Gladys Maina wasn’t always going to be a STEM professional. She initially pursued a medical laboratory certificate but realized rather quickly that a career in medic was not for her. She quit and travelled 250Kms to Nairobi where she was hired as a cybercafé assistant and her passion for technology started.
Game of Learners is a five-week virtual hackathon developed by the Microsoft Africa Development Center (ADC) to be executed by Microsoft Learn Student Ambassadors.
Two of School of Computing and Informatics students, Sharon Kerubo (Second Year) and Easter Kerubo (Third Year) are among other teams of students taking part in this Episode Hackathon
The program is aimed to establish a fun and experiential learning competition for undergraduate students.
An interactive session with the first year’s students addressing concerns/experiences they have since joining the school of computing and informatics, University of Nairobi. Also former students (alumni) talking to the students on the opportunities and challegence in the industries.
We build the young women’s confidence and encourage them to continue pursuing science-related careers,says Tabitha a third year computer science student at the School of computing and Informatics.
French-African Cooperation for Engineering in Africa -FACEA project between University of Nairobi and ParisTech/Exploratory mission.
The mission is to develop joint activities such as students exchange at master and PhD level,staff and research mobility and joint academic programs.
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
