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RESEARCH AND INNOVATION WEEK 2025

Advancing research and innovation from discovery to impact in…

8th edition of the University of Nairobi Research week

Harnessing Research for Resilience and Sustainability of Communities

NAIROBI INNOVATION WEEK 2024
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AWARDS/PRIZES/CHALLENGES
Friday, February 27, 2026 - 11:05

Title: Wellcome Trust – Discovery Awards

Funder: Wellcome Trust

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Applications open for CMT Research Foundation Grant Program (Q3)
Friday, February 27, 2026 - 11:05

FUNDER: CMT Research Foundation

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Innovative Analytical Technologies in Support of Vaccine Release Speed, Cost and Deployment
Friday, February 27, 2026 - 11:04

FUNDER: Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations

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Call for African Urban Innovations: African Cities Innovation Fund (ACIF)
Friday, February 27, 2026 - 11:03

Funder: African Cities Innovation Fund (ACIF)

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Celebrating Excellence in Research, Innovation and Impact at Staff Awards Ceremony
Friday, February 27, 2026 - 08:20

The presence of the university’s top management led by the Chair of Council Prof. Chacha Nyaigotti-Chacha highlighted its importance. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Margaret Hutchinson, was represented by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) for Human Resource and Administration, Prof. John Mande. Also

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RIE Staff Shine at University Staff Recognition Awards
Friday, February 27, 2026 - 08:17

The Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) Division proudly celebrates its staff members who were recognised for outstanding performance during the University Staff Recognition Awards Ceremony on 26 February 2026.


The awards, which brought together staff from across the

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Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research, Innovation and Enterprise Division, Prof. Leonidah Kerubo, chairs discussions on the commercialisation of the garlic extracts meat preservation innovation with a team from Kenya Development Corporation led by Ms Mbatha Mbithi, Deputy Director Research, Policy and Innovation (left). The University’s Director of Innovation and Intellectual Property Prof. Maina Wagacha (right) and the innovator, Dr. Lucy Njue (second right) of the Faculty of Agriculture also attended the talks , Prof. Leonidah Kerubo, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Ag.) Research, Innovation and Enterprise (RIE) flanked by Ms Mbatha Mbithi, Kenya Development Corporation’s Deputy Director Research, Policy and Innovation (right) and Prof. Maina Wagacha, UoN’s Director of Innovation and Intellectual Property Management (left) when they met to discuss commercialisation of the garlic extracts meat preservation innovation on Tuesday 24 February 2026 at the RIE offices located on the 15 th Floor of the University of Nairobi Tower
RIE Explores Strategic Pathway to Commercialise Garlic- Based Meat Preservation Innovation
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 12:22

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and Enterprise (DVC-RIE), Prof. Leonidah Kerubo today hosted a high-level engagement between the University of Nairobi and the Kenya Development Corporation (KDC) to unlock the commercialisation pathway for a promising home-grown innovation: a

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uon , Launching the University of Nairobi–ZEISS “A Heart for Science” Youth Innovation Challenge at the University of Nairobi Towers on 20 February 2026. Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (RIE), Prof. Leonidah Kerubo, (seated centre) and Mr Mariusz Sliwa, Head of Live Marketing at ZEISS Industrial Quality Solutions (R) with students from Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School Shauri Moyo. They are joined in this picture by faculty members from the Faculty of Science and Technology. , Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation, and Enterprise), Prof. Leonidah Kerubo (seated centre), with students and teachers from County Girls Secondary School when she launched the University of Nairobi–ZEISS “A Heart for Science” Youth Innovation Challenge at the University of Nairobi Towers on 20 February 2026. , Uthiru Mixed Day Secondary School
Impacting Society: RIE–Industry Partnership Driving Science Innovation in Nairobi Schools
Monday, February 23, 2026 - 11:25

This was the rallying call by secondary school students who gathered at the Chandaria Auditorium, University of Nairobi Towers, for the official launch of the University of Nairobi–ZEISS Youth Innovation Challenge Nairobi (2026) on Friday, 20 February.

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