first graduate of AIU’s PhD program, Dr. Daniel Hankore. His dissertation has been published by Wipf & Stock Publishers under the title The Abduction of Dinah: Reading Genesis 28:10-35:15 as a Votive Narrative. It is available from Amazon (UK, US) and other retailers.
Get your copy now!!!
The 28th Graduation Ceremony for Africa International University will be held at the Karen Campus on 3rd August 2013.
Students intending to graduate on this date are required to verify that their names are correctly spelt and arranged in the correct order, and also that they have meet all the requirements for their graduation from the Graduate Check List.
Incase of queries please contact the following: Ms. N. Gacheri email address: PR@africainternational.edu
The Bachelor of Science in Information and Communication Technology is designed to equip the student with the knowledge, skills and competencies required to handle the range of technologies used in the workplace, as well as project management skills required in the present day. The programme seeks to fill the gap that currently exists in the ICT industry with respect to developing trained ICT professionals who will be able to respond to the ever increasing demand of ICT products and services.
The Programme of Bachelor of Science in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has three distinct areas of specialization:-
- Management Information Systems
- Software Development
- Computer Networking
Reasons why one should study Bachelor of Science in ICT
Relevance: The programme does not just aim at producing the ICT professional, but professionals with the dispositions, professional knowledge and character traits that help them to address the contextual and perennial issues of poverty, and integrity through the embodiment of the missional agenda of God and capacity to create jobs.
Competitiveness: The Programme is of high quality and affordable to a majority of Africans. It centers around technology that is transferable and adaptable to the many and unprecedented situations in Africa.
Innovativeness: The programme draws from diverse expertise in the field through its part-time lecturers and through the engagement of reflective practitioners in diplomas and other certificates in IT.
To apply for this course do email admissions@africainternational.edu
Base Text: “The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, ‘We have found the Messiah’ (that is, the Christ), and he brought him to Jesus.” John 1: 41-42
The “Andrew” initiative is a student’s recruitment drive that seeks to involve the entire AIU community in active student recruitment. As Andrew brought his brother Peter to the Messiah, we seek, in this initiative, to recruit and enroll students at AIU, encouraging each one to bring one AIU has launched 4 new Bachelor’s degrees; our target is to enroll at least 240 new students for the May intake.
The goal of the Andrew Initiative is to mobilize the entire AIU community and other partners to participate in student recruitment by having each person recruit at least one student. Staff – teaching and non-teaching, Students, Alumni, Governing Council & Trustees, and partner Churches are asked to recruit at least one student each.
- Incentive: For each term during the first year of studies that the recruited student is enrolled and pays fees, the recruiter will receive a bonus equivalent to 10% tuition fees waiver for each recruited and enrolled student.The 10% can also be donated to the new student as a motivation for them
- The bonus will be proportionate to the number of credit hours the student enrolls for in each of the first year of studies.
Like Andrew let each one bring one
Do you desire to be a Christ-centered professional that would bring transformation to God’s people and world?
AIU offers you an opportunity to make this dream a reality. Enroll for any of our wonderful programmes, APRIL 2013 INTAKE is ongoing and with competitive housing available for new students.
For more information about our exciting programmes do email admissions@africainternational.edu or call us on 0725 841 885
We are pleased to announce a significant achievement by the first graduate of AIU’s PhD program, Dr. Daniel Hankore. His dissertation has been published by Wipf & Stock Publishers under the title The Abduction of Dinah: Reading Genesis 28:10-35:15 as a Votive Narrative. It is available from Amazon (UK, US) and other retailers.
AIU has just began its new Academic year 2012/2013. New programmes have commenced and other programmes set to begin this academic year are:-
- Bachelor of Science in Financial Management and Accounting
- Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship
- Bachelor of Arts in Development Studies
- Bachelor of Science in Information and Communications Technology
- Post Graduate Diploma in Education
- Diploma in Psychology and Counselling
For More information on these upcoming programmes do email admissions@africainternational.edu or call us on +254 (725) 841 885
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