Four University of Nairobi students namely: Peter Nguka, Cyrus Muturi, Moses Muchiri and Grace Kamau beat teams from Strathmore University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) to represent Kenya in the Africa Research University Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence for Unemployment and Skills Development competition known as Youth Business and Innovation challenge (YOBIC).

The University of Nairobi has been ranked Number 1 in Kenya,11th in Africa  and in the  501-600 category globally among the best universities by Times Higher Education (THE) in the just released World Universities Ranking 2022 report. This is a significant improvement from last year’s ranking, in which UoN emerged 601-800.

The ranking checks on parameters like Research, citation, teaching, Industry income and International Outlook. With a highest score on Citations  at 96.7% , the University of Nairobi had a mean score of between 38-40%