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Six members of staff from school of computing and informatics have been promoted as follows:

An array of industry gurus speaking to students from the School of Computing and Informatics, School of Mathematics on Users and User Experience and Tools,User Acceptance Testing–UAT, People Management in different cultures: Ethiopia, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, and Nigeria, Changed markets in Africa, Power of Data, Data Analytics Tools–R and Mode, Use of USSD and WhatsApp and Mobile App Development,

It was an honor to have Students from UoN School of Computing and Informatics invited to the Facebook ID8 event at trademark Hotel on 22nd November 2019. The event was a first of it's kind in Africa that allowed the students   to join fellow Facebook developers and partners, and learn how technology can help them  embrace the challenges and opportunities you  face everyday in your business.

Microsoft student partner clubs are on-campus clubs around the world that seek to empower and help grow the local community through technology. On the afternoon of Wednesday from 2pm to 4 pm, the Microsoft student partners club at the University of Nairobi held an Azure fundamentals workshop.

We learnt about common data structures and algorithms required to interview successfully and be a productive software engineer at work and Students needs to be encouraged to practice how to use these data structures and algorithms frequently.

The session was to take students through the components in data structure and algorithms to help them understand its applicability in their day to day coding activities.

On Wednesday October 9, 2019, a group of alumni held an interactive session with undergraduate’s students of the School of Computing and informatics. The objectives of the mentorship session was to increase student knowledge of professional life, gain experience and confidence in personal and professional relationships, identify personal strengths, areas for improvement, interests and goals, identify future employment opportunities and establish professional networks.

Rosario Robinson Senior Director at Anita Borg Institute speaking to the students of Computer science and Engineering,University of Nairobi on trends in technology, careers in open source, opportunities available to college students with open source communities and technology companies. She also gave resources for studies and careers available globally.

Developer Student Clubs from all over the world are continuously holding amazing workshops
to provide an opportunity for their universities in the respective countries to help teach new

The Sub-saharan Africa GDG and DSC summit experience 2019 for GDG leads and DSC Organisers in the region took place at the Alisa Swiss Spirit Hotel and Suits, Accra, Ghana. It had all the thrills of an exciting, engaging and informative Summit experience. I am thankful to SSA regional core team for the opportunity.
I got the chance to meet with Googlers like Auwal, Our  DSC Program Manager ,Aniedi Udo-Obong, Developer Ecosystem Program Manager and Erica Hanson, the global DSC Program manager.