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Raouf Shawky: the father of photogrammetry at UoN

Prof. Rostom in his office.

T his is a description of Raouf Shawky Rostom, Professor of Photogrammetry, and father of the Department of Geospatial and Space Technology at the University of Nairobi. Born in 1938, in Cairo, Egypt and brought up as an Egyptian Coptic Orthodox, Raouf , now 74 years old was educated in Cairo and joined the Faculty of Engineering at Cairo University, graduating in 1959 with a B.sc degree in Civil Engineering. Because he was at the head of his group, the faculty decided that he should get a government scholarship to study for a Ph.D in the Soviet Union.

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Global Impact: UoN Scholars Collaborate with International Partners in New Elsevier Book on African Food Security

Processing book

The University of Nairobi is proud to announce a major contribution to global food science with the release of the new book, Processing, Nutrition and Value Addition Principles of Neglected and Underutilized African Foods, published by ScienceDirect (Elsevier).

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Ten Engineering Students awarded Future Urban Builders Scholarship

Award Ceremony

Nairobi’s growing infrastructure demands are placing new pressure on the engineers who design, build, and sustain the city. On January 9, 2026, the spotlight turned to that next generation as 10 students from the University of Nairobi’s Faculty of Engineering were named inaugural beneficiaries of the Future Urban Builders Scholarship.

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