The second Belt and Road Initiative will be held in Beijing, Peoples Republic of China 25th April, 2019.
These agreements and Memorandum of Understandings are specifically aimed at supporting Education, Science, Technology and Innovations that is focused on training and research to benefit Kenyan institutions, and students, the outgoing Cabinet Secretary for Education, Amina Mohamed has said.
Amina said the support is anchored in the China Africa summit of 2015 in Johannesburg and China Africa Summit of 2018 in Beijing which underscored the need for China to empower the African continent on the use of cutting edge technology and science for the advancements of the African nations.
Last year, Amina hosted the President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof Bai Chunli who doubles up as the President of the World Academy of Sciences.
It was on this occasion the CS signed an MOU with Chinese Academy of Sciences for Joint Research Centre named Sino Africa Joint Research Centre worth 3 billion shillings ($30 million).
“Chinese government will support Kenyans on many aspects like fully sponsored 430 Scholarships to be implemented in five years’ worth 3.8 Billion Shillings ($31 million),” she said in a statement issued in Nairobi on Monday.
Amina said several Memorandum of Understandings have been signed and been provided for 5 Year Chinese language, cultural scholarships and postgraduate training of Kenyans that will be facilitated by the 5 Chinese Confucius Institutes in University of Nairobi University, Kenyatta University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Egerton University and Moi University.
The Agreements and Memorandum of Understandings on education, Science and Technology provides for the establishment for the establishments of Joint research and Incubation centres in Kenya where forums, conferences and demonstration laboratories would be placed.