Jared Benson Kangwana

Jared Benson Kangwana (born 6 January 1949) is a Kenyan businessman, lawyer, entrepreneur and the Chancellor of the Technical University of Kenya.

Career Kangwana lectured at Kenya School of Law starting in 1978. He later moved to the University of Nairobi and taught courses about corporate law. During this time, he established a private law firm.

Corporate leadership and entrepreneurship In 1983, Kangwana was appointed Chairman of Kenya Times Media Trust. They acquired Nairobi Times, which was renamed Kenya Times and became a daily.

At that time, there was little locally produced content for television broadcast. To fill the void, Kangwana successfully negotiated commercial terms with CNN to receive their broadcast feed on KTN, a first in Africa.