Kenya postpones schools reopening over flooding

STORY: Kenya postpones schools reopening over flooding SHOOTING TIME: April 29, 2024 DATELINE: April 30, 2024 LENGTH: 0:02:41 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of children in flooded areas 2. various of children and parents at home STORYLINE: Kenya has postponed by a week the scheduled school reopening to May 6 due to devastating flooding which is being experienced across the country. Education Cabinet Secretary Ezekiel Machogu said on Monday that they have received data that some schools had been adversely affected by the ongoing flooding. Machogu said sending students and staff to the affected schools would be putting their lives at risk, hence it was decided to postpone the reopening. "The devastating effects of the rains in some of the schools are so severe that it will be imprudent to risk the lives of learners and staff before water-tight measures are put in place to ensure adequate safety of all affected school communities," he said in a statement issued in Nair

Huawei rewards Kenyan students for winning digital contest

STORY: Huawei rewards Kenyan students for winning digital contest SHOOTING TIME: March 15, 2024 DATELINE: March 17, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:55 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the awarding ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): EZEKIEL MACHOGU, Cabinet secretary for Ministry of Education, Kenya 3. various of the awarding ceremony 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): LUIS KINYUA, Top student in the competition STORYLINE: Chinese technology giant Huawei rewarded 18 Kenyan students on Friday after they emerged as winners of the Huawei ICT Competition 2023-2024. The Huawei ICT Competition, initiated in 2015, comprises contests in the fields of cloud computing, networking, and innovation as part of a cooperative effort to enrich Kenya's ICT (information and communications technology) talent pool through the transfer of the latest knowledge in the technology sector. Ezekiel Machogu, cabinet secretary for the Ministry of Education, said the competition recognizes some of the best ICT talents in the

China-funded technical skill contest fetes African students

STORY: China-funded technical skill contest fetes African students DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Africa Technology Challenge 2. various of celebrations 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): MARIAM SWALE, Competitor from Egypt 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): CYNTHIA DIANA, Competitor from Uganda 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): EZEKIEL MACHOGU, Cabinet secretary, Kenyan Ministry of Education 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): ZHOU MEIFEN, Counselor, Chinese Embassy in Kenya STORYLINE: The awarding ceremony of the seventh Africa Tech Challenge (ATC) competition, sponsored by the Chinese firm AVIC International in partnership with the Chinese Embassy in Kenya, was held in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday. ATC, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) youth empowerment project, was launched in June 2014. This year's competition, which began in July, drew 259 young people in 65 teams from six African nations. They were trained and certified in the reading and drafting of