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Mount Kenya University (MKU) is a private, multi-campus university in the municipal town of Thika, Kenya. It was established by Prof. Simon N. Gicharu and has become one of the most significant private universities in Kenya. [2] MKU has a student population of 52,000 as of September 2015. [3] MKU is chartered and ISO 9001:2015 certified.
The university was founded in 2010 by Simon Gicharu, a former teacher, as a campus of Mount Kenya University. [1] It was renamed as Mount Kigali University in 2023 after receiving a Charter [2] from the Higher Education Council of Rwanda. The university is named after Mount Kigali, a 1,853 metres (6,079 ft) hill in the west of Kigali city.
African Leadership University (ALU) Akilah Institute for Women, Kigali (AIWK) [8] East African University Rwanda. Carnegie Mellon University Rwanda (CMUR) [9] Catholic Institute of Kabgayi (ICK) [10] Catholic University of Rwanda (CUR) [11] Christian University of Rwanda (CHUR). [12] Closed in 2020 by Government of Rwanda.
Further institutions were added in Kigali in the 21st century, including the public School of Finance and Banking (SFB) in Gikondo and the private University of Kigali, as well as branches of foreign universities such as Mount Kenya University and Carnegie Mellon University's college of engineering.
Simon Gicharu is an educationalist and founder of Mount Kenya University, which is East and Central Africa’s largest private university. He is also the founder of Mount Kigali University in Rwanda. He was born in 1964 in Gathiruini village, Kiambu County, Kenya. He is the first in a family of seven.
Mount Kigali or Mont Kigali in French, is a hill in Kigali City, Rwanda, [2] after which the city was named. Mount Kigali is located directly West of the city center in Nyarugenge District. The majority of Nyarugenge District is located on the slopes of Mount Kigali. The western slopes of Mount Kigali end in the valley of the river Nyabarongo.
TV47 is a television channel based in Kenya. It is owned by Cape Media Limited, an affiliate of Mount Kenya University. [1] It was launched in 2019 by Cape Media Limited, Eugene Anangwe as the Chief Executive Officer [2] [3] and its main broadcast languages are English and Kiswahili. TV47 is a late entrant in the mass media in Kenya.
University of Kigali's temporary campus is located along KN 5 Road, Boulevard de l'Umuganda, near the plush Kigali Heights in the central business district of Kigali, the capital and largest city in Rwanda. The geographical coordinates of the university campus are:01°57'03.0"S, 30°05'35.0"E (Latitude:-1.950833; Longitude:30.093056). [3]