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On July 25th , CIUON organized a group of 18 teachers and students to visit Keda  Ceramics (Kenya) Co., LTD., an outstanding Chinese enterprise in Kenya. The visit was led by Wang Shangxue, Chinese Director at CIUON together with Mr. Johnson Kinyua, Director of Career Service at the University of Nairobi. They were warmly received by the management and staff of Keda Ceramics.

On July 16th, the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi successfully held the physical HSK/HSKK exams. The examination covered HSK Level 1 to 5, HSKK elementary, intermediate and advanced examinations. A total of 193 candidates took the examination.

On June 24th, 2022, the 21st Chinese Bridge - Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students Kenya Division Preliminary Rounds was held at the University of Nairobi. A total of 15 contestants from four Confucius Institutes in Kenya participated in the competition.

On June 3rd, the fifth day of the fifth month lunar calendar, Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi successfully held a Dragon Boat Festival Cultural Function. The function included four parts: Dragon Boat Festival introduction and brief history, dragon boat painting, zongzi making and delicious zongzi tasting. The students had fun as they learned about Chinese culture and new Chinese language vocabularies. The activity attracted several media stations among them being the local Kenyan Television Network (KTN).

On May 19th and 20th, the 2022 Job Fair for UoN Students was held at the main campus of the University of Nairobi. Nearly 2,000 students participated.

There were 22 enterprises in total that attended among them were small, medium and large-sized Chinese enterprises. There were also Kenyan enterprises which have business related with China. Around 200 positions related to engineering, architecture, law, media, design, travel, translation, logistics and other fields were provided.

To celebrate the 13th UN Chinese Language Day, Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi (CIUON) held a Fast-learn Chinese challenge. Teachers and students of CIUON went to different campuses to interact with students randomly, teach simple Chinese, and record students' learning results. During the activities, students found that learning Chinese was not so difficult, and they were full of confidence and interest in learning Chinese. Many students inquired on the registration process for the courses with the intent to study Chinese in the future.

On April 8th, 2022, Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi (CIUON) was invited by the Kenya National Library to participate in the "Shining China" event. Twenty students and teachers from CIUON attended. A cultural booth was set up by CIUON teachers and students where guests and the audience  were invited to learn Chinese songs as well as to experience Chinese culture .

For the purpose of cultivating qualified international Chinese language teachers and facilitating Chinese language education in other countries, the Center for Language Education and Cooperation of the Ministry of Education (CLEC) established the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship (hereinafter, "Scholarship").