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.

The University community and its partners joined at the faculty of agriculture and planted more than 7000 tree seedlings on Friday, May 13, 2022, on the Annual Tree Planting Day.

Equity Group Foundation,County Government, National Government,  Shamba Café, Loresho Community and Association of Green champions joined the university to plant and grow trees.

The University of Nairobi, International Centre for Higher Education Innovation under the auspices of UNESCO (UNESCO-ICHEI), UNESCO Priority Africa and External Relations Sector, UNESCO regional office for Eastern Africa in Nairobi, the Kenya Ministry of Education, Science and Technology on Monday, April 25, 2022 launched the Smart Classroom.

The Smart Classroom was officially launched through a hybrid event at the University of Nairobi, Kenya.