OUK Hosts Professor Bob Wekesa for Global Collaboration Talks

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Professor Bob Wekesa

OUK Hosts Professor Bob Wekesa for Global Collaboration Talks

Latest News / January 23, 2025

Professor Bob Wekesa, (seated on the left), Director of the African Centre for the Study of the US at the University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, visited the Open University of Kenya to explore collaboration and partnership opportunities. The discussions focused on establishing exchange programs and fostering connections between U.S. universities and the Open University of Kenya.

Seated on the right is Professor Carolyne Omulando, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic Affairs. Standing on the left is Elizabeth Kalekye, Programs Manager, and on the right is Shisia Wasilwa, Corporate Communications and Marketing Officer.

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The Open University of Kenya (OUK) is a virtual learning institution deeply committed to advancing education and driving socio-economic growth within Kenya and beyond. Access to higher education has remained a major challenge in Kenya and this has disadvantaged citizens who seek to improve their knowledge, upscale skills and for posterity. Experts have noted that increasing the number of educational institutions so as to match the rate of population growth is an extremely difficult if not impossible solution especially when financial and other resource constraints are considered. Open and Distance Learning approaches, coupled with innovative ICT solutions, have proofed viable alternatives to providing excellent education to millions of people located wherever and whenever by different life circumstances.