Against this background, a cycle of three conferences was recently held. One was on sustainable architecture on the continent, with Prof Musau Kimeu of the UoN and Prof Niccolo Aste of Politecnico of Milan. “I firmly believe in the importance of academic and scientific co-operation as a tool to strengthen the relations between our two countries,” said the Ambassador of Italy, Alberto Pieri. This lays the ground for further co-operation, which should add value to existing relations,” he said. Another area is the space sector, where the collaboration between Italy and Kenya, embodied by the long-standing presence of the Luigi Broglio Space Centre in Malindi, led to the launch in March of a jointly developed satellite for the tracking and monitoring of wildlife in Kenya, called WildTrackCube-Simba.

Source: The Star July 29, 2021 21:00 UTC