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Geofrey Kirui's Story

Category: Employee
Country: Kenya

Written by: Geofrey Kirui

Geofrey is sitting indoors, smiling, during an educational study tour.
I can not describe the zeal in me in the anticipation of the Kenya Blue Economy Skills Training (KBEST-2) study tour at Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) as the plane landed in Halifax on May 2, 2025. From the busy Port Halifax, where cruise ships glistened like stars on the water, to the tranquil Grand-Pré National Historic Site, where Acadian history whispered through the windswept dykes, our team from Kenya Coast National Polytechnic immersed themselves in a whirlwind of learning over two thrilling weeks. The highlight was our curriculum mapping at Akerley Campus, where we untangled modular course designs with NSCC experts, laughed over coffee, and enjoyed a specially prepared lobster to cap off the tour!

The tour was a cultural dance, not just a knowledge exercise. Sheep naturally weeding vines at Lightfoot and Wolfville Vineyards amazed me, and I wished I could capture that eco-magic for our Agriculture Campus in Kilifi. I was amazed by how proceedings were carried out at Mount Saint Vincent University's NSCC convocation, which was so immaculate and swift in contrast to Kenya's colourful ceremonies.

For more of these enlightening experiences, I wish we could teleport from Mombasa to Halifax. We could quickly travel across continents to laugh and learn from each experience. From NSCC's renewable energy labs to COVE's ocean technology, the alliances formed felt like seeds sown for a lifetime of cooperation.

I came home with a lot of ideas for empowering our students—especially women—in technical fields like solar photovoltaics. The tour stoked my interest in sustainable innovation and international connections, and I long for more visits, more belly laughs, and more opportunities to connect Kenya's Blue Economy with the rest of the world. I would be back at NSCC tomorrow, eager to learn and dream under Halifax's starry skies, if only teleportation were real.

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