<p>He has served as &nbsp;<strong>Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs)&nbsp;</strong>and is the Project Lead, Centre of Excellence for Livestock Innovation and Business Project (CoELIB Project &ndash; <a href="https://www.coelib.org">www.coelib.org</a>), a project he initiated through his own determined efforts<strong>.&nbsp;</strong>The<strong>&nbsp;</strong>project is at the forefront of research and strengthening of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Kenya, Malawi and Nigeria. In Kenya, the project is hosted in a centre that was constructed and equipmented through his own networking and fundraising efforts. The project hosts the African Dairy Academy, African Animal Breeding Association Network. CoELIB Project also hosts the Alliance for African Partnerships (AAP)&nbsp;which is an initiative of African institutions and&nbsp;Michigan&nbsp;State&nbsp;University&nbsp;that seeks to promote sustainable, effective, and equitable long-term partnerships to address mutually defined challenges experienced on the continent. He is the&nbsp;Focal Point, Chair of the Planning and Resource mobilization Committee and the champion for the youth at the AAP.He has served as a member of the Advisory Board of the National Defence College of Kenya of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF). He was instrumental in the transformation of the college to the National Defence University of Kenya (NDU-K).&nbsp;He has&nbsp;<strong>acted as Vice Chancellor of Egerton University</strong>&nbsp;on several occasions. &nbsp;As Project Lead of CoELIB Project, he is directing several activities funded by various donors with a total budget of over&nbsp;<strong>USD 6 million</strong>. He has served in this position for over 13 years while also serving in different capacities. For those years, he has attracted and managed over&nbsp;<strong>USD 10 million</strong>. Some of the projects have led to the internationalization of Egerton University through admission of over 150 international postgraduate students from Malawi, Sudan, Rwanda, Tanzania, Mali, Mozambique, Liberia etc.&nbsp;He has served as visiting professor at Wageningen University (The Netherlands), Kyoto University (Japan) and University of New England (Australia) and conducted international research relevant to Africa, Asia (Japan, Thailand and Malaysia), Australia and Europe.He has served as&nbsp;<strong>Dean, Faculty of Agriculture</strong>&nbsp;(the faculty at the core of Egerton University and its philosophy) from 2010 to 2014 and was instrumental in the transformation of the faculty to world-class institution. In 2011, he was offered the position of&nbsp;<strong>Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs and Research) at the Great Lakes University of Kisumu</strong>&nbsp;but declined to take up the position. Before serving as Dean, he served as&nbsp;<strong>Chair of the Department of Animal Sciences</strong>&nbsp;from 2007 to 2009.&nbsp;During his term as Chair, the Department of Animal Sciences was transformed to one of the best departments in the University with the highest number of publications in refereed journals and substantial number of funded projects.&nbsp;He has served as a&nbsp;<strong>Programmes Director at the Division of Applied Biosciences, Kyoto University&nbsp;</strong>for 2 years from 2004 to 2006.&nbsp;He is a consultant for the State Ministry of Agriculture and involved in animal genetic resources management initiatives in Kenya.<a id="_Toc64560083"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a id="_Toc69732161"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Research and Publications</strong><strong>Prof. Dr. A. K. Kahi</strong>&nbsp;is currently the leading scientist with the highest number of publications in ISI journals in Egerton University and other universities offering agricultural courses in Kenya. He has over 40 papers published in premier internationally refereed journals&nbsp;above&nbsp;the second ranking scientist! This is according to Scopus&reg;, the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature that delivers a comprehensive overview of the world&rsquo;s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities (<a href="https://www.scopus.com">www.scopus.com</a>).&nbsp;<strong>Prof. Dr. A. K. Kahi&nbsp;</strong>has authored or co-authored over 375 publications, including several papers in the premier internationally refereed animal science journals, books and book chapters/case studies.&nbsp;&nbsp;He has executively directed over 10 video productions of projects&rsquo; documentary, commercials and films.He has wide experience of livestock production systems and their economics and a special interest in the definition of breeding objectives for different production systems, genetic improvement, computer simulation, genetic evaluation, experimental and observational quantitative genetics, molecular genetics, genomics, health and disease resistance, value chains analysis, development and capacity building in post-secondary education institutions and business incubation.<strong>Prof. Dr. A. K. Kahi</strong>&nbsp;has served as a consultant on animal genetic resources both in Africa (Ethiopia and Kenya) and in Europe (Germany). He has worked at the Animal Genetics and Breeding Unit (<strong>AGBU</strong>), University of New England where he evaluated the efficiency of beef cattle breeding programme for the Australian and Thailand (South East Asia) beef industries. He was the first African scientist to be invited to spend some time at&nbsp;<strong>AGBU</strong>. He has been a consultant for the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), International Atomic Energy Agency (<strong>IAEA</strong>), Applied Genetic Network (AGN) of Germany and the&nbsp;<strong>UN&rsquo;s</strong>&nbsp;Food and Agriculture Organisation (<strong>FAO</strong>). At FAO, he was involved in the drafting of the Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources &ndash; a blueprint for the management of animal genetic resources. At ILRI, he authored a book on Zebu cattle of Kenya. At AGN, he authored a book chapter on valuation of indigenous farm animal populations and breeds in comparison with imported exotic breeds - with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa.&nbsp;He is involved in research projects in various livestock species including supervision of several MSc and PhD students. He has supervised PhD and MSc students registered in world-renowned universities including Egerton University (Kenya), Wageningen University (The Netherlands), University of Hohenheim (Germany) and Humboldt University (German), Kyoto University (Japan), Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (Kenya) etc. and served as external examiner for universities in all continents where he has served as visiting Professor. He has supervised post doc scientists in animal breeding and genomics and in livestock economics.<a id="_Toc64560084"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a id="_Toc69732162"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Awards</strong>From 2004 to 2006,&nbsp;<strong>Prof. Dr. A. K. Kahi</strong>&nbsp;was a visiting Professor under Japan Society for Promotion of Science (<strong>JSPS</strong>) funding at the Laboratory of Animal Husbandry Resources, Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan and offered the position of Programs Director within the Division of Applied Biosciences. He developed advanced indigenous Japanese beef cattle breeding schemes and systems to support management and genetic improvement of cattle genetic resources in developing countries. He was involved in the evaluation of the crossbreeding programme between the Kambing Katjang goat and its crosses, with the German Fawn in South East Asia, Malaysia in particular. Due to his exemplary performance, he was invited to Kyoto University for 2 months (April and May 2010) to&nbsp;create, sustain and strengthen scientific networks between Kenya and Japan under JSPS&lsquo;s Bridge Fellowship programme. He has served as a visiting Professor at Wageningen University, The Netherlands.&nbsp;<strong>Prof. Dr. A. K. Kahi</strong>&nbsp;is a recipient of an&nbsp;<strong>Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship</strong>&nbsp;to collaborate in research with universities in Germany and other countries in Europe; past recipients include over 43 Nobel Prize Laureates.&nbsp;In 2001,&nbsp;<strong>Prof. Dr. A. K.</strong>&nbsp;<strong>Kahi</strong>&nbsp;was awarded the prestigious Peter Doherty award for being the most promising young scientist and was the winner of the 2001 Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (<strong>CGIAR</strong>)'s Excellence in Science Award in Promising Young Scientist award category.&nbsp;This clearly reflects that even in his early years in research he was already a determined fellow and has lived up to the awards&rsquo; expectation by showing his focus on contributing knowledge to the science community. He has further demonstrated this by retaining the lead position for the Award of Researcher of the Year in two categories &ndash; Publications and Funds attracted at Egerton University, since 2005.&nbsp;These awards indicate that he shares the vision, contributes positively to the mandate and upholds the core values of Egerton University.<a id="_Toc64560085"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a id="_Toc69732163"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Networks, Partnerships, and Resource Mobilization</strong><strong>Prof. Dr. A. K. Kahi</strong>&nbsp;is a high‐performing, strategic‐thinking professional with more than 33 years' experience in the agriculture and higher education sectors. He is highly skilled at partnership&nbsp;‐&nbsp;building with the private sector and across organizations and teams. He is experienced in implementing solutions in collaboration with clients and stakeholders and well‐versed in all phases of review and implementation of competence-based education and training curricula in the higher education sector. He is well versed with accreditation processes of agriculture training programmes and experienced at business development, gender mainstreaming and labour market assessment in higher education.&nbsp;He is currently negotiating for funding with the Dutch Government, World Bank, European Union and AU-NEPAD and Germany through KfW for various research, youth, capacity building and rural and infrastructural development projects to the tune of over&nbsp;<strong>USD 20 million</strong>. Some of the projects being negotiated are on skills development in the agricultural value chain, research in animal breeding and genomics and accelerating potential for agricultural innovation in Eastern Africa. In has been instrumental in the building of capacity in the agriculture value chain in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria, Ghana, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Mozambique, Malawi and Kenya. In Kenya, he is building the capacity of a number of TVET organizations to churn out competent graduates in the agricultural sector. He recently won a grant (<strong>EURO 3.5 million</strong>) for the Kisii National Polytechnic to build capacity to deliver skills programmes for the agricultural value chain through curricula development and review, construction of the only agribusiness incubator in Western Kenya and improvement of teaching and learning equipment.&nbsp;Due to his strong networking skills and experience,&nbsp;<strong>Prof. Dr. A. K. Kahi</strong>&nbsp;is always called upon to advice on resource mobilization at Egerton University and other Institutions of Higher Learning.&nbsp;&nbsp;He has already raised funds for the construction of a Poultry Research Unit (PRU), Innovation Centre and fishponds, beautification of grounds, improvement of teaching and learning facilities, purchase of vehicles, motorbike, equipment etc. He is instrumental in the development and commercialization of &ldquo;Egerton Honey&rdquo; and recently &ldquo;Egerton Feeds&rdquo; and formation of an incubation centre at Egerton University. He is a recipient of funds from various international donor agencies including the International Foundation of Science (<strong>IFS</strong>), World Bank through the Kenya Agricultural Productivity Programme (<strong>KAPP</strong>), European Union (<strong>EU</strong>), African Union Commission (<strong>AUC</strong>), UK government&rsquo;s Department for International Development (<strong>DFID</strong>),&nbsp;<strong>JSPS</strong>, German Academic Exchange Service (<strong>DAAD</strong>),&nbsp;<strong>Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, The Netherland&rsquo;s Koepon Foundation,&nbsp;</strong>Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (<strong>NUFFIC</strong>),&nbsp;<strong>USDA/USAID</strong>&nbsp;etc. This demonstrable experience in networking, fundraising and resource mobilization has benefited the university and will continue doing so in future especially in an environment guided by an enviable performance culture; a culture he is promoting at Egerton University and beyond.<a href="ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/">ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/</a><a href="https://orcid.org/%200000-0002-8593-7542" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> 0000-0002-8593-7542</a><a href="ACADEMIAhttps://independent.academia.edu/AlexanderKahi?from_navbar=true&amp;trigger=account-menuLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-kahi-25a19934/Researchgatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander-KahiGoogle">ACADEMIAhttps://independent.academia.edu/AlexanderKahi?from_navbar=true&amp;trigger=account-menuLinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-kahi-25a19934/Researchgatehttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander-KahiGoogle</a><a href="Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ANYtMTcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en">Scholarhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ANYtMTcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en</a></p>