It was a joyous moment at the University of Nairobi (UoN) during a dinner hosted to officially launch the University of Nairobi Foundation on 30th June, 2022 at the Great Court.
The Foundation is a special purpose vehicle geared towards mobilization of resources for the benefit of the university and by extension, all who set foot in it and particularly, the poor and vulnerable.
On 30th May 2022, the University of Nairobi Vice-Chancellor Prof. Stephen Kiama mett and held discussions with Erika Meddin, Senior HR Business Partner - Transport, Digital Development, Infrastructure, PPP of World bank. Ms. Erika Meddin briefed the Vice-Chancellor on the progress of the world bank internship program. Nine Universities in Africa participate in this program including UoN. The program is coordinated by Prof Karuti Kanyinga And Prof. Winnie Mitullah on behalf of UoN.
The University of Nairobi Vice-Chancellor held discussions with Patrick V. Verkooijen, the CEO of Global Center on Adaptation. Salient in the discussions was the agreement to develop a framework of accelerating climate change adaptation in Africa.
On 10th May 2022, a delegation from PATH made a courtesy visit to the University of Nairobi (UoN) Vice Chancellor Professor Stephen Kiama and officially signed an agreement for collaboration on issues of Maternal health and child health. The Collaborative Agreement will provide a legal framework to advance the cooperation from a Principal Investigator (PI) level to a University level.
On 6th April 2022, the first cohort of 20 interns from the Faculty of Agriculture were flagged off by the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nairobi, Prof. Kiama Gitahi and the CEO of Elgon Kenya Ltd Dr. Bimal Kantaria.
Also present during the ceremony were the Permanent Secretary, Finance Mr. Julius Muia, Senior advisor at the Office of the President, Mrs Ruth Kagia, the CEO, British Chamber, Ms Farida Abbas among others.
On April 6, 2022, His Excellency Silvio Albuquerque, the Ambassador of Brazil to Kenya, made a courtesy visit to the University of Nairobi (UoN) Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Kiama. On his first visit to the University, the ambassador noted that he has represented Brazil in Kenya since September 2021.
