Karatina University, through the Directorate of Resource Mobilisation and International Programmes, is strengthening its approach to graduate employability through structured mentorship, entrepreneurship development and strategic industry partnerships.
This was highlighted during the Employability Centre’s Commissioning and Partners Engagement Forum held on Tuesday, 27th October 2026, at the University’s Main Campus in Kagochi, where 53 students were commissioned as the pioneer cohort of Employability Mentees, a second cohort was officially onboarded, and 12 organisations joined the University’s growing mentorship partnership network.
Students keenly following through the presentations.
Anchored on the philosophy Visualizing a Future Not Yet Created, the Employability Centre seeks to nurture graduates who go beyond seeking employment to identifying opportunities, creating enterprises, generating employment and developing innovative solutions to emerging societal and industry challenges.
Students during the employability bootcamp in breakout sessions with the mentors
The initiative reflects the University’s commitment to rethinking graduate preparation by equipping students not only with academic qualifications but also with the entrepreneurial mindset, self-leadership, digital adaptability and human-centric competencies required to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
The day’s engagements brought together University leadership, industry partners, scholarship and mentorship organisations, faculty representatives, alumni, mentors and students to explore how collaborative partnerships can create a more structured and sustainable employability ecosystem.
A section of the partners pose for a group photo during the partners breakfast meeting
The morning session, held under the theme Building a Collaborative Mentorship Ecosystem for Students, featured an Industry Mentors Breakfast Roundtable that provided a platform for stakeholders to examine how academia, industry, alumni and community organisations can work together to support students from admission through graduation and into their professional and entrepreneurial journeys.
The team poses for a group photo after the employability cohort one bootcamp and onboarding of the second cohort