The University of Nairobi has been selected to lead a consortium comprised of UoN students, University of Arizona and Space Trust by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) and Avio S.p.A (Avio).

The team is a first awardee of the 'Accessing space with Vega C' programme. The selected team will launch a CubeSat at no cost on board the Vega C rocket.

The Faculty of Engineering, University of Nairobi, Aston University, and Solargen Technologies (SGT) have teamed up through a  knowledge transfer partnership (KTP)  to develop a smart irrigation system using solar and wind energy to provide year-round watering of land to improve crop production in Kenya. The team representing the University of Nairobi in this project are; Prof. Ayub Gitau and Dr. George Kamucha from the University of Nairobi. Professor Gitau is an Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and a professional agricultural engineer. Dr.