e-Capacities is an online marketplace (https://e-capacities.com/#/home) for the supply and demand of capacities in strategic human capital formation. The platform provides a real-time review of the levels of capacity and demand in each participating country and dynamically estimates the capacity gaps for use in priority setting and targeting of investments. eCapacities connects training providers, workplaces and graduates and allows them to interact with each other in contextualised and mutually beneficial ways. e-Capacities is a platform that tracks and reports on the supply and demand of skills and competencies in the agricultural sector in order to identify the gaps and the needs for support and investment in:
Capacity strengthening
Assisting employers with identifying and recruiting people with relevant skills
Helping guide career path planning
Facilitating graduate tracking and managing Alumni
The e-Capacities platform is operated by the Capacity Development Joint Action Group (CD-JAG) – a community of practice for learning, monitoring and joint action for institutional change in Africa. The platform targets:
• Capacity Supply side organisations i.e. public and private tertiary agricultural education and training institutes such as Universities, Colleges, Vocational institutions as well as other training providers, extension agents and input suppliers. e-capacities will help supply side organisations to:
Monitor the industry demand for specific agricultural skills in order to inform curriculum review and new course design
Track graduates, and report on their employment trends
Mobilize support to upgrade training capacity to better address identified shortages
Promote knowledge products, i.e. innovations, patents and publication
• Capacity Demand side organisations i.e. employers of graduates from the tertiary education and training institutes including Government, Private sector and Agribusiness organisations, agricultural research institutes, Non-governmental organisations as well as farmer based organisations. The benefits to demand side organisations include:
Recording the requirements for specific agricultural competencies within the organisation
Accessing profiles of graduates with relevant skills
Reviewing the knowledge products uploaded by the providers
Documenting the needs / problems experienced within the organisation, which will help, guide the kinds of research being undertaken
Identifying providers to facilitate in-house lifelong learning
• Students Students registered on eCapacities will:
Identify career paths based on market demand for specific skills
Access work opportunities
Connect with mentors and peers to promote career progression and personal growth
• Development Partners The platform will help DPs to:
Targeted capacity strengthening support based on identified needs and gaps
Monitor the impact of investments
Incase you need support to register and populate the eCapacities database contact Richard Batte (rbatte25@hotmail.com) and all correspondences should be copied to Dr. Irene Annor-Frempong (ifrempong@faraafrica.org
72 undergraduate students of Makerere University have successfully been admitted to the Millennium Fellowship Class of 2026, an initiative of the Millennium Campus Network (MCN) and United Nations Academic Impact. Makerere’s Fellows were selected from a record-breaking 76,000 applicants from over 6,000 campuses across 174 countries to participate in the ambitious programme.
According to the Fellowship website, the programme aims to make the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and UN Academic Impact Principles a reality on campuses, in classrooms and throughout communities. Millennium Fellows are university undergraduates selected for their leadership on sustainable development projects in their communities. As Fellows, they complete a semester-long leadership development programme that strengthens their student organizing, partnership-building and community-impact skills.
In his congratulatory message to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, Sam Vaghar the Executive Director, MCN shared that Over 330 campuses across 60 nations have been selected to host 2026 Millenium Fellows. “Congratulations to you and Makerere University for having a cohort of Millennium Fellows from your student body again this year!”
Below is a sample of the work of the Class of 2026.
At Harvard University, a UN Academic Impact member institution in the United States of America, Millennium Fellows are expanding OpenDoor, an AI-powered platform that helps people navigate retraining, job opportunities and pathways into high-demand careers. The project grew from their work with people experiencing homelessness and from seeing how difficult workforce programmes can be to navigate even when support exists. Advancing SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, it expects to reach about 7,500 people during the Fellowship.
At the University of Ilorin, a UN Academic Impact member institution in Nigeria, Millennium Fellows are building what they describe as Africa’s first green AI policy framework, helping policymakers and developers understand how artificial intelligence can advance while reducing energy use, pollution and material waste. Aligned with SDG 13: Climate Action, it expects to reach about 75 people during the Fellowship.
At BRAC University, a UN Academic Impact member institution in Bangladesh, a Millennium Fellow is advancing SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production through a start-up replacing single-use products with environmentally friendly alternatives. Its current focus is a paper pen that uses roughly 90 per cent less plastic than a conventional pen, with a seed built in so it can grow into a plant when properly disposed of. The project expects to reach about 450 people.
At Nicolae Testemițanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy, a UN Academic Impact member institution in Moldova, a Millennium Fellow is advancing SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being by studying how environmental conditions such as temperature and humidity may affect recovery after brain surgery. By bringing simple digital monitoring tools into postoperative care, the project aims to help doctors make timelier decisions.
We wish our Millennium Fellows an impactful fellowship.
The Office of Academic Registrar, Makerere University has released admission lists of candidates admitted under the Talented Sports Men & Women, Disability and District Quota Schemes with Government sponsorship 2026/27 Academic Year including appeals and remarked cases.
Other admission lists released include A-Level Applicants with Ugandan and those with Foreign Qualifications, Diploma in Performing Arts, Mature-Age Entry and Bachelor of Education (EXTERNAL Batch 2) for the Academic Year 2026/2027 under self sponsorship.
Makerere University‘s position in the July 2026 edition of the Webometrics Rankings has improved from 925th to 776th globally and from 13th to 11th on the Continent, compared to the January 2026 edition. Makerere remains the top-ranked University in Uganda and East Africa.
The new rankings are as a result of improved performance in the Impact Rank, which measures the number of external domains referring/linking to Makerere (from 1,593 to 1,185) and the Excellence Rank, which measures Research papers in the top 10% most cited between 2019 and 2023 (from 1,095 to 715).
Please see the attached screenshots for details or view Makerere‘s rankings online using the link below:
The Webometrics Ranking of World Universities aims to recognize and promote the digital transformation of higher education institutions by evaluating how effectively they reflect their academic, research, and societal contributions online.
We remain committed to ensuring that all our good work in teaching and learning, research, knowledge transfer, and partnerships continues to be reflected online through various journals and other platforms.
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