Uon Chancellor Dr. Vijoo Rattansi welcomed the newly appointed council into the University of Nairobi.
The Chancellor congratulated the Chairperson Prof. Miriam Were and the other new members of the Council on their appointment and wished them noble stewardship tasks in executing their function that lies ahead of them.
The National Defence University of Kenya has partnered with the University of Nairobi in its effort of training officers for the Kenya military and others in the region who meet the requirements.
A delegation from Kwazulu Natal University, South Africa led by Prof. Stephen Mutula paid a courtesy call on the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, Prof. Kiama Gitahi on 27th July 2022
The team visited the University of Nairobi to benchmark on the ongoing governance reforms that UoN has carried out recently. Kwazulu Natal still uses the College Administrative system which UoN did away with during the implementation of governance reforms. Prof. Mutula noted the college system is expensive and bureaucratic.
The University of Nairobi and HUAWEI had a brief signing ceremony of the new Collaborative Agreement on 29th July 2022.
UoN ICT Centre Academy, cohort-2022 had an industrial/academic visit at Huawei telecommunication installation center on July 19th , 2022.
A total of 24 (twenty four) students and 5 trainers (Uon ICT staff) took part in the training of the new technology trends in the market at the Huawei Training Center. This exposed the students to the practical experience of designing, installing and managing of computer telecommunication systems.
The University of Nairobi ICT staff were trained on fire and suppression system which took place in the educational data centre training room on 28th Jul 2022 . The training came immediately after the completion of installation of fire and suppression system in the server room.
The trainees were equipped with the knowledge of how to deal with different classes of fire by using appropriate fire extinguishers. The trainers also demonstrated to the members of staff on how the fire system works in case of fire outbreak .
From the recently concluded Huawei Management Trainee program job fair where over 2000 students from all universities in Kenya participated. This job fair by Huawei and other telecom companies was hosted at Manu Chandaria Auditorium University of Nairobi on (Tuesday) on 31st May 2022. 9 graduates from the University of Nairobi have been selected to join Huawei. They will embark on a 6 months program that will see them become full time employees at Huawei Kenya.
The 9 students are:
The University of Nairobi signed an agreement with Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) to scale adaptation efforts in Africa through a project titled, ‘Enhancing and scaling up climate adaptation for resilient infrastructure in kenya and the east african region”. The agreement worth Kshs. 140M will see the University deliver a master class on Climate change and conduct innovative climate change solutions competition among the youth. The top 3 innovative solutions will be awarded Kshs. 5M each.
The TTT program is crafted to helps instructors master basic datacom knowledge and capabilities in small and medium-sized network planning and design, deployment, implementation, and O&M optimization.
In the recently concluded Train The Trainers program, 21 lecturers got trained and certified for HCIA Datacom as per the UoN-HUAWEI Collaboration Agreement. The 2 weeks training was held at the University of Nairobi, ICT Centre. The lecturers were selected from the following universities:
Daystar University Academy
Murang'a University
The University of Nairobi vice-chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama on Monday, June 20, 2022 went round on a sensitization and mobilization agenda. He met members of staff from different faculties ahead of the upcoming launch of the University of Nairobi Foundation on Thursday, June 30th, 2022. The goal of the Foundation is to support the University in fulfilling its mission of teaching and learning, research, and community service through the mobilization of funds using established legal and professional fundraising tools.
