From Security Guard to Certified Accountant
For many, the path to professional success is rarely straightforward, and Cheruiyot Kipkirui is no exception. His journey into accounting did not begin in a classroom, nor with ready tuition...
Numbers, Friendships, and Growth: Ashveen’s Strathmore Story
When Ashveen Kaur first joined Strathmore University, she was both excited and nervous. “I hoped to gain more than just that first-class honours in Bachelor of Commerce and finish my...
Finding His Rhythm: Sanyiwa Abraham Moto’s Journey at Strathmore
With graduation only days away, Sanyiwa Abraham Moto is filled with anticipation and optimism for what lies ahead. Having completed his Diploma in Business Management, he looks forward to celebrating...
Redefining Possibility: Kimberly’s Strathmore Journey
When Kimberly Wagakira Mutugi joined Strathmore University in 2024 to pursue a Diploma in Business Information Technology (DBIT), she saw it as more than a step forward in her education....
How Elizabeth Found Discipline, Purpose, and Faith at University
The first day of university is often a whirlwind of excitement, nerves, and dreams coming to life. For Elizabeth Sheilla Ssemakula Janice, however, it began with a jolt of reality....
This CPA Is Mine: The Day a Lost Job Changed Everything
Eddy Omondi still remembers the interview that changed his life, not because he got the job, but because he didn’t. After three stages of intense interviews, everything seemed set. The...
Banange, What a Journey of Discovery!
Every great story begins with a brave step for Blessing Musimenta, that step was crossing the border into possibility. “Banange, what a journey of discovery!” Blessing says with that signature...
Gabriel’s Journey Through Diploma in International Relations at Strathmore
"I came to Kenya for hospitality," Gabriel Ernest Mwenda Marete explains, his accent carrying traces of his multicultural upbringing, part West African, part Kenyan, with a hint of British. "That...
Transformative. Creative. Confidence.
For Bridget Njeri Njuguna, curiosity has always been the spark behind her ambition. Drawn by a deep interest in understanding how businesses run behind the scenes, she chose to pursue...
How David Pamba Found His Calling in Accounting
There was a time when David Pamba Mungoche envisioned his future on the sports field, not behind spreadsheets. Fresh out of high school, he dreamed of a life defined by...
Help Michael Move Again: A Call for Hope and Healing
The Strathmore University Medical Centre (SUMC) has quietly become a pillar of compassion within and beyond the University. Through a range of community outreach programs, the department has extended care...
The 3rd Strathmore Alumni Connect Brunch
What better way to kick off the 3rd Strathmore Alumni Connect Brunch than with words from the legendary Chinua Achebe? The Alumni Relations Director, Elias Kaburu, opened the morning with...
How Batteries Could Spark an Energy Revolution
In a continent where over 600 million people still live without electricity, a revolution is taking shape, one powered by batteries. On Thursday, October 9, 2025, Strathmore University’s School of...
Strathmore’s MAIR Launch Champions Ethical Leadership in Global Affairs
At a time when peace feels increasingly fragile and nations grapple with division, Strathmore University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences has taken a decisive step forward, launching the Master...
Celebrating Founders Week: Honoring Our Roots, Inspiring Our Future
Founders Week is more than just a moment on the calendar, it is a time to reflect on the vision, courage, and determination of those who laid the foundation of...
Prof. Lilac Nachum’s Agenda for Africa’s Agribusiness Exports
With Africa’s share of world agricultural exports in steady decline, Prof. Lilac Nachum, a Visiting Professor at Strathmore Business School, calls for bold policies that unlock the continent’s natural advantages,...
SIMS Hosts Kenya–Japan Workshop on Advancing Research and Interdisciplinary Cooperation
The students at the Strathmore Institute of Mathematical Sciences began their semester with an experience that set the tone for the months ahead. An eye-opening workshop with visiting delegates from...
ProVision Seeks to Redefine Independence for the Visually Impaired
It began with a simple yet devastating truth. Life changes irreversibly when sight is lost. Suddenly, independence vanishes, mobility becomes perilous, and decades of skill and experience can be swept...
SRCC Launches a Bold 2025–2029 Strategic Plan
In a world where knowledge must translate into impact, Strathmore Research and Consultancy Centre (SRCC) has unveiled its 2025–2029 Strategic Plan, a daring blueprint that positions the Centre at the...
ProVision Crowned Champions at Strathmore Ideas Festival
In a week where bold ideas converged with urgent global challenges, one innovation rose above the rest. At the grand finale of the 2025 Strathmore Ideas Festival, all eyes turned...
Strathmore and Notre Dame Lead Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture
At a time when the world is grappling with rising food insecurity, climate shocks, and the urgent need for sustainable solutions, Strathmore University and the University of Notre Dame (Indiana,...
Strathmore Triumphs at Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Hackathon
A team from Strathmore University has emerged victorious at the WEF Nexus Hackathon, taking home KSh 265,000 in prize money for their innovative solution, WEF Her Voice. The project seeks...
Masterclasses Prepare Ideas Festival Applicants for Success
The journey from a bright idea to a thriving business is rarely a straight line. It is a winding road marked by questions, challenges, and moments of discovery. For the...
How Young Innovators Are Designing Smarter Futures
The UNESCO x ONEPLANET hackathon, dubbed “WEF Nexus Hackathon”, held on 30th of July 2025, was a melting pot of ideas, passion, and transformative solutions for sustainable development. Over the...
Solar-grids and safari: Moving IMPACT partners’ first meeting in Kenya
The international team from the new Ayrton-funded ‘Moving IMPACT’ project has met for the first time in Nairobi. Moving IMPACT is a £3.6million consortium exploring how solar mini-grids integrated with electric...
SU Knowledge Café: Money Is Emotional!
“Once you receive it, your mind naturally shifts to how you’ll spend it.” ~ Dr. Erastus Mbithi, PhD In a world of rapid innovation and shifting economic tides, money has...
Conversations and Cocktails for Women in Engineering
For a long time, girls and women did not grow up believing they could pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In fact, when a woman expressed interest...
Giving Batteries a Second Life
Every year, millions of batteries are thrown away, leaking toxic chemicals into the environment and wasting valuable materials that could still serve a purpose. Yet most people never stop to...
Kenya’s Nuclear Energy Quest for Progress, Power, and Public Trust
Imagine a hospital falling into silence during a power outage, machines ceasing, lives hanging in uncertainty. Now, imagine a Kenya where blackouts are history, factories run uninterrupted, farmers preserve harvests...
Strategic Energy Planning using the Energy Access Explorer Tool for County Level Implementation
From July 10–11, 2025, Strathmore Energy Research Centre and WRI Africa held a training for over forty participants including county officials from Homa Bay, Kilifi, Machakos, Nakuru, Nairobi, Nyandarua; energy...
Gabriel’s Journey Through Diploma in International Relations at Strathmore
"I came to Kenya for hospitality," Gabriel Ernest Mwenda Marete explains, his accent carrying traces of his multicultural upbringing, part West African, part Kenyan, with a hint of British. "That...
Transformative. Creative. Confidence.
For Bridget Njeri Njuguna, curiosity has always been the spark behind her ambition. Drawn by a deep interest in understanding how businesses run behind the scenes, she chose to pursue...
How David Pamba Found His Calling in Accounting
There was a time when David Pamba Mungoche envisioned his future on the sports field, not behind spreadsheets. Fresh out of high school, he dreamed of a life defined by...
The 3rd Strathmore Alumni Connect Brunch
What better way to kick off the 3rd Strathmore Alumni Connect Brunch than with words from the legendary Chinua Achebe? The Alumni Relations Director, Elias Kaburu, opened the morning with...
Strathmore’s MAIR Launch Champions Ethical Leadership in Global Affairs
At a time when peace feels increasingly fragile and nations grapple with division, Strathmore University’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences has taken a decisive step forward, launching the Master...
Celebrating Founders Week: Honoring Our Roots, Inspiring Our Future
Founders Week is more than just a moment on the calendar, it is a time to reflect on the vision, courage, and determination of those who laid the foundation of...
Personalized Attention: Forming Persons, Not Just Professionals
Life today moves at a dizzying pace. One notification after another, deadlines stacking up, and technology evolving before we even master the last upgrade, and it sometimes feels like we...
Strathmore Ushers in the Class of 2029/2030
The air at the Strathmore University Graduation Grounds on the morning of September 26, 2025, was electric with a familiar buzz, the sound of new beginnings. Hundreds of fresh-faced students,...
Paws, Paint and Play: 2025 Wellness Fair Redefines Wellbeing
Woof! Woof! That was the sound that greeted you once you walked into the tents at the Graduation Square today. Heri, Nala, Poodles and their companions needed no introduction. They...
PR-actice Makes Perfect
Earlier this year, Kenya’s fuel industry found itself under an unexpected spotlight when influencer Tanuki Kim ignited a storm online by questioning the quality of petrol sold at local stations....
Crowning the King and Queen of Numbers
On Saturday, September 13, 2025, Strathmore University played host to some of the brightest young minds in Kenya during the Strathmore National Mathematics Contest. Organized by the Strathmore University Admissions...
I Graduate… Then What Next?
The #ClassOf2026 is standing at the edge of graduation. Some are eager to dive into the job market, others are already working, a few are exploring entrepreneurship, and some are...
Strathmore Alumni Among Kenya’s Top 40 Trailblazing Women Under 40
From boardrooms to creative studios, financial markets to tech hubs, Strathmore alumni are shaping the future of Africa with bold vision and unshakable purpose. This year, four extraordinary women from...
Extending Humanity, Shaping Responsibility: Strathmore Community Service at Nairobi West Prison
Thursday, August 28, 2025 Community service has always been at the heart of Strathmore University’s identity. It is not merely an extracurricular activity, but a lived expression of the University’s...
Many Stories, One Purpose: Community Service Week
At the heart of every thriving society lies a spirit of generosity and sacrifice. Giving back to the community is not just an act of kindness, it’s a transformative journey...
Fireside Reflections with Dr. Manu Chandaria
Dr. Manu Chandaria was at Strathmore University on August 18, 2025, for a Fireside Chat with Dr. Vincent Ogutu, the Vice Chancellor, in a session themed Purpose, Leadership, and Legacy....
Strathmore and Notre Dame Lead Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture
At a time when the world is grappling with rising food insecurity, climate shocks, and the urgent need for sustainable solutions, Strathmore University and the University of Notre Dame (Indiana,...
Strathmore Triumphs at Water-Energy-Food (WEF) Nexus Hackathon
A team from Strathmore University has emerged victorious at the WEF Nexus Hackathon, taking home KSh 265,000 in prize money for their innovative solution, WEF Her Voice. The project seeks...
How Young Innovators Are Designing Smarter Futures
The UNESCO x ONEPLANET hackathon, dubbed “WEF Nexus Hackathon”, held on 30th of July 2025, was a melting pot of ideas, passion, and transformative solutions for sustainable development. Over the...
SU Knowledge Café: Money Is Emotional!
“Once you receive it, your mind naturally shifts to how you’ll spend it.” ~ Dr. Erastus Mbithi, PhD In a world of rapid innovation and shifting economic tides, money has...
Conversations and Cocktails for Women in Engineering
For a long time, girls and women did not grow up believing they could pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). In fact, when a woman expressed interest...
Strathmore’s Leadership Hike: The Sky Wept, and So Did Some
What began as a crisp morning stroll into the heart of Kinale Forest quickly evolved into an unforgettable tale of grit, grace, and growth as the Strathmore University leadership team...
HR Summit 2025: A Crucible for the Future of Work
As industries reel from disruption and generational friction redefines workplace dynamics, Strathmore Business School convened over 100 HR professionals, business leaders, policymakers, and researchers for a two-day dialogue and collaboration....
Sweat Dropped, Scholarship Raised: Strathmore’s VC Run 2025
On Saturday, May 31, 2025, the Strathmore Sports Complex pulsed with energy, color, and purpose as hundreds gathered for the 5th edition of the Strathmore Vice Chancellor’s Run (VC Run),...
Advancing Research Ethics in Social Sciences
Life as a researcher isn’t for the faint-hearted. It’s waking up to a mountain of literature that never seems to shrink, your eyes burning from hours of intense reading and...
Excellence and Thoughtful Service, without the “Premium Price Tag”
When I hear the words personalised attention, my first thought is... money. Let’s be honest, it sounds like one of those polished Public Relations phrases thrown around to justify some...
Prof. David Sperling at 90: A Legacy Etched in the Foundations of Strathmore
In the 1960s, Kenya stood at the cusp of independence, its social fabric still strained by racial segregation and inequality. But one man, a six-foot-tall scholar with a gentle smile...
CIPIT Launches First Cohort of the AI Policy Fellowship
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping how we live, work, and govern. From justice systems and healthcare to agriculture and education, the integration of AI is transforming public service delivery at an...
Personalised Attention in a Bureaucratic World
Strathmore University reaffirmed its commitment to human-centered leadership and innovation during the 2025 Vice Chancellor’s Conference, held on May 9 under the theme “Scaling Personalised Attention in an Ever-Growing Organization.”...
Strathmore’s Faculty Redefining Research Excellence
In a testament to its research prowess and global relevance, the School of Computing and Engineering Sciences at Strathmore University is celebrating a wave of faculty achievements, wins for the...
Extending Humanity, Shaping Responsibility: Strathmore Community Service at Nairobi West Prison
Thursday, August 28, 2025 Community service has always been at the heart of Strathmore University’s identity. It is not merely an extracurricular activity, but a lived expression of the University’s...
Many Stories, One Purpose: Community Service Week
At the heart of every thriving society lies a spirit of generosity and sacrifice. Giving back to the community is not just an act of kindness, it’s a transformative journey...
Threading Beads and Hope
I am a third-year commerce student at Strathmore University and a volunteer with the Community Service Centre. Recently, I joined a women’s promotion camp in Nariokotome Mission, collaborating with Strathmore...
Teachers’ Learning Series: Turning Life Skills into Everyday Classroom Practice
In a world where young people pick up “life lessons” from home, peers, media, and society, the series asked a big question: What is the teacher’s role today, and how...
HR Summit 2025: A Crucible for the Future of Work
As industries reel from disruption and generational friction redefines workplace dynamics, Strathmore Business School convened over 100 HR professionals, business leaders, policymakers, and researchers for a two-day dialogue and collaboration....
Strathmore Alumni Bring Opportunity to Kapiyo Secondary School
It began with a question and became a movement. Why not Kapiyo? Why not bring hope, dignity, and opportunity to a forgotten school in Siaya County? From that single spark,...
BeDoCare 2025: Where Purpose, Action, and Compassion Meet
There are moments when a single gathering can spark ideas that outlive the speakers, ignite collaborations that cross borders, and set in motion projects that ripple out to transform lives...
Six weeks of connection, confusion, and quiet transformation
“If you want to master something, teach it.” – Richard Feynman. I only truly understood this when I found myself in Samburu, armed with a whiteboard marker, shaky Wi-Fi notes...
Becoming Mary Wacu: From Kibera to Strathmore and Beyond
Mary Wacu’s story begins in Laini Saba, Kibera, one of Nairobi’s most densely populated informal settlements. Life there wasn’t easy, but her dreams were never small. Her first encounter with...
Building Whole-School Mental Health Strategies
On 26th June 2025, the e-Msingi Psychosocial Pillar hosted an informative webinar titled "A Whole School Approach to Mental Health: Building an Effective Guidance and Counselling (G&C) Strategy for Your...
A Story of Service
Service to Society. More than a value, it’s a way of life at Strathmore. It’s not just something we do; it’s something we live by. At the heart of every...
Sweat Dropped, Scholarship Raised: Strathmore’s VC Run 2025
On Saturday, May 31, 2025, the Strathmore Sports Complex pulsed with energy, color, and purpose as hundreds gathered for the 5th edition of the Strathmore Vice Chancellor’s Run (VC Run),...
A Journey to Maralal: Empowering Young Minds Through Math and Mentorship
During my one-week vacation, I had the opportunity to join the Strathmore University Community Outreach Program on a journey that turned out to be both eye-opening and soul-fulfilling. In collaboration...
Excellence and Thoughtful Service, without the “Premium Price Tag”
When I hear the words personalised attention, my first thought is... money. Let’s be honest, it sounds like one of those polished Public Relations phrases thrown around to justify some...
My Three Days at the Leadership Mentoring Seminar
Walking into the leadership mentoring seminar, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect or what I was getting myself into. All I knew was that I was going to spend...
