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Oxford East Africa emerges tops at the 14th Nairobi International Book Fair |
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Monday, 03 October 2011 07:08 |
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By Fridah Musyimi
The OUP-EA empowerment team celebrate victory at the awards ceremony
Oxford University Press East Africa won the Best Stand Overall Award and The Best Stand Personnel at the 14th Nairobi International Book Fair, which was held at Sarit Centre in Nairobi, Kenya from 28th September to 2nd October 2011. In addition, two literary books: Peter Kimani’s Upside Down and Godfrey Ipalei’s Mlemavu? Si Mimi (written in Kiswahili), both published by OUP, won the awards for Children’s Literature and Youth Category respectively, in the prestigious Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature.
Alongside the fair, OUP East Africa hosted the On point KCPE Revision Clinic where authors of the On Point KCPE Encyclopedia and more than 80 primary school teachers met to discuss exam revision strategies for Standard Eight pupils.
The theme for this years’ Book Fair was ‘Read for Empowerement’ |
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Saturday, 06 August 2011 08:12 |
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By Jeff Rono
Reading Goes Wild!
August 6th 2011 was a big day for the children of Nairobi County and its environs. All roads led to Nairobi National Park for the Kids Festival where Oxford University Press authors, illustrators and staff promoted reading and creativity among children.
Starting off with a game drive, children and their parents had their eyes marked on the Oxford Village where various activities awaited them.
More than 5000 children converged at the Oxford Village where creativity merged with fun in storytelling, reading, drawing, painting, spelling, drama and poetry. OUP authors Frank Odoi, Godfrey Ipalei and Felix Ochieng excited children with their exceptional mastery of the written word.
The OUP sales team promoted the newly released Kamusi ya Watoto and On point KCPE Encyclopedia. “Our story books were the centre of attraction in the display tent. Parents had a hard time as kids demanded that they must go home with a copy” said Geoffrey Rono, the Business Development and Publicity Manager.
The Kids Festival was hosted by renowned stand up comedian Dan Ndambuki aka Churchill. The event was sponsored by Oxford University Press East Africa, Standard Group, Naivas Supermarket among others. Award winning artists Daddy Owen and Wyre entertained the kids. |
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KEPSHA Conference: On Point and Kamusi Launch |
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Saturday, 06 August 2011 08:12 |
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By Jeff Rono and Fridah Musyimi
‘ON POINT’ CONFERENCE: KEPSHA
Oxford University Press launched two Child friendly new books, On point KCPE Encyclopedia and Kamusi ya Watoto during the recently concluded annual primary head teachers conference held at Sheikh Zayyed Hall in Mombasa.
The Encyclopedia is revision guide for standard eight candidates whereas Kamusi ya Watoto is a Kiswahili dictionary for six to nine years olds.
The 10,000-strong conference was officially opened by the Minister for Education Prof Sam Ongeri and attended by head teachers, policy makers from government, civil society and the business community.
Under the theme Child Friendly Schools the conference was sponsored by UNICEF, Oxford University Press, Ministry of Education and several corporate organizations.
Teachers who visited the Oxford stand were excited by the new releases. The sales team broke the record and sold books worth more than Kshs.1 million turning the event into on point conference! |
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