The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama on Tuesday January 19 2021 met with 8 Assistant Deans of Students from all Colleges and Campuses to discuss the matters touching on students’ welfare.
The University of Nairobi on Friday January 29, 2021 held a Performance Contracting Award Ceremony in Taifa Hall. The event was aimed at rewarding and celebrating the best performing Units and Departments for the period 2019 - 2020 as well as encourage those lagging behind in the spirit of excellence as the University celebrates the 50 years of existence.
The University of Nairobi community is celebrating one student, Ferdinand Omanyala who ran the 100 metres race in 10.11 seconds on Saturday Jan 23, 2021 at the Nyayo National Stadium. He clocked the fastest time in Kenya in the race in the second leg of Athletics Kenya Relays Series.
Photo courtesy of Nation:Ferdinand Omanyala
Do you have an interest in learning how to ideate, validate, prototype and formalize a market creating venture? The JASIRI Talent Investor is a fully-funded 1-year program that will guide program participants from idea generation, validation, prototyping, market entry to venture creation.
Majune Kraido Socrates of the University of Nairobi has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Trade Economist Thematic Award, a new competition for specific research, which this year focused on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected trade and trade policy. His paper, “The Effect of Lockdown Policies on International Trade Flows from Developing Countries: Event Study Evidence from Kenya” was praised by the Selection Committee for its methodology and analysis.
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USAID Key Kenya project team
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IREX a key partner of University of Nairobi is administering a Community Engagement and Exchange (CEE) Program is an ECA-funded program that aims to enable civil society leaders, ages 20-27, to harness the power of networks, relationships, and information for the public good, specifically on issues related to civic dialogue and peacebuilding, participatory government, women and gender, sustainable development, and youth engagement. Ultimately, this program will build civil society networks in 100 countries around the
To All UoN French Students-In 2019-2020, the University of Nairobi and other Kenyan Universities sent 66 French Language Assistants to France to teach English in French High School for at least 7 months following the bilateral agreement between President Uhuru Kenyatta and President Emmanuel Macron of France when he visited Kenya in March 2019.
The 2021 Two-Year Worldwide IBM PhD Fellowship for the academic years of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 is now open for applications. Strong collaboration with faculty, students and universities is vital to IBM. The IBM PhD Fellowship Program advances this collaboration by recognizing and supporting exceptional PhD students who want to make their mark in promising and disruptive technologies. Focus areas include the following topics of particular interest:
The EAC Scholarship Programme is an initiative of the East African Community (EAC), the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) and German Development Bank- KfW. The project begun in 2018 when the EAC and IUCEA entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with KfW geared towards the training of students within the EAC Region.
