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NAIROBI INNOVATION WEEK PROGRAMME- Friday, 10th May, 2024

Nairobi Innovation Week (NIW) 2024 will be held on 8th - 10th May 2024. This is a call for innovators to apply to exhibit their innovations during NIW 2024. This is a great opportunity for innovators to meet potential funders, innovation commercialization partners, get useful feedback on their innovations and win cash prizes.

Please register your innovation for exhibition during NIW 2024 using the link below:

https://forms.gle/3166zTJ6dzvQzNj88

OVER 14,000 TREES PLANTED AT THE FIELD STATION IN UPPER
KABETE CAMPUS, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI, ON 16 TH APRIL, 2024
Climate change and the negative effects associated with it, is now common knowledge
across the world and especially in the fragile environments in the tropics. Individual and
collective effort is urgently needed to mitigate the effects of climate change. Tree
planting and restoration of forest ecosystems has been adopted as one of the strategies
of mitigating the effects of climate change. As a premier institution of higher learning,

A team from the University of Idaho, United States of America, led by Prof. Dakota Roberson, working with a group of American innovators on agricultural and energy development projects in East Equitoria and South Sudan, visited the faculty of agriculture to learn more about agricultural programs and current projects in the faculty. They were keen to establish future collaborations after visiting the region in March. They have established a strong network of supporters to facilitate ongoing construction and training at the farm.

The deadline for submission of papers for the Nairobi Innovation Week has been extended to 19th March 2024.

The goal of the Hackathon is to prepare students to be job creators instead of job seekers. The top three winning ideas from each of the Faculties Hackathons will get a chance to participate in the final Nairobi Innovation Week competition in 2024.

Thematic Areas:

Kick-off workshop of a new project in Kenya that will improve our school feeding programmes - “Empowering Tomorrow's Food Security Leaders: Strengthening Higher Education Capacity for Sustainable Food Systems in Kenya and Mozambique’’ (Food Leader Project) a collaboration between Finland, Kenya and Mozambique aimed at enhancing the capacity of the institutions in educating future experts who can provide strategic leadership to enhance food safety and nutrition security officiated by our DVC RIE UoN

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE2-61HgMXw

The ‘Great Millet Quest’ a collaborative initiative between UoN, Unilever and Farm to Market Alliance, World Food Programme. UoN young student innovators will be developing millet products for the market. Strengthening Academia-industry linkage is a key strategy to addressing food and nutrition security and ensure sustainable agriculture

The University of Nairobi, Unilever and Farm to Market Alliance launched the ‘Great Millet Quest’ on Friday 26th January at Upper Kabete Campus. The competition seeks to bring out innovative and sustainable products from millet. The best competition targets students from the Faculty and the winner will walk away with 500,000 Shillings.

Feed the future innovation lab for food safety by USAID - presenting on poultry value chain. Women and youth pay a vital role in the poultry value chain - interventions targeting reduction of Salmonella and Campylobacter pathogens should actively engage them and consider roles of gender in this value chains. Annual meeting in Cambodia 13-17 th November 2023