The UoN Women's Economic Empowerment (WEE) hub researchers held a meeting on Wednesday 10th Feb 2021 with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Senior Program Officer-Gender data, Measurement and Evaluation, Ms Diva Dhar. During this meeting, the WEE Hub shared at length the five-year program in terms of the research agenda and which included projects, methodologies, policies for influence among others. 

Over the years, the University of Nairobi has been ranked among the top universities in Africa and the world.

On whichever platform be it Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking or Webometrics that has been consistently releasing results, the University of Nairobi has continued to stay in the top 10% bracket.

Recently, the Webometrics ranking released in January 2021 placed the UoN at Position 1 in Kenya and East Africa, Position 13 in Africa, and 1052 in a total of over 30,000 universities ranked globally.

In Central Administration the Internal Audit took the first position in Performance 2019/2020 while Open Distance and E-Learning and Graduate School took 2nd and 3rd positions respectively.

The Ag Deputy Vice Chancellor, Finance Planning and Development (DVCFPD), Prof. Margaret Hutchison observed that the PC has helped the University to plan and work in one direction, measure the results and it has also improved efficiency in service delivery.