By Bernard Buteera On Saturday 3rd September 2023, the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Makerere University held its 2nd edition of the Annual Community Open Day. The event took place at the Freedom Square, Makerere University. The Community Open Day is an annual event that brings together all Scholars, Alumni, Staff, Mentors, and Partners of […]
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 […]
On 25th April 2023, Makerere University in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and MTN Uganda officially launched the Youth and Innovation Expo 2023. The Youth and Innovation Expo 2023 will be held under the theme, “Fostering Innovation for Uganda’s Transformational Development,” in an effort to showcase outstanding youth innovations and youth enterprises. […]
By Jacinta Nakaye The Africa Institute for Strategic Animal Resource Services and Development (AFRISA) signed a partnership agreement with Scripture Union Uganda (SUU) to join efforts in re-orienting generations into industrial value chain producers. Mr. Felix Okello, the Head of Secretariat signed on behalf of AFRISA, witnessed by the Chairperson for the Department of Corporate […]
It was ululations and dancing as 417 students graduated with certificates at Makerere University under the Love Binti program. Of these, 415 were women. The university partnered with Love Binti International to offer certificate training to students that required the education. The students graduated from three different branches of Love Binti International, including; 177 from […]
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 […]
By Bernard Buteera Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at Makerere University has launched an annual event dubbed the ‘The Scholars Program Community Open Day’, that will bring together all key Stakeholders in order to foster relationships and sense of belonging to the Scholars Program. The inaugural event was held on Saturday 30th July 2022, at Makerere […]
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 […]
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) students of Makerere University have been advised on sustainability of entrepreneurial projects, starting small and understanding the market before engaging in a business idea. The call was made by Ms. Juliet Namuddu of Kampala City Council Authority, Ms. Barbara Kasekende of Uganda Development Bank and Dr. Peter Turyakira of Makerere […]
About 265 refugees were on April 9th 2022, awarded certificates after training in Entrepreneurship and Business management from Makerere University’s College of Business and Management sciences’ (CoBAMS). This training was conducted under the special refugee empowerment project sponsored by Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF), the project aims at integrating refugees into the economic development […]