Curriculum Development for the First Technical Communication Study Program in Kenya: The Challenges of Digitalization

This brief paper focuses on the implementation of a pioneering technical communication program at a university in the sub-Saharan nation of Kenya. We discuss the relevance and accessibility of the Kenyan higher education system in terms of technical communication. This is followed by a brief description of our project to implement the first master’s program in technical communication in Kenya at Pwani University Kilifi. Reflecting on the gained experiences of a recent pilot project, the difficulties of curriculum development in the context of digitization for a Global South country with a theory-based university environment are presented, including our approaches to solving them.