Nairobi International Education Fair 2011, Mar. 11-14 2011 @ Sarit Expo Centre

This International Education Fair is held every March at the Sarit Expo Centre, Nairobi, Kenya and will celebrate its 13th Edition 2011. This is the leading Education, Careers and Training fair in Eastern Africa, which brings together consumers, providers and stakeholders of the education sector.

This fair features among others local and international colleges and universities, pre-universities institutions, local and international schools, allied businesses and services. It continues to attract and benefit students, school leavers, parents, career training and counselling teachers, stakeholders in education, diplomats and the general public immensely.

The objectives of the student fair is to:

* Provide a forum for the Local, International Colleges and Universities to showcase available career and training opportunities locally and internationally.
* Create awareness on entry requirements for the Foundation, Certicate, Diploma, Undergraduate and Post-graduate Programmes.
* Provide one-on-one opportunities for School Leavers, Students, Parents, Guardians, Career Guidance and Counselling Teachers and the General Public to sample available Career and Training opportunities in Kenya and Abroad and also learn about available scholarships, visas, accommodation facilities and living conditions.
* Provide a meeting point for the providers and consumers of Financial, Insurance, Transport, Technology and Equipment for the benefit of each other.
* Provide a forum for the launch and promotion of new products/services targeting Education Stakeholders.

Nairobi International Education Fair brochure

Movie: Africa Rising, Mar. 8 2011 @ National Museum

In observance of the International Women’s Day, the Kenya Museum Society will present a special evening program to support the actions to end female genital mutilation (FGM).
A multi-award winning film, ‘Africa Rising’ will be screened following an introductory talk by an advocate [Ms Judith Okal, Federation of Women Lawyers].

Date: March 8, 2011
Venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, National Museums of Kenya
Time: 6pm
Entry Fee: Kshs 500, Students Kshs 200

Africa Rising
Traveling through remote villages in Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia, Burkina Faso, and Mali, the film will leave the viewer cheering for these unsung heroes who share the conviction that ending FGM is within our reach. Africa Rising is an extra ordinary film presenting an insightful look at a quiet revolution taking the African continent by storm.

Book Reading: Das Leben kommt immer dazwischen (autobiography by Dr. Auma Obama), Mar. 31 2011 @ Goethe


Goethe Institut invites you to a public reading of an autobiography by Dr. Auma Obama

Date: March 31, 2011
Venue: Goethe-Institut Auditorium
Time: 6pm
Entry: Free

Auma Obama, Barack Obama‘s sister, has written her autobiography.
She has written it in German and the book has just been launched in Germany. Although it is yet to be published in English, this evening will provide the first opportunity to experience the book in English language.

Dr. Auma Obama left Kenya for Germany as a young girl and lived there for the next 16 years. She studied German at the University of Heidelberg, Film Production at the German Film and TV Academy in Berlin and later proceeded for graduate Studies at the University of Bayreuth, which awarded her a PhD in 1996. After Germany, she moved on to live in England, traveling severally to the USA following the rise to fame of her brother, and returned to Kenya in 2007 where she now works and lives.

In her autobiography, Auma Obama retraces this path of a life between different worlds and cultures. She narrates how a consciousness for her African identity developed on this journey. She gives a vivid picture of the history of the Obama family in Kenya and the life of her father Barrack Hussein Obama. And how she has accompanied her brother on his way to becoming the 44th president of the USA.

Dr. Auma Obama will be reading excerpts from the book in German and in English.

Public Lecture: Economic & Social Council as an Instrument for Effective Policy Formulation & Consensus Finding, Mar. 9 2011 @ U.o.N

UNDESA, National Economic & Social Council and AICESIS invite you to a public lecture

Date: March 9, 2011
Venue: University of Nairobi, Main Campus, Lecture Theatre Room ED II
Theme: Economic & Social Council as an Instrument for effective policy formulation and consensus finding
Guest Speaker: Dr. Ulrich Graute, Senior Advisor-Division for Public Administration and Management Development at the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)
Participants: Faculty members, postgraduate students and fourth year undergraduate students in Humanities
Entry: Free

Concert: Classical Evenings Club, Mar. 10 2011 @ Nairobi Museum

Classical Evenings Club

Performance by members of the Kenya Conservatoire Orchestra & Friends

They will be performing Excerpts from Karl Jenkins Songs of Sanctuary sung Cantus in Coro vocal ensemble. Handel Harpsichord Concerto, Bach Double Violin Concerto, and some solo piano works.

Entrance Free

venue: Louis Leakey Auditorium, Nairobi Museum
when: Thursday, March 10 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm

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Performance: Fame the Musical, Mar. 1-5 2011 @ St. Mary’s School

St. Mary’s School Nairobi
Presents
FAME THE MUSICAL

Performance dates & Charges:
March 1, 2011: St. Mary’s Students-Kshs 150
March 2, 2011: Students-Kshs 150
March 3, 2011 (7pm): All-Kshs 500
March 4, 2011 (7pm): All-Kshs 500
March 5, 2011 (Matinee 2pm): Children Kshs 200, Adults Kshs 450
Evening Show, 7pm (March 5, 2011): Adults Only, Kshs 500

Tickets available from the school

Producer: Fr. Mburu
Orchestra Director: J. Nyaga

For more info: Tel. 4444569 email info@stmarys.ac.ke

TEDx Cinema Nairobi, Mar 5 2011 @ Westgate

Free, Saturday 5th March 2011, 10am (for 10.30)-12noon, Silverbird Cinema, Westgate Mall, Nairobi

This event is a forum to spark creative engagement between like-minded people.  A place where we can challenge our fundamental beliefs and explore new ways of thinking.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.

Every Saturday two videos of talks from the renowned TED conferences are shown followed by a casual discussion.

This weeks theme: Possessions

Can happiness be bought? To find out, author Benjamin Wallace sampled the world’s most expensive products, including a bottle of 1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc, 8 ounces of Kobe beef and the fabled (notorious) Kopi Luwak coffee. His critique may surprise you.  Benjamin Wallace is a journalist and author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar, the true story of the world’s most expensive bottle of (possibly phony?) wine.

In this funny and insightful talk from TEDxHouston, builder Dan Phillips tours us through a dozen homes he’s built in Texas using recycled and reclaimed materials in wildly creative ways. Brilliant, low-tech design details will refresh your own creative drive.