Signet Channel 602 is the official University of Nairobi Channel. With the tag line 'Empowering You', the station was conceptualized primarily as a media Lab for students undertaking media studies at the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication and other disciplines to enable them to acquire and apply the right skills required by the Industry in print media, photography, film production, electronic media, performance arts, and engineering. 

The University of Nairobi was nominated by UNESCO-ICHEI as the Rotating Presidency Unit of the International Institute of Online Education which will be Chaired by the UoN Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Stephen Kiama as President

The University of Nairobi management was at State House Nairobi to honour President Uhuru Kenyatta for keeping his digital promise.

The President undertook a number a number of ICT initiatives to deliver on this promise. Some include; infrastructure development, digital learning program for schools and the Presidential Digital talent program that he launched in 2015 at the University of Nairobi Taifa Hall.

The Principal Secretary, State Department for University Education and Research Amb. Simon Nabukwesi toured Wangari Maathai Institute for peace and environmental studies.

The Wangari Maathai Institute is an ultra-modern center of excellence of the University of Nairobi built in memory of the late Nobel Laureate, Professor Wangari Maathai.