On Thursday 29th September 2022, happened a research dissemination workshop at St. Joseph’s Inn Virika-Fort Portal that presented a policy debrief on social media technology as a feasible strategy in catalyzing Sustainable growth of small businesses in Uganda. A case study of Mbale and Fort portal by Makerere University’s Business Management expert and Lecturer Dr. […]
Makerere University received funding from the Government of the Republic of Uganda, earmarked to support high impact Research and Innovations. This unique initiative arose after engagements between the top University Management and the Government of Uganda. This fund illustrates the increasing importance that the Government attaches to Research and Innovation as a driver of development […]
Science is of great importance nationally and internationally for sustainable and socio-economic development as well as for technological advancement. Knowledge of science and technology is therefore a requirement in all countries and needed by all people globally due to numerous challenges that are facing us. These challenges include emergence of new drug resistant diseases, effects […]
By Harriet Adong On Wednesday August 3rd, 2022, Makerere University’s Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof. Henry Alinaitwe presided over the inauguration of the new Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) Grants Management Committee (GMC) Members. Prof. Alinaitwe was representing Makerere University’s Vice Chancellor; Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe at this engagement. The engagement took place at […]
By Harriet Adong On Friday August 12, 2022, a team of Researchers from Michigan State University, Kosmos Innovation Centre in Accra, Ghana and the Africa Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET) visited and engaged with the team at Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) and the Grants Administration and Management Support Unit (GAMSU). Prof. Grace […]
Following the discovery of commercial petroleum reserves in Uganda in 2006, Makerere University in 2009 pioneered teaching and research in petroleum programmes. The programmes are offered in the Department of Geology and Petroleum Studies, College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS) at BSc, MSc and PhD levels. As Uganda moves to the next stages of petroleum development, […]
A team of researchers from the College of Education and External Studies (CEES), who have been undertaking intervention research in an effort to instill Entrepreneurial skill among secondary school children on 10th August 2022 shared the results following a successful implementation period. The project, titled Imparting Entrepreneurship skills in Universal Secondary Education Learners through Student […]
Dr. John Ssentongo and Mr. Stewart Mukiibi from the College of Education and External Studies handed over a Smart TV to officials of Lwamata Seed School in Kiboga District. The device will be used in the teaching of Biology, Chemistry and Physics in laboratories. Teaching is done using simulations because of the lack of laboratory […]
With the increase in unemployment in the country, there is need to create jobs among the youth hence the need to acquire entrepreneurship skills. Entrepreneurship accelerates economic growth by creating new products and services, it stimulates new employment which ultimately results in the acceleration of economic development. It is to this end that a team […]
The outgoing Head of the Department of Population Studies, Dr. Stephen Ojiambo Wandera on July 1, 2022 handed over office to Dr. Patricia Ndugga, after serving for over 3 years. Dr. Wandera took over the headship in February 2019. During his handover, Dr. Wandera thanked the management of the College of Business and Management Sciences […]