The Dean of Students office has secured a sponsor for needy students in First Years! (2020)

The Office of Career Services‘ mission is to produce employable, skilled, innovative and market-ready graduates through the development of Technical, Leadership and Soft Skills of students, linking students to Industry partners for job and internship opportunities, mentorship & counselling services, graduate tracking services, high school recruitments, students exchange programs, apprenticeship services and alumni networking among others.

The Office of Career Services would like to track all the 2020 graduates to enable us to share available job and internship opportunities. Please take a moment to fill the form on the link below.

Register here: https://forms.gle/jvTmKcq4s8wyuhgG9

Happy Holidays

As part of recognizing its partners, Huawei Technologies Company Ltd celebrated the ‘Huawei Outstanding Partner Awards 2020’ on September 22 2020 at the Huawei Partner’s Night during the virtual HUAWEI 2020 CONNECT EVENT held in Beijing, China. The event was held virtually for the first time due to Covid-19 concerns.

During the event, the University of Nairobi was recognized and awarded the ‘2020 Excellent Global Talent Ecosystem Partners Award out of 600 other Huawei ICT Academies. The University was represented by Prof. Stephen Kiama, the Vice Chancellor who gave his remarks about the University’s collaboration with Huawei and acknowledge the award through a 15 minutes video recording played at the event. The virtual event was attended by key global Huawei partners, management and customers.

On December 21, 2020, a team from Huawei led by Ms. Xu Jingwen, Training and Certification Manager and Michael Kamau from the Kenya Enterprise Business Department paid a courtesy call to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kiama, to officially hand over the trophy for the award. The Office of Career Services was represented by Mr. Johnson Kinyua, Director, Career Services and the ICT Centre, by Mr. Joram Kinuthia, Deputy Director, Network Infrastructure Services.

The University extends its appreciation to Huawei for the continued fruitful partnership with UoN through the Office of Career Services (OCS) and ICT Centre, which has borne many fruits for the betterment of both our students and staff.

The University of Nairobi received the 2020 Excellent Global Talent Ecosystem Partners Award due to an excellent collaboration with Huawei since 2018 in the following activities:

1. Huawei Management Trainee Program (Over 20 students from University of Nairobi were selected to join Huawei Graduate trainee program in 2019 and 2020);
2. Huawei ICT Academy participation – UoN recognised at Best Huawei ICT Academy in Kenya in 2018 and third best academy out of 30 Universities academies in the country in 2019;
3. Huawei DigiTalent Career Fair (Joint collaboration between Huawei, Ministry of ICT, ICT Authority and University of Nairobi to support the Presidential Digital Talent Program (PDTP) Career Fair & AJIRA Program);
4. Industrial Visit (University of Nairobi organized a successful tour by top students at the Huawei Technologies Co, Ltd Kenya exhibition hall on June 4, 2019);
5. Huawei ICT Competitions participation（1000+ participants from University of Nairobi);
6. Huawei ICT Competition and Talent Double Election Committee participation by UoN;
7. Huawei Management Board & Huawei Campus Ambassador Program launched at the University;
8. Successful hosting of Huawei Boot camps in 2019 & 2020 at UoN;
9. Successful Chancellor’s visitation to the Huawei Headquarters in Shenzhen in 2018; and
10. Donation of ICT Equipment worth USD 50,000 for the UoN Skills Centre.

Huawei Technologies Company Ltd will in 2021 partner with UoN in implementing the Academy Support Centre (ASC) aimed at supporting 42 other Huawei ICT Academies in Kenya.

The University of Nairobi looks forward to more active collaborations with Huawei Technologies Company Ltd. in future aimed at developing a pool of ICT talent in the country.

Edgar Odongo, a student from the School of Law, is the winner of the 7^th National African Organization for Standardization (ARSO) essay writing competition.

The third year student emerged best among 186 students across different universities and colleges in Kenya.

The annual competition organized by the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is aimed at generating and sustaining awareness for standardization among the youth in Africa with this year’s contest organized under the theme – the role of standardization in resolving and addressing the socio-economic issues for the Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons and creating durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa.

According to his lecturers, Odongo’s win was not surprising at all as he is a bright and gifted student, who has topped his class since joining the School of Law at Kisumu Campus in 2018. In addition, he has been a regular and promising participant in moot court competitions within the university.

Edgar will now represent Kenya at the Eastern African Regional competition, thereafter, the continent and the world lies ahead for him to conquer.

The Kisumu Campus and the wider UoN community wishes him the best in his conquests.

6 students from Kenya qualify for the Global final round of Huawei ICT Competition

The Huawei ICT Competition is at the Global Final Round and 6 students from Kenya have qualified to compete. One of the qualifying students is from the University of Nairobi, Maluki Muthusi Maluki from School of Computing & Informatics.

The 6 qualifying students will undergo a vigorous 2-day training boot camp at the University of Nairobi.

Congratulations to all the students.

The University of Nairobi and the University of Kent in the UK launched the Erasmus+ project on Tuesday December 8, 2020. This is a collaboration between the two Universities that will promote students and staff mobility between the two institutions.

The launch was attended by the Vice Chancellors of both universities; University of Kent, Prof. Karen Cox and UoN, Prof. Stephen Kiama. The Cabinet Secretary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Raychelle Omamo who is also an alumnus of the University of Kent was a guest speaker. In attendance were Johnson Kinyua, Director Career Services, UoN, James Corbin, Head of Careers and Employability, University of Kent, Primrose Paskins, Snr International Partnerships Officer, University of Kent, George Kimani Chairman, KNCCI and Jesse Muraya from KNCCI among other guests from the two Universities.

In her speech, Amb. Raychelle Omamo congratulated the two institutions for joining forces to implement the Erasmus+ project that will support staff and students in mobility between the two Universities in Africa and Asia focusing on the exchange of best practice in the area of careers and employability services.

In his speech, the UoN VC, Prof.  Stephen Kiama welcomed this collaboration and noted that it would help promote sustainable development by reduce unemployment especially among the graduates and promote learning of new skills required by the job market.

Patricia Crew an Alumni from the University of Kent in her remarks stated that to place students in careers, they must be educated and skilled. She applauded the University of Kent for its famous and renowned graduates.

Johnson Kinyua, the Director Career Services, UoN shared the experiences from the University of Nairobi’s Office of Career Services. The Career Office focuses on retooling and repackaging graduates who are market and future-ready graduates. The Erasmus+ project will expose the UoN graduates to best practices. This will be achieved by setting up a Career Assessment Centre, Graduate Tracker System and engaging the industry and students to enable the industry to absorb the graduates.

Geoffrey Kimani, the Chairman, the National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) indicated that KNCCI is keen to receive high-quality graduates that have gone through the Erasmus+ program and offer internship and job opportunities through their Youth Service Program aimed at engaging students to prepare for the work sector and entrepreneurship.

In concluding the program launch, James Corbin, the Head of Careers and Employability Services indicated that the University of Kent was looking forward to partnering with the University of Nairobi in developing the skills of students together and offering trainings in relevant skills.

The University of Nairobi looks forward to a fruitful collaboration with the University of Kent.

When: Dec 16, 2020 – 03:00 PM 

Register in advance for this meeting on the link below:
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The School of Law invites you to the 8^th CB Madan Prize and Memorial Lecture on the Rule of Law and Development, which will be delivered by His Excellency Prof. Kivutha Kibwana, Governor of Makueni County and a former dean of the School of Law. The lecture will form part of the intellectual discourse that the University is having to commemorate its 50^th anniversary.

During the event, the post-doctoral legal scholars of the University of Nairobi’s School of Law will be awarded the 8th CB Madan Prize of 2020 for their commitment and outstanding scholarly contribution to constitutionalism and the rule of law in Kenya.

The CB Madan Prize is awarded by the Platform Magazine to individuals who have demonstrated significant effort to support constitutionalism and the rule of law. It is the most prestigious legal award in the country and former recipients of the award include: Hon. Chief Justice David Maraga (2017); former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga (2016); Hon. Lady Justice Mumbi Ngugi (2018); and Hon. Mr. Justice John Michael Khamoni (2015).

The recipients of this year’s prize are the Bachelor of Laws alumni who have attained their Doctor of Philosophy degrees (PhDs) between 1970 and 2020. Kindly find attached the CB Madan Citation for the Post-Doctoral Legal Scholars, which was published in the November and December issues of the Platform Magazine.

Apart from advancing public policy goals of societal transformation, the CB Madan Memorial Lecture will bring together distinguished scholars and stakeholders who have been promoting the rule of law in the last 50 years.

Date: December 8, 2020 (Tuesday)

Time: 2:00 PM EAT

Register in advance for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqdeutrjIqHdIamRh4lGIHkhZpFPQTMRA6

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

Kind regards,