Over 500 students have received certificates following a 3 months training in vocational skills. The training was conducted by the Department of Adult and Continuing Education at Makerere University’s College of Education and External studies with support from Love Binti International. The Adult Education Graduates were tipped on honesty in the employment and job creation […]
At least 65 ghetto youths from the five Divisions of Kampala were equipped with entrepreneurial skills following a three-month training course. The youths from Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa, Rubaga and Central Divisions on Tuesday 27th June, 2023 graduated with certificates at a ceremony that was held at Makerere University. The training was fully funded by the […]
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A project aimed at equipping ghetto youth with entrepreneurial skills was on January 31, 2023 launched by the Minister of Kampala City Council Authority, Hon. Hajjat Minsa Kabanda. The training will be conducted by researchers from the College of Education and External Studies led by Dr. Badru Musisi and Dr. Nalugwa Allen. Dr. Musisi said […]
Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), in partnership with AARHUS University, ICIPE, University of Nairobi, and Marula Proteen Limited, is undertaking a research project titled FLYGene (Sustainable and efficient insect production for livestock feed through selective breeding). The FLYGene project is looking at enhancing productivity of the black solder fly through: automation […]
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. […]
The Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology and Biotechnology, Makerere University in partnership with Leipzig Universität (Germany) and Inter-Regional University of Industrial Engineering, Biotechnology & Applied Sciences (IRGIB)-Benin is coordinating an online course Bio-Biz: Business Models for Sustainable Use of Biodiversity under the Access to Benefit Sharing (ABSbio) project. In this course participants will learn development of sustainable […]