The EfD-Mak Centre Uganda held its first Annual General Meeting since its establishment in Honai Vietnam in 2018 and official launch at Makerere University in October 2019. The meeting aimed to highlight the Centre’s achievements and outline strategic objectives for the next five years. Four key resolutions were generated during the meeting. The AGM, held […]
Did you know that with just a Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) or its equivalent, along with at least 1 year of working experience in WASH, you qualify to join our Short Course in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene? The Department of Disease Control and Environmental Health at Makerere University School of Public Health brings you yet another opportunity to enhance your […]
Background: Water ESSENCE – Creating synergy to meet the global challenges is a NORHED project funded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD). The aim of the programme is to strength capacity of higher education institutions in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) to educate more and better qualified candidates, and to increase quality […]
This Early-Career Research Fellowship is being initiated by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, to support a total of thirteen (13) Early-Career Research (ECRs) Fellows to undertake globally competitive research at the ARUA Centres of Excellence (CoEs). The goal is to strengthen the capacity of ECRs […]
The four-year programme (2022-2025) is supported by the Conrad Hilton Foundation and implemented by the Department of Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering at CAES, Makerere University Makerere University Department of Agricultural and Bio-systems Engineering, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) on 19th May 2023 held a ceremony to mark the completion of the 2022 Hilton […]
By Ritah Namisango On Tuesday 2nd May 2023, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe hosted the Heads of Partner Organisations’ meeting to plan and formulate strategies for the upcoming 6th Edition of the Kampala Geopolitics Conference scheduled to take place mid-October 2023 at Makerere University. The Heads of partner organisations’ meeting including the French Embassy […]
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 […]
By Harriet Adong Makerere University faculty, students and administrative staff diversely engaged at the Appropriate Technologies Expo. One of the over 850 multidisciplinary projects funded by the Government of the Republic of Uganda through Makerere University’s Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF) https://rif.mak.ac.ug/ emerged ‘BEST INNOVATION’ (out of 46 showcased innovative solutions) at the Expo. This […]
The Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe on Thursday 22nd September, 2022 participated in the opening of the EfD Annual meeting hosted by Makerere University at Speke Resort Munyonyo where he appealed to government to implement the ban on kaveera and address other environmental issues. The opening ceremony moderated by the EfD Global Hub Manager Gunnar […]
Further to the announcement of the Makerere-Bergen Research School (MBRS) as part of activities to celebrate 100 years of excellence and 35 years of close collaboration with the University of Bergen (UiB), applications are hereby invited from students worldwide to attend two parallel PhD courses to be hosted by Makerere University, with a hub at […]