This week once again, the Public Investment Management Centre of Excellence is contributing to capacity building of government officers. The center is offering basic Public Investment Management training to a group of forty (40) Economists from different MDAs. Key focus areas has been on how to develop project concept notes and project Profiles in their […]
“My organization had a project that had stalled since 2016. When I completed the three models of the course, I was able to embark on writing this project and it was recently submitted to the Development Committee of the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development,” Mudasi Bosco from the Office of the President shared. […]
Lake Victoria is a trans-boundary natural resource, underpinning the economies and livelihoods of the population within the wider catchment area of Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda. The most significant part of the Lake, 51%, is in Tanzania, occupying 35,088 Km. Uganda has 43% of the Lake, while Kenya has 6%. The lake acts as […]
The Makerere University Council 2022 – 2026 was on 18th May 2023 fully constituted as the last four representatives of Senior Administrative Staff, the Convocation and Students were sworn in by Senior Principal Magistrate Grade I, Entebbe, Her Worship Stella Okwong Paculal. The ceremony, held in the Council Room, was attended by the Vice Chairperson […]
Capacitating One Health in Eastern and Southern Africa (COHESA) national strategic workshop was convened at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala, 25th -26th April 2023. It was aimed at making a contribution towards the One health approach in Uganda through promoting COHESA activities to further strengthen One Health approach in Uganda from low to high-level stakeholders; […]
The Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe has called on government to utilize the experts that Makerere University has got instead of hiring those from outside the country, something he said is expensive for the country. The VC was speaking during a Steering committee meeting of the Public Investment Management (PIM) Centre of Excellence housed at […]
The Advisory Board for the Environment for Development Initiative (EfD-Mak) Centre Uganda held is second annual meeting on 14th March 2023 to receive and review the centre progress and strategize how the center can assert its position to contribute to the university vision and Uganda’s National Development Plan. Top on the agenda was the need […]
The Makerere University Council led by its Chair Mrs. Lorna Magara on March 2, 2023 visited the College to introduce the new members and also get acquainted with the operations of the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS) and how it aligns with the University’s strategic goals. The College management team, led by the […]
The Public Investment Management (PIM) Centre of Excellence, at the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), on January 30, 2023 resumed training of its second cohort. The participants will undergo two-weeks training in Investment Appraisal and Risk Analysis in Jinja. Speaking at the start of the training, Prof. Eria Hisali, the Principal of CoBAMS, […]
The Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) on Thursday 25th August 2022 officially handed over a facility aimed at “Improving Productivity of Dairy Farmers by Supporting Dairy Technology and Infrastructure in Uganda” to Makerere University. Implemented under the Korea Uganda Dairy Project (KUDaP), the facility is housed at the Nakyesasa Incubation Centre, College of Veterinary Medicine, […]