To match the rest of the world in the advancement of technology and the job market, the University of Nairobi through the Office of Career Services (OCS) is building sustainable partnerships with industry partners in a bid to produce high quality, industry-oriented students. Through its apprenticeship program, the OCS Office enables potential employers to identify prospective employees from the University. The process also enables the University to understand the employers’ future workforce needs, identify skills gap and offer training programs through apprenticeships.

Students drawn from the School of Engineering and School of Computing and Informatics visited the Huawei Kenya Head Office in Lavington on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, for an Industrial site visit aimed at getting the first-hand experience on how a networking and telecommunication industry works.

Huawei has been partnering with UoN through its ICT Academy program in offering training to students and staff for the HCIA Routing and Switching Training Certification which validates the knowledge and skills required for basic configuration and maintenance of small to medium-sized networks. UoN has also partnered with Huawei in its Graduate Trainee Program since 2017, Huawei Campus Ambassador program with two students being selected to be Huawei Ambassadors, Huawei Job Fair, and Seeds for the Future program.

UoN students also participated in the 2018-2019 Huawei ICT Competition and one of the top three students in the global final from Kenya Mwai Moses is an Alumnus of UoN and now a Huawei Engineer.

In support of the ICT Academy partnership with UoN, Huawei donated equipment worth KES 5,000,000 for the training center at UoN in 2019. The OCS office is glad to partner with Huawei in skilling students for the ICT job market.