The University of Nairobi Vice-Chancellor Professor Stephen Kiama on 11th June 2020 chaired the East and Southern African (ESA) Regional Committee. The newly formed ESA Committee is a regional committee for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) whose headquarters are in London, United Kingdom. The ACU has over 500 member universities in 50 countries across the Commonwealth with network coverage of over 10 million students and more than 1 million academic and professional staff. The main objective of ACU is to strengthen regional and international collaboration across the Commonwealth universities.

Dr. Joseph Kimani Wanjeri is appealing for staff and students to exercise online etiquette during meetings in the wake of the Covid-19. He says online etiquette is correct or acceptable conduct while interacting or communicating online and that appropriate online etiquette should be observed depending on the type of interaction the type of forum or as spelled out by the group, company, or institution involved. He has further elucidated that prior planning is required before joining formal online forums and microphone and video camera should be switched off immediately after joining in order to avoid embarrassing moments.