The University of Nairobi welcomed the Vice President of RMIT University, Prof. Colin Picker, for a high-level courtesy visit with the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Margaret Hutchinson, on 21 May 2025. This meeting represents a significant milestone in strengthening academic and research ties between the two esteemed institutions.

On Tuesday, May 13, 2025, the University of Nairobi made history by hosting Finland’s President H.E. Alexander Stubb during his state visit to Kenya. At Taifa Hall, President Stubb delivered a compelling public lecture on “Geopolitics and the Transformation of the Multilateral Order.”

The Principal Secretary, State Department of Economic Planning, National Treasury, Mr James Muhati, paid a courtesy call to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, Prof Margaret Hutchinson, on March 11, 2023, ahead of the opening  Ceremony of the Kenya Population and Development Conference 2025. Accompanying the PS was the Director General of the National Council for Population and Development, Dr. Mohamed Sheikh.

The World Bank, in collaboration with the State Department for Roads under the Ministry of Roads and Transport, donated state-of-the-art equipment worth 531 million Kenya Shillings to the Department of Civil and Construction Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Nairobi. This significant investment falls under the East African Regional Trade and Development Facilitation Project (EARTTDFP), which aims to improve the movement of people and goods, digital connectivity and access to social services for communities.

The University of Nairobi has officially launched a ground-breaking collaboration with the Sikh Council of Africa to introduce the Study of Sikh Dharam Studies at the institution. The partnership was formalized through a signing ceremony between the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Margaret Hutchinson, and the Chairman of the Sikh Council of Africa, Mr. Jaswinder Singh Gharial, on February 21, 2025, at the iconic Taifa Hall.

The University of Nairobi and Elgon Kenya Ltd have officially entered into a landmark collaboration with the signing of a Trust Deed for the establishment of the Kantaria Agricultural Technology and Innovation Centre (KATIC). The signing ceremony, held on February 21, 2025, at the University of Nairobi, was graced by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, Prof. Margaret Hutchinson, the Indian High Commissioner to Kenya, H.E. Namgya Khampa and the Managing Director of Elgon Kenya, Dr. Bimal Kantaria.