The African state continues to attract academic interest of significant diversity. To some, the political happenings are not only unique but intriguing, others, the economic structure remains fragile, while to others, and the cultural fluidity remains a critical lens in understanding Africa.

The post-independence period was to usher high expectations among African people whose alienation in the colonial political economy was to be put to rest. Political liberalization was to advance the material conditions of the people.

The African state has evolved through colonial conquest and monopolization. This was characterized by discrimination, alienation and humiliation of the indigenous. Independence then was expected to bring to an end the abject poverty, backwardness and deprivation.

The jury is out and academic discourse is intense on the performance of the African state. Therefore, the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi invites you to a lecture by Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science, University of Florida, USA. In addition, this lecture brings new insights to the debate with renowned academicians, namely: Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o, Governor of Kisumu County and Prof. Peter Wanyande, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nairobi.

Topic: “Post – Independence Governance in Africa: Trends and Lessons Learnt”

Date: Thursday, October 22, 2020

Time: 2:00pm-5:00pm

Register in advance for this webinar using the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_usRlNNuWQSOUR_7MH8Dyow

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Download the programme here

This is an invitation to all students who joined the University of Nairobi on 31 August 2020 to a 2nd Dean of Students Dialogue with First Year Students.

From the 1st Dialogue session held on Tuesday September 29, 2020 from 10:00am – 12:00pm, it emerged that students had numerous Academic-related questions ranging from Interfaculty Transfers to Courses Registration/Dropping to Access to Online Classes to Colliding Classes & Timetables among others.

This has necessitated the need to host a 2nd session to address all academic-related questions. Registrars and Administrators from all Colleges and campuses will be part of the panel to answer all your questions.

Date: Thursday October 22, 2020

Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm

Platform: Microsoft Teams (Download the app on your device)

Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3ka1kOQ.

All First year students are requested to register for this 2^nd Dialogue session and attend.

Welcome

Welcome to the 9th Boot Camp session organized by the Hult Prize UoN On Campus team.

The speaker, Ms. Samoye Otieno, is a seasoned Knowledge Management and Communications Specialist at Sinapis.

The Facilitator, Isaac Kweyu, is the Media Relations Director, Hult Prize, University of Nairobi.

Date: October 19, 2020 (Today)

Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Topic: ‘Business Models and Customer Development’

Click on the link below to register for the meeting: click here

All are welcome.

To all Staff and Students

Join IREX on Thursday 22 October 2.00PM for a candid conversation on accountability and transparency in resourcing Kenya’s COVID – 19 Response! Register now at https://bit.ly/33ZcBvB to secure your spot and interact with the dynamic panel.

This webinar is the first in a series under the IREX implemented, Ford Foundation supported COVID – 19 Resourcing Data Project. The initiative seeks to improve the utilization of and accountability around resources in the context of Kenya’s COVID-19 response.

#KenyaCOVIDaccountability #KenyaCOVIDDashboard  www.kenyacovid19.org

Staff and Students interested in the topic of discussion are welcome to attend.

To all Staff and Students,

Welcome to the 8^th Boot Camp session organized by the Hult Prize UoN On Campus team.

The speaker, Irene Mwihaki, is a seasoned startup coach and an entrepreneur.

The Facilitator, Elsie Christine is the Assistant Director, Hult Prize UoN On Campus Program and a student at the University of Nairobi.

Date: October 14, 2020 (Today)

Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Topic: ‘Virtual Proposition in Start-Up’

Click on the link below to register for the meeting: click here

Welcome.

You are cordially invited to a Webinar session  to be hosted by Oracle in partnership with the University of Nairobi, Office of Career Services.

Oracle offers the world’s largest suite of enterprise class cloud applications (SaaS), platform technologies (PaaS) and Infrastructure Services (IaaS) delivering world-class functionality from state of the art data centers distributed all over the world. Oracle also offers a wide range of trainings in different areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things and Blockchain.

This Webinar session will focus on the ‘free online courses being offered by Oracle’.

Date: Thursday October 8, 2020

Time: 3.00pm

Webinar Platform: Zoom

Link: https://oracle.zoom.us/j/94928418144?pwd=Y2xCNGZxK0ZnRDhtZlFjRVNsS1Z1Zz09

All staff and students are welcome to attend.

To All Students,

You are invited to a Boot Camp (Session 6) on the topic: Youth & Innovation: The African Youth. 

The speaker, Nadia Ahmed, is the Chief Administrative Secretary in the Ministry of ICT, Innovation & Youth Affairs, Republic of Kenya.

The Moderator is Kenneth Sawe, the Executive Director, UoN Alumni Association.

We also have a guest who is a former Vice President of the UoN student body (SONU) Ms. Angel Mbuthia.

Date: October 07, 2020 (Today)

Time: 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Click on the link below to register for the meeting: click here

All are welcome!

To All Staff and Students,

the Office of Career Services in partnership with IBM cordially invites you to the IBM Academic Initiative Program webinar designed for students and faculties to give them access to the most relevant tools for the current job market.

IBM is committed to helping colleges and universities worldwide adapt their curricula to prepare students for success in a dynamic and fiercely competitive IT workplace. Through this global program, students and faculties are offered a wide range of technology education benefits that can be scaled to meet the goals of large research universities, community colleges and vocational schools.

Webinar details are indicated below:

Date: Wednesday October 7, 2020

Time: 10.00am

Webinar Theme: The IBM Academic Initiative – Access to new technologies and educational resources from IBM.

To register and join the Webinar, click on this link below

https://ibm.webex.com/ibm/onstage/g.php?MTID=e6bba2473a8b9929eb200f4b7028b38b7

Staff from the ICT Centre, Faculty and Students from the School of Computing and Informatics are highly encouraged to attend.

Attendance of the webinar is open to all and free of charge.

FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

IBM’s Global University Programs team is hoping that you, your colleagues, friends, and family are all safe and well. It’s definitely a challenging time.  However, as a valued academic partner, we want you to be especially aware of this unique opportunity for your PhD students.

IBM is pleased to announce the 2021 Two-Year Worldwide IBM PhD Fellowship for the academic years of 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.  

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:

• • Hybrid Cloud
  • Quantum Computing / Quantum Systems
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Cloud / Open Source Technologies
  • Security / Cyber Security
  • Data Science
  • Systems

The 2021 two-year IBM PhD Fellowships are awarded worldwide.

• • U.S. country awards are $60,000 in award year one and $35,000 in award year two.
  • Other country awards vary between $6,000-$25,000 each award year depending on the country.

Additional Information:

Students must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member. The nominator provides the supporting documentation (resume, list of publications, thesis topic, etc.), categorizes the student’s initial career interests, and submits the nomination for evaluation.

All IBM PhD Fellowship awardees are matched with an IBM mentor according to their technical interests and are encouraged to participate in an internship at least once while completing their studies. Students receiving a comparable fellowship or internship from another company or institution during the same academic period may not be eligible for an IBM PhD Fellowship.

Students should have three years remaining in their graduate program at the time of nomination. For example, nominees that are enrolled in a four-year graduate program should have completed two years of their graduate program as of summer 2021 in order to benefit the most.

We have received many outstanding and exceptional candidates from universities all over the world in the past and encourage universities to submit nominations until October 23, 2020.

The IBM PhD Fellowship program also supports our long-standing commitment to workforce diversity and encourages nominations of women, minorities and all who contribute to that diversity. The program seeks to increase the number of under-represented minority students in the referenced science topics of interest by encouraging a diverse applicant pool. We look forward to receiving your nominations.

For additional program details and FAQs, please visit  www.ibm.com/university/phdfellowship.

Please help us spread the word. If you have additional questions, please feel free to contact phdfellow@us.ibm.com.