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Experts: AI, entrepreneurship skills key to engineering's future

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Eng. Shammah Kiteme (left) the President of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya presenting a gift to Caroline Wanjeri Kihara (right) the Director of Mortgage Business at KCB Bank, during the Institution of Engineers of Kenya 4th Future Leaders Summit in Mombasa.[Courtesy]

Aspiring engineers have been encouraged to embrace innovation, entrepreneurship, and artificial intelligence (AI) as key drivers of future infrastructure development and economic transformation.

Speaking at the Institution of Engineers of Kenya's 4th Future Leaders Summit in Mombasa, held under the theme "Engineering the Future: The Role of Emerging Engineers," Caroline Wanjeri Kihara, director of mortgage business at KCB Bank, urged young professionals to take bold, proactive steps to prepare for an increasingly dynamic technological landscape.

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