Rooting Friendship: Green University Starts Tree Planting in Kenya
Academic and scientific cooperation, RUDN Open Olympiads and strong ties with graduates - RUDN and the Multimedia University of Kenya have had more than one year of fruitful interaction. As a sign of friendship and cooperation, representatives of RUDN University together with the management of the partner university planted 4 sycamores with the support of the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Kenya and the personal participation of the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Kenya Dmitry Maksimychev and a graduate of UDN, Dean of the Faculty of Engineering of MMU, Professor Nyakundi Abel Mayak.
The sycamore is also called the "eastern maple" because of the shape of the leaves. This species is the largest tree on the entire planet and one of the most durable in the world.
10 profile officers of the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly from the city of Accra (Ghana) are being trained at the school "Solid Waste Management and Circular Economy" of the Institute of Environmental Engineering of RUDN University.
RUDN University is to train 100 specialists in Agronomy and Ecology for Ghana at the request of its industrial partner, the Jospong Group, which unites 60 companies. The number of trained personnel will amount to over 600 within 5 years. The fields of study which are of interest to the partner include Agronomy, Information Technology, Applied Nature Management, Ecology. The company is ready to pay for travel, accommodation and scholarships for these students. RUDN University will accept students within preferential rights.
The delegation of the Republic of The Gambia led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mamadou Tangara visited the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. Members of the delegation met with Rector Oleg Yastrebov and the staff of the Agricultural and Technological Institute of RUDN University, went on a tour of biotechnological laboratories and a laboratory for studying soils chemical composition and properties.