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The Heart and Cancer Centre at the Aga Khan University Hospital Nairobi has...

The Heart and Cancer Centre Receives Generous Support, February 20, 2012. AKU News  ***** The Heart and Cancer Centre at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Nairobi has been named the Jimmy Sayani...

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Telemedicine between FMIC in Kabul and Aga Khan University in Karachi – from...

A telemedicine session between FMIC in Kabul and AKU in Karachi Karachi in 2007. In 2008, the network was expanded through a radio link between FMIC and Bamyan Provincial Hospital – the first time...

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Nation Media Group which was founded by His Highness the Aga Khan is to...

   RFI Radio France   Saturday 25 February 2012 New challenges for Nation Media Group expansion ***** By Clare Sharkey The Nation Media Group was founded by his Highness the Aga Khan in 1959 and has...

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Kenya: Media Must Mind Their Language to Civilise Country – By Philip Ochieng...

opinion In the primary sense of the word tabloid, the Nation’s print titles have always been that. Yet in a derived — and more important — sense, no Nation publication has ever been tabloid. “snip” In...

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Uganda: New Foreign Varsity, International School Coming – By Conan Businge...

UGANDA will soon get another foreign owned university and a ninth international school according to the Turkish Consul in Uganda Melih Ulueren. If the University starts, Uganda will have attained the...

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Kenya Cattle Benefit from Mobile Service iCows – VOA Video

Cattle rearing is a tricky business. Miss a day when a cow is in heat, and your herd doesn’t expand. Have the wrong (or no) market information and you may lose money when selling off your cattle or its...

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Local man’s return trip to Africa was an ‘eye-opener’ – By frank luba, The...

The World Partnership Walk helps raise money to fight global poverty. In countries like Kenya, the coffee trade is providing hope for a better future. Photograph by: Noor Khamis , Reuters  When he won...

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Memories of Growing Up in Jinja – An Excerpt from ‘RSVP Rice and Stew Very...

RSVP Rice and Stew Very Plenty – Memories of Growing Up in Jinja “….I remember vividly my trips, on Friday or Saturday mornings, to the sokoni with Ma and various of my brothers and sisters. The...

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Vocational training team shares expertise with Aga Khan University faculty in...

By Dan Nixon Rotary International News — 9 July 2012 Top: Dr. Yasmin Amarsi, dean of Aga Khan University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, welcomes VTT leader Matthias Oladeinde Shoga to the...

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Better Health for East Africa: East African Community, Aga Khan Development...

Thursday, 19. July 2012 KfW Entwicklungsbank supports advanced training for medical staff in East Africa. Investment in advanced academic training is also part of the programme. Source: Aga Khan...

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Dr. Karim Damji, EMBA’05, has a clear vision for Africa – Asian Correspondent...

 Dr. Karim Damji, EMBA’05, was named a “rising star” in global health by Grand Challenges Canada for his work in glaucoma training for African physicians. This February, University of Alberta professor...

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The Daily Telegraph: If only the Queen had asked him to tea – Viva East...

Must be true, right? Papers don’t lie. Thirty years ago, Idi Amin announced the expulsion of 80,000 Ugandan Asians. Trevor Grundy remembers those fevered days and explains how a better understanding of...

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Internship – privilege and responsibility – By Veronica (Teacher, currently...

A new phase has just started this past week. I feel privileged to have been awarded this opportunity to be an intern as part of the Students for Development (SFD) program funded by CIDA (Canadian...

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Ismaili Mail: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton visits Kampala Serena Hotel,...

Excerpt: After several stops in Rwanda, Mr. Clinton and his entourage flew to Uganda. There he joined supporters for dinner in the verdant garden of the Kampala Serena Hotel, in Uganda’s capital city,...

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Submarine telecom stimulates connectivity in Tanzania – IPP Media com News story

2nd October 2012 The construction of the new submarine telecommunications cables starting 2009, paired with investment in the national telecom backbone, has spurred a revolution in Tanzania’s ICT that...

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Kenya’s Growing Luxury Housing Market Not for Locals – By Miriam Gathigah on...

A block of flats in Kileleshwa, a smart, middle-class area in Nairobi, Kenya. Credit: Brian Ngugi/IPS NAIROBI, Dec 26 2012 (IPS) – Despite the development boom in state-of-the-art luxury homes in...

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Aga Khan Foundation (East Africa) Scholarship Opportunity — AKDN org

The Aga Khan Foundation, in collaboration with the Institute of Education, University of London, is pleased to invite applications for the Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships, awarded by the...

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Tanzania’s Healthy Pregnancy Text Message Service Reaches 100,000 Subscribers...

SMS service is going into HEALTH CARE sector which bring more pregnancy awareness to the public in an easy way.… The unique healthy pregnancy text messaging (SMS) service reached 100,000 active...

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All journeys come to an end: The Awali Adventure — Day Ten by Monica Zurowski...

This student — along with other blue-shirted classmates in photos on this page — attends a school where teachers have graduated from a program at the Aga Khan University’s Institute for Educational...

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Tanzania: Aga Khan opens health centre in Arusha — Capitalfm Co Kenya

ARUSHA, Tanzania, May 11 – The Aga Khan University (AKU) has expanded its network even further following the launch of a new health facility in Arusha, Tanzania. The modern health centre located on...

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Sultan Somjee’s First Novel, BEAD BAI, is Uplifting and Lays Bare the Khoja...

Book Review: BEAD BAI “….if like me, you look at the face again after reading the  450-page tome, you would be forgiven for losing yourself in sheer  rapture of the woman who has made you fall in love...

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Bagamoyo a Historical and Cultural town of Swahili Coast — by sairis bugeraha...

Bagamoyo is one of the Oldest  Historical town in East and Central Africa. The latter is the town of its own as cultures of different people from different continents met and complete each other....

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Aga Khan varsity to boost EA jobs — The Citizen com Tanzania

His Highness the Aga Khan tours Mwananchi Communications Limited printing press in one of his past tours to Tanzania. The Aga Khan University says it would soon build the largest campus in East Africa....

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“Nation Media Group flourishes in Kenya”— KBIA Org news/ video on His...

  Credit Ben Curtis / Associated Press Television cameras prepare to film a press conference, with electoral results screens seen behind, at the National Tallying Center in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday,...

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Google targets traders with Sh2m quiz — Daily Nation Kenya

Google Tuesday launched a competition targeting local entrepreneurs using Web-based tools to grow their businesses. Interested entrepreneurs and innovators are to post videos narrating how the Internet...

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New Vision Uganda: Increase of electricity fosters economic growth

The 250MW Bujagali dam. Power consumption has increased to 150kWh per capita from 70 kWh per capita just in one year, newvision -Strategic plan to increase power -Electricity access then and now...

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View many photos on Raheel Lakhani’s com during his last visit to Africa:...

During my three week visit to Africa, the first thing that surprised me about Nairobi was that unlike my home city Karachi you can easily cross the road. Many times, car drivers would stop for you to...

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AKA, Mombasa’s Transformative Service Programmes Bring Grassroots Development...

Diana Maina, a 2009 graduate of the Aga Khan Academy (AKA), Mombasa, has long dreamt of a career in development in Kenya, where she hopes to help impoverished communities break the cycle of poverty....

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Aga Khan University school of media gets $19m funding from Germany — The East...

The Federal Republic of Germany has donated 14 million euros ($19.21 million) to the Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communication (GSMC). The German government said the money will be...

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Breast and cervical cancer most common in women —Dr Aldina Amyria, Aga Khan...

Breast cancer and cervical cancer are the two most common cancers among young women in Tanzania, Dr Aldina Amyria of Aga Khan Hospital, said in Dar es Salaam yesterday. According to Dr Amyria, over one...

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Daily Nation Kenya: Aga Khan Hospital bags top award

Nuclear medicine technologist Patricia Mbaabu scanning images of a patient using the DXA bone density image scanner at the Aga Khan University Hospital. The Aga Khan University’s ultrasound department...

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Daily News Tanzania: New varsity campus in pipeline

THE Aga Khan University (AKU) in Dar es Salaam plans to begin construction of a permanent Educational development campus by the end of this year. Speaking during the Ninth Convocation Ceremony of AKU...

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The Citizen Tanzania: Govt showers aga khan network with praise

Aga Khan University member of the Board of Trustees Yusuf Keshavjee presents a certificate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing to Ms Joyce Rugemalila during the graduation ceremony held in the city on...

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PM: Thanks for good causes keen on partner ship — The Citizen Tanzania

Prime Minister, Mizengo Pinda and President of his Highness Price Aga Khan Shia Imami Islaili Council for Tanzania, Jehangir Bhaloo (Centre) cut the ribbon to launch the Rays of Light Exhibition in Dar...

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Rediscovering a Lost Piece of Ismaili History — First Steps in the Migration...

Sadru Meghji originally of Kilosa, Tanzania, tells the story of his 1971 visit to the Canadian High Commission in Dar-es-Salaam and how he became involved in assisting the migration of Tanzanian...

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Germany: Prince Aga Khan IV visits KfW Development Bank — In English and...

News from 2014-02-10 / KfW Development Bank Close cooperation with the Development Network His Highness Prince Aga Khan IV (right) visited KfW in Berlin, where he also met Dr Norbert Kloppenburg,...

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Aga Khan University graduates 823 Ugandan head teachers — New Vision Uganda...

The Agha Khan University Institute of Educational Development in East Africa yesterday awarded Certificates in Educational Leadership and Management programme to 823 Ugandan Secondary School head...

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Aga Khan University: Upcoming convocation ceremonies in East Africa

Tanzania Convocation Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Uganda Convocation Thursday, February 26, 2015 Kenya Convocation Monday, March 2, 2015​​​​​ ***** Convocation Convocation is more than just a formal...

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Aga Khan University 2015 Convocations in East Africa|To webcast live from Dar...

East Africa, 24 February – 2 March 2015 —In commemoration of the 15th anniversary of the Aga Khan University’s presence in East Africa, Mawlana Hazar Imam will preside over this year’s convocation...

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Kenya’s Aga Khan University Hospital Begins Video Assisted Thoracic Surgeries...

Nairobi-based Aga Khan university hospital has introduced Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS) procedure in Kenya. The first hospital to do so in the East African country. Video-assisted...

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Aga Khan graduates urged to change society — Monitor Co Uganda| Plans to...

Mr Firoz Rasul (R), the President of Aga Khan University, congratulates graduates during the university’s convocation ceremony at Kampala Serena Conference Centre yesterday. A total of 78 students...

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Ismaili Imamat – Graduate School of Media and Communications: Making a...

Geography: Kenya Agency: Aga Khan University Area :Education, Media Planning for the Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC) began in 2007 with a thinking group on Media Studies comprised of...

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Training to boost number of cancer specialists — Business Daily Africa com

Chief Radiologist at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Stanley Rutajunara, explains how the linear accelerator machine is used in cancer treatment. File IN SUMMARY The pact between President Uhuru...

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His Highness the Aga Khan intends to extend major hospital centers in all the...

Originally posted on Ismailimail: His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan with Libérât Mfumukeko, the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC). The Secretary General of the EAC was in Brussels...

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In 15 Years the Aga Khan University has trained Over 2,100 highly skilled...

“I have long felt the enhancement of the nursing profession to be absolutely critical to the improvement of health care in the developing world.” His Highness the Aga Khan Chancellor, The Aga Khan...

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‘Digital solutions for village teachers in East Africa’ Solar-powered tablets...

The Aga Khan University (AKU)’s Institute for Educational Development, East Africa, based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has pioneered the use of inexpensive tablet computers to address one of the biggest...

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Newton-Utafiti Fund: New grant set to widen impact of University’s health...

AKU’s Faculty of Health Sciences in East Africa has won a grant from the Newton-Utafiti Fund, a collaborative partnership to strengthen links in science and innovation between the UK and Kenya, to...

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Aga Khan university Convocation to-day in Pakistan and East Africa | Read the...

Click the link to watch: https://convocation.aku.edu/live

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Mawlana Hazar Imam congratulates Aga Khan University graduands for embarking...

Graduation ceremonies often signify moments of avid hope and possibility. The Aga Khan University’s first ever global convocation was no different, as hundreds of graduands — all dressed in green...

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Address by Mawlana Hazar Imam at the Global Virtual Convocation of the Aga...

In his capacity as Chancellor of the Aga Khan University, Mawlana Hazar Imam delivered the address at the Aga Khan University’s first ever global convocation on 22 May 2021.PHOTO: IPL / CÉCILE GENEST...

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