Multimedia University of Kenya (MMU) Council and the varsity’s top management have committed to ensuring that the institution acquires more strategic assets and infrastructure to enhance operational effectiveness, institutional visibility, and service delivery. Speaking during the official handing over ceremony of two brand-new Toyota RAV4 vehicles, purchased for the office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor–Academic Affairs,...Read More

On 27th June 2025, Multimedia University of Kenya (MMU) signed two landmark Memoranda of Understanding — one with the Kenya Film Commission (KFC) and another with the Africa Digital Media Institute (ADMI) — marking a significant step forward in advancing film production, animation, artificial intelligence education, and digital media training for students and faculty. The...Read More

Water hyacinth is one of Kenya’s most troublesome invasive plants, clogging lakes and rivers across the country. However, MMU researcher Prof. Anastasiah Ngigi’s research is giving the aquatic weed a new purpose, creating eco-friendly biochar composites that can sorb antibiotic residues and antibiotic resistance genes in manure before it is applied to farmland. “Manure contains...Read More

Multimedia University of Kenya (MMU) has kick-started Competency-Based Education and Training (CBET) readiness sensitization training for all academic staff to align with the new education system. In a speech read on her behalf by Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Research and Innovation, Prof Livingstone Ngoo, during the opening session of the training, MMU Vice Chancellor...Read More

A team of researchers from Multimedia University of Kenya (MMU), led by Director of Research and Innovation Dr. David Wekesa, has been making strides in renewable energy research during a ten-month postdoctoral exchange program at the University of Linz, Austria, under the European Union’s Erasmus+ Mobility Exchange Programme. The initiative, which began in September 2024,...Read More

Multimedia University of Kenya’s media scholar and communication expert Prof. Wilson Ugangu will deliver a keynote address at the 4th International Research Conference for Mass Communication, which will be held from June 16–17, 2025, at Kabarak University. Prof. Ugangu, who currently serves as Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Media Studies at MMU’s Faculty of...Read More

Multimedia University of Kenya (MMU), Deputy Vice Chancellor—Academic Affairs, Research and Innovation, Prof. Livingstone Ngoo, has called on Kenyan universities to urgently embrace multidisciplinary research as a strategy for survival and national relevance, amid shrinking state funding. Speaking at the 4th Multi-sectoral Conference and Exhibition on Research, Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) at Lake Naivasha...Read More

A new study has laid bare the sorry state of walking infrastructure in African secondary cities, exposing how poor planning and limited investment continue to endanger pedestrians—despite walking being the primary mode of transport in the region. Comparative research, conducted in Nakuru, Kenya, and Jinja, Uganda, by Gladys Nyachieo from Multimedia University of Kenya, Leonard...Read More

MMU Chairman of Council Dr. Albert Kochei has said that research is not just an academic pursuit but a critical tool for achieving national transformation, global competitiveness, and human development. Speaking during the closing ceremony of a three-day workshop on capacity building in resource mobilization and grant proposal writing, Dr. Kochei said that research goes...Read More

National Research Fund (NRF) CEO Prof. Dickson Andala has told researchers in universities that impactful research requires strategic resource mobilization, effective proposal writing, and strong project management skills. Speaking during the opening session of a three-day workshop on capacity-building on Resource Mobilization and Grant Proposal Writing to MMU lecturers and researchers at Little Daughters of...Read More