The 1^st Finance and Procurement Officers forum was held at the Sarova Stanley Hotel, Nairobi on Friday, September 9, 2016. There were more than 97 participants in attendance, with representatives from over 54 member universities. The forum was also attended by KENET management board members.

The aim of the forum was to discuss and evaluate the key roles of KENET and discuss the various challenges facing member universities. At the meeting the role of KENET as a special vehicle for providing ICT services to member institutions was discussed and how KENET can help its member institutions achieve their goals while providing quality services.  

The key lessons learned from the forum that KENET can adopt are; constantly innovating and creating new ideas that will benefit KENET members and serve their unique needs and building new skills in new upcoming technologies. The presentation topics during the forum were:-

1. 1st Finance and Procurement Officers Forum Program

2. KENET as the National, Research and Education Network  of Kenya presented by Prof. Meoli Kashorda

3. Pricing of Member Services and Financial Sustainability of KENET presented by John Ngunyi

4. Procurement of KENET Services presented by Luke Matere and Paul Nzau

5. Capacity Building presented by Kennedy Aseda and Peter Muia

6. Ereadiness ICT Budget Trends presented by Esther Muriuki and Dancun Oguta

Download Forum Presentations Here