Vice Chancellor of HKMU Honoured In Namibia
The University of Namibia (UNAM), has decided to honour Prof. Keto Elitabu Mshigeni, the Vice Chancellor of Hubert Kairuki Memorial University (HKMU), by naming a new Mariculture Complex at the Sam Nujoma Marine and Coastal Resources Research Centre (SANUMARC), along the Namibian coast at Henties Bay, after his name. This is recognition of Prof. Mshigeni’s visionary leadership he had demonstrated as the Founding Pro- Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research while working at the University of Namibia, and as UNU-UNESCO ZERI Chair for Africa, that led to the establishment of the research centre at Henties Bay, Namibia. The complex/building will be named the “Keto Mshigeni Mariculture Building”.
Prof. Keto Mshigeni
He was subsequently (in 1995) appointed Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs and Research). During the period 1995-2000, while serving as Pro-Vice Chancellor, he also served as Chairman of many University Committees, and also Chairman of the United Nations University’s International Scientific Advisory Council on the ZERI Programme.
During the period May 2000-January 2006, Professor Mshigeni served as Regional Director of a UNDP Regional Project on Sustainable Development from Africa’s Biodiversity, based at the University of Namibia, which focused attention on people’s socio-economic empowerment from Africa’s seaweeds, mushrooms, and other selected biota. Prof. Mshigeni joined HKMU, as Vice Chancellor, in February 2006.