The University of Nairobi has emerged among the top 6.8 percent of institutions in a 2020 World ranking report by the Centre for World University Rankings (CWUR)  In its 2020-2021 listing by the centre that publishers the largest academic rankings of global universities, UoN was placed position 801 world wide and position 20 in Africa.  the University of Nairobi is the only Institution of Higher learning in Kenya that made it in this global ranking.  

Professor Jesang is a Horticulturalist and senior lecturer at the University of Nairobi, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences.  She has provided strong leadership in several areas and institutions such as being the longest serving Board member for Horticultural Crops Development Authority, Faculty of Agriculture.  She also served in the Task force for Higher Education which sought to harmonize the higher Education sector with the new Kenya Constitution (2010) and vision 2030.

Digitalent is a strategic intervention by ICT Authority on behalf of the Ministry of Information Communication Technology to develop and sustain high end ICT talent by bridging the gap between industry requirements and capabilities of local workforce.  The programme has trained over 1200 ICT graduates so far.  The 2020-2021 call for applications targets Digitalent Cohort 5 recent ICT graduates.  The internship is offered to Kenyan youths who recently graduated with ICT, Engineering, Education (e-learning and content development) Medicine, Built Environment, Agriculture, Law and Communicatio