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 Academic Registrar, Makerere University invites all shortlisted candidates who applied for the Master of Business Administration (MBAM) 2023/2024 [see https://bams.mak.ac.ug] to a Graduate Admission Test that will be administered on Saturday, 8th July 2023 at 9.00 AM at the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), Makerere University starting Candidates are advised to pay […]
The School of Business, College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), Makerere University, wishes to inform the following candidates who sat for the Graduate Admission Test (GAT) that they have been recommended for admission to the Master of Business Administration programme 2023/2024. Please see Downloads below for full list. For all inquiries contact: The Dean’s […]
Research has established that there are huge variations in women-owned enterprise representation in the Sub-Saharan Africa. According to Prof Morgan Hardy and Gisella Kagy, Business researchers of women-owned enterprise representation estimate that there are gender gaps in enterprise performance. Their research was conducted from 43 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa using empirical data from available data […]
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 […]
In a bid to roll out Electronic Government Procurement (EGP) in all government agencies by 2025, students pursuing Bachelor Business Administration at the School of Business were introduced to the new technology during a one-day training. On April 14, a team from the Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) met 2nd year […]
Renowned Corporate Governance Consultant Japheth Katto has advised businesses to ensure their entities are run on the principles of corporate governance if they are to grow and make profit. Corporate Governance, he said, is concerned with holding the balance between economic and social goals as well as between individual and communal goals. Quoting Sir Adrian Cadbury, Katto said the […]
Uganda’s senior public servants in the water sector and the academia from Makerere University have been skilled on Urban Water observatories. The half day training held at Makerere University on 5th April, 2023 was facilitated by Dr. David Fuente from the University of South Carolina USA. Dr. Fuente was at Makerere University to kick off […]
The Vice Chancellor has today April 6, 2023 launched a mentorship program for female students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The mentorship is being carried out under the Innovations Hub. Speaking at the launch, the Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe congratulated the research team led by Prof. Boksun Kim from University of Plymouth […]
Uganda’s pioneer cohort of the Inclusive Green Economy (IGE 2022) has graduated with Certificates of Achievement and new IGE five year program (2023-2027) officially launched at Makerere University. The ceremony organised by the Environment for Development Initiative (EfD-Mak Centre) was held on 5th April 2023 and presided over by the University Vice Chancellor. It was […]