Prof. Isaac Meroka Mbeche, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Finance Planning and Development) and Professor of Management Science at the School of Business has retired with effect from March 21, 2020.  Consequently, Prof. Mbeche, having left University service through retirement, automatically ceased being the Deputy Vice Chancellor (FPD).  It follows, therefore, that the post of Deputy Vice Chancellor (FPD) is now vacant.

During the covid19 pandemic, the University has entered into an agreement with Telkom Kenya and made a special arrangement to facilitate all UoN students with data bundles to access online learning platforms. 

Here is a step by step procedure of how a student can access the bundles. 

1. Students to register their intent for facilitation of data bundles by updating their profile in the SMIS portal indicating their preferred Telkom outlet.

2. Requests received at ICT Centre are processed and forwarded to respective colleges for review and approval.

A message from the Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, Finance Planning and Development to all the University community during this lockdown.

Dear University Community,

I hope you are all staying safe during this time.   The University has experienced significant growth in research and consultancy funds managed by the Grants office, thanks to your efforts.

Each college has a committee that oversees asset disposal at the University of Nairobi. Each item has a certain procedure to be followed before it is fully disposed.

The training for the disposal committees brought to light the guidelines and regulations from different government agencies like NEMA.

The Ag. Vice Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Mbeche met with all the University’s Web Champions on Friday December 6, 2019 at the Central Catering Unit.

In his opening remarks, Prof. Mbeche, noted that the team has been faithfully executing its mandate and he urged the team to put more effort in being the champions of their schools and departments to enhance the University’s visibility.

The University of Nairobi held its annual career fair on December 5 & 6, 2019 at the Main campus. The theme for this year’s fair was ‘Skilling graduates for the job market’.

Over 150 students in UoN and other universities from the Kakuma and Daadab refugee camps are beneficiaries of DAFI Educational Scholarship. This was revealed when Windle International Kenya organized an orientation event for its beneficiaries at the UoN on Thursday November 28, 2019.

The University of Nairobi (UoN) has made new developments on its system of websites bringing out more aesthetics and a more user-friendly platform. The websites have moved to Drupal 8, which is a better platform than the previous one.

The newly redesigned sites are already live and will be launched by UoN management at a later date.

The two trillion Kenyan stock market popularly known as the Nairobi Securities Exchange, (NSE) is one of the biggest investment vehicles available for those who are keen on investing their hard earned money and getting a handsome return on their capital.

The Nairobi Innovation Week through its ‘Nairobi Innovation Challenge’ programme has unveiled the 6 Kenya’s Most Promising Startups of 2019.

The startups participated in the Nairobi Innovation Challenge as part of the top 30 startups who pitched to a panel of judges. Due diligence was conducted to determine and ascertain the ingenuity of the top 6 startups. The startups are in the early and growth stages of business.