Univeristy of Nairobi don, Prof. Raphael Nyonje has been elected president of Kenya University Quality Assurance Network (KuQAN) at the elections held on October 19, 2021.

Prof. Nyonje from the Faculty of  Education, replaces Prof. Anne Nangulu, the former Deputy Commission Secretary (Quality Assurance) at CUE and the current Principal, Bomet University College.

The Ambassador, Islamic Republic of Iran-Kenya, Dr. Jafar Barmaki met with the Principal Secretary, State Department for University Education and Research, Amb. Simon Nabukwesi, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Nairobi (UoN), Prof. Stephen Kiama, the Vice-Chancellor, JKUAT, Prof. Victoria Ngumi and representatives from Kenyatta (KU) and Pan African Universities to discuss the transfer of Nano Technology (Nano Tech) to the Africa continent and the establishment of a Nano Technology Laboratory in Kenya.

The Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) in partnership with the University of Nairobi will celebrate the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Day on the 26th of October, 2021. The celebrations are a precusser into the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow.