About Us – CEMEREM

Who We Are

CEMEREM is a joint project between Taita Taveta University – Kenya, TU Bergakademie Freiberg – Germany and the University of Applied Sciences Dresden – Germany. The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs through DAAD.

Our Objectives

Develop and improve curricula for new and existing academic programmes ( Bachelor of Science, Master of Science and Postgraduate)
Educate and train a new generation of mining, process and environmental engineers and resource managers for industry and government
Provide continuous education and training for engineers and managers in the industry
Educate and train lecturers at TTU
Network with industry and governments in the region in quality assurance for education, training and research
Integrate sustainability concepts (societal, environmental, spatial and economic) into the educational, implementation framework of the training, research and projects.

Current situation in Kenya

Kenya is a producer of soda ash (3^rd world ranking), fluorspar (7^th world ranking), titanium (11^th world ranking), diatomite (21^st world ranking), zircon (23^rd world ranking ), and ranks 82^nd on salt, gold and gemstone. The country has a potential for further mining development with discoveries of coal, oil, niobium, and rare earth oxides. If these new rare earth oxides reserves are well exploited, Kenya could raise to the world’s top 5 producer countries. All in all, it is expected that the mining sector will increase its contribution to the GDP from the current 1% to 6.5%.

The development of the extractive sector is one of seven flagship projects within the manufacturing sector of the Economic Pillar of Kenya Vision 2030. CEMEREM intends to contribute by supplying well-educated and trained engineers, managers and mining experts.