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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.

The Jim Leech Mastercard Foundation Fellowship gives you
the confidence, resources, knowledge, network, and financial
support to build a startup with an impact.
For African students and recent grads with a desire to solve pressing problems and bring
entrepreneurial ideas to life.
The proven winning formula: Combine students and recent grads with a willingness to learn,
take risks, and commit themselves fully with best-in-class entrepreneurship training from the

As part of building a community of Health Informatics software developers, the HealthIT project supports
an annual Health Informatics for Kenya (HI4K) Bootcamp hosted at the University of Nairobi, Department of Computer Science. The target participants are Computer Science/ICT/IT (or related fields)
undergraduate students from Kenya Universities.

Huawei ICT Competition is a competitive ICT talent exchange event developed
by Huawei for University and College students globally. To promote the healthy
development of the ICT talent ecosystem and support the integration of
industry and education, Huawei invites Huawei ICT Academy and Universities
with relevant majors to participate in the Huawei ICT Competition 2021.

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.

The COVID-19 has rattled the world with devastating effects on the mental health of our students, lecturers and staff. From job loss to covid infections, parents, lecturers and students have been faced with new and evolving sources of mental, spiritual and financial stress. 

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.

ISACA Kenya Chapter invites your institution to participate in an inter-varsity bootcamp that will be held from Monday 29th March to Tuesday 6th April 2021. The bootcamp will be a 5-day training that will cover ISACA’s Cybersecurity Fundamentals (CSX) curriculum, offer hands-on cybersecurity training and mentorship. Students will also have the opportunity to sit a mock certification exam at the end of the event. The cost of participating is Ksh 2,000/= for ISACA student members and Ksh 5,000/= for non-members.