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 New report reveals that cybercrime and fraud costs soar to KES 15 billion More than 80 percent of Kenyans connected to the Internet are vulnerable to cybercriminal attacks, a new study reveals. The study, titled –The State of Cybersecurity in Kenya which was carried out by cyber security consulting firm Serianu in partnership with PKF consulting and USIU Africa, shows that the vast majority of private companies and public sector organizations also remain very exposed to cybercrime and internal IT fraud.

Are you a current University of Nairobi student or recent alumni interested in building impactful solutions to help communities across Africa? Then join Fuel Africa, a 1-week entrepreneurship program and innovation challenge powered by Futurize in partnership with AstraZeneca and Microsoft, and co-funded by Bristol Myers Squibb.

With advancements in technology, governments and other stakeholders are increasingly turning towards AI to support decision-making in various sectors. Natural language processing (NLP) techniques have enabled critical applications to achieve the ability to communicate and be understood in one’s own language. This has been recognized as a prerequisite to digital and societal inclusion in education, finance, healthcare, agriculture, communication, and disaster response.

Emma (originally from Tanzania) works as an expert in innovation and development at the
Finnish Development NGOs Platform in Helsinki, Finland. Her work focuses on promoting the
use of technological solutions among NGOs and supporting Finnish organizations including their
local East African partners in networking, partnerships, and collaborations with other players of
East African innovation ecosystems. She has worked in partnership with many startups
and innovation hubs for 13 years.

The University of Nairobi’s Department of Computing and Informatics will host a virtual talk by a seasoned IT professional.

Lanre Bamisebi – Group Director, IT & Operations, Equity Group.

The talk will be held on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, starting at 2.00 pm (1400Hrs EAT) via Google Meet.
The 4 th Industrial Revolution has introduced a suite of smart technologies that have the potential to
drastically change how organizations do business.

KENET in partnership with mobile network provider Safaricom PLC, has negotiated for an eLearning Discounted Bundles package for use in remote teaching and learning during the Covid-19 pandemic.

About AI4D Scholarship Program 

Zindi is Africa’s largest data science competition platform, with the mission of building the data science ecosystem in Africa. Zindi hosts a community of over 23 000 data scientists across Africa dedicated to solving the world’s most pressing challenges through machine learning and AI. Data scientists come to Zindi to hone their skills, build their professional profile, find job opportunities, and to connect with fellow data scientists across Africa and beyond.

Zaka, in partnership with Microsoft, is launching the AI Ready Academy.

This third-party webinar is the first of a 3-month series to launch a skills-driven program, which introduces higher education students to fundamentals and concepts of data science, machine learning and AI, and cloud computing.

The University of Nairobi wishes to inform all students from the Colleges Of Agriculture & Veterinary Sciences, Architecture & Engineering, Biological & Physical Sciences, Education & External Studies and ODeL Campus who qualified for the award of various degrees and diplomas at the end of last academic year (2019/2020) and members of the public, that the 63rd Graduation Ceremony will be held VIRTUALLY on Friday, September 25, 2020, commencing at 8.00 a.m. at the Great Court.