<p><strong>Prof. Dr. sc. agr. A. K. Kahi, AMP&nbsp;</strong>is a Professor of Animal Breeding and Genomics at Egerton University's Department of Animal Sciences and a member of the Permanent International Committee of the World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, the Apex in Animal Breeding and Genomics. Membership to this committee is restricted to scientists with increased international visibility through research and publications in higher-impact factors journals.&nbsp;He is the founding member of the African Animal Breeding Association (AABA) and member of the Working Group on Animal Seed of the African Seed and Biotechnology Partnership Platform of the African Union.&nbsp;He joined the Department of Animal Sciences as a Teaching Assistant in 1991. He served as&nbsp;<strong>Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic Affairs) from April 2016 to April 2021.&nbsp;</strong>He has&nbsp;<strong>acted as Vice Chancellor of Egerton University</strong>&nbsp;on several occasions including representing the substantive Vice Chancellor in national and international engagements. In 2018, he was appointed by the Council of Egerton University to serve as Ag. Vice Chancellor from September 2018 to November 2018.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>Prof. Dr. A. K. Kahi&nbsp;</strong>completed in November 2015 his Advanced Management Programme (<strong>AMP</strong>) at Strathmore Business School, Strathmore University (Kenya).&nbsp;The AMP is a joint programme between Strathmore Business School (SBS), Kenya, Lagos Business School (LBS), Nigeria and&nbsp;IESE Business School, Barcelona, Spain. AMP helps business leaders and CEOs develop the professional and personal capabilities required to successfully meet their professional endeavors. The programme offers an invaluable opportunity to learn from high-caliber faculty members, interact with a group of senior-level peers and strengthen leadership and networking skills.&nbsp;This programme is designed for CEOs and directors in private and public sectors, with at least 10 years senior management experience.&nbsp;This programme complements the experience he has so far gathered in research leadership and self-leadership, strategic management, financial management (corporate, operational, research etc.), strategy (marketing etc.), project management, decision marking, economics, innovation, entrepreneurship and negotiation.</p>
<p>His Master&rsquo;s degree (registered at Egerton University) and his PhD degree studies (registered at the University of Hohenheim) were carried out with support from the International Livestock Research Institute (<strong>ILRI</strong>) within the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute/<strong>ILRI</strong>&nbsp;collaborative research programme on dairy systems in the coastal lowland tropics. His PhD research, which built on his earlier studies, evaluated crossbreeding systems for dairy production in the lowland tropics. It combined genetic and economic analyses and simulation models to test alternative strategies for their biological and economic merits. The University of Hohenheim awarded his thesis their highest grade,&nbsp;<em>Magna cum Laude</em>. He continues today as an&nbsp;<strong>ILRI</strong>&nbsp;collaborator in research on animal genetic resources and sustainable livestock breeding strategies for smallholder farmers and pastoralist.</p>