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Mak Varsity Awards 2015

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Makerere Students' Guild is pleased to announce nominees of Mak Students' Guild Awards 2015, in the various fields including: Innovations, Knowledge, Skills, Academics, Creativity, Research, Leadership, Sports among others. The Mak Students' Guild Awards 2015 key sponsors include; MTN Uganda, Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA), National Social Security Fund (NSSF), Century Bottling Company, SMS one, Capital FM,  Events Warehouse, Vision Group, Enterprise Uganda, HRN Media and the Uganda Police Force.

The Mak Students' Guild Awards 2015 winners will be announced at a ceremony on 5th Nov 2015 at Main Hall, Makerere University.

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Name Category Code
  Outstanding Sport  
Scramble   1
Rugby   2
Chess   3
Swimming   4
  Sports Team  
Basket Ball Ladies team   5
Soccer Men   6
Basket Ball Ladies   7
Makerere University Disability   8
  Male Sports personality  
Odongkara Edgar   9
LubwamaJoshua   10
Drilleba Tony   11
Mugema Julius   12
  Female Sports personality  
Chemtai Joy   13
Alyek Linda   14
Nakimuli Marina   15
Nakazibwe Sylvia   16
  Business Impact  
Hellen Kayonga   17
Charles Mbire   18
Maria Kiwanuka   19
Patrick Bitature   20
Godfrey Kirumira   21
  Interactive Entert  
Anne Kansiime    22
A-pass   23
Iryn Ntare   24
Bebe Cool   25
Isaiah  Katumwa   26
  Young Achiever  
Ruyondo Ann   27
Victor Ocheng     28
Humprey Nabimanya   29
Blaize Kamugisha   30
Hamsi Kiggundu   31
  Inspirational Leader  
Gen. Kare Kayihura   32
Mr. Robert Kabushenga   33
Mrs. Allen Kagina   34
Mrs. Jenifer Musisi   35
  Leadership Award  
Okello Jacinto   36
Katumba Salim   37
Aseru Sarah   38
Ferdinand Kutesa   39
Slyvia Ichumal Lorot   40
  Students’ Inspirational  
Rugambwa Ivan   41
Ian Calvin Waiswa   42
Gilbert H Lwetute   43
Sasha Ferguson   44
Eyelu Jacob   45
  Media – Print  
Muhindo Claire-Vision group   46
Venenscias Kiiza-Red peeper   47
Amos Ngwomoya-DailyMonitor   48
Twesigye Collins-NTV/buzz   49
  Media – Broadcast  
Casimiru Mukisa-Urban Tv   50
Leah Kahunda-Radio One   51
Sali Godfrey-Kaboozi   52
Sebamala Douglas-NTV   53
Derrick Ssenyonga-Broadcaster   54
  Media – Online site  
 Campus Vibe   55
Campus Bee   56
Campus Times   57
Big Eye.ug    58
Campus Eye.ug   59
  Social Event  
Prime Time   60
Lumbox Carnival   61
Mitchellex Bazaar   62
Freshers Ball   63
Cultural Gala   64
  Project of the year  
Farm Solutions 365(Odongo Allan Omach)   65
Kfree Mobile Application(Sentamu)   66
Macotuba(Wabulo Joshua)   67
Hopi Track(Mugaga Julius)   68
Smart Corn(Caroline Nabawanuka)   69
Smart Doctor(Matovu Sula)   70
  Entrepreneurship  
Organic Farming (Kyeyune Ronald)   71
Sseruh Meat and Fish Processing Co. (Sserugo Henry)   72
Avocado Natural Innovations (Solomon Ajuna)   73
Sugarcane Processing (Wandiba John Bosco)   74
Rolex 256(Bagaya Sheilallah Mutetire)   75
Agriculture Online(Nyabongo Edgar Timo)   76
  Community Impact  
Breast IT (Moses Atwine)   77
Avocado Natural Innovations (Solomon Ajuna   78
Mak Climate Change Assoc(Emmanuel & Sadam)   79
Safe Spaces (Oloya Grace)   80
Mak Pads (Isaac Muhofa)   81
Mother Picture book(Carol)   82

 

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Special Exam Results -Diploma in Performing Arts 2025/26

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The results for the 2025/2026 special entry examination for the Diploma in Performing Arts held on Saturday 17th May, 2025. Candidates who scored a final mark of 50% and above passed the Examination and have been recommended to the university’s Admissions Committee for consideration.

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Mature Age Scheme Exam Results for 2025/2026

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The Office of Academic Registrar, Makerere University has released full results for the Mature Age Entry Scheme Examinations for the Academic Year 2025/2026 held on Saturday 14th December, 2024.

The Candidates who scored a final mark of 50% and above passed the examination and have been recommended by the Pre-Entry & Mature Age Committee to the University’s Admissions Board for Consideration.

The Aptitude Exam  Results for 2025/2026 Academic Year released in February 2025 can be found here.

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Call for Application: 2025 SNRM session 4 Summer School

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Participants in focused group discussions. Leiden-Delft-Erasmus East Africa Research Network (LEARN) in collaboration with the Urban Action Lab at Makerere University a workshop to deliberate strategies for mitigating the impacts of climate change in urban centres in the East African Region, Theme: “Resilient Urban Futures: Adapting Livelihoods to Climate Change”, 4th-5th September 2024, School of Public Health Auditorium, Kampala Uganda.

Context:
Natural resources in Africa are being depleted at an alarming rate due to several factors, including unsustainable human activities, climate change, and population growth. A primary condition of sustainable development is to ensure that the pressures do not exceed the environmental limits, and that demand for the resources does not exceed levels that can be sustainably provided by nature. Therefore, there is a pressing need for transformative, systems-thinking approaches and tools that can tackle the diverse challenges facing these systems. In Africa, this need is compounded by a lack of data and monitoring, which significantly hinders sustainable decision-making.

Investing in young scientists who are committed to take lead in sustainable management of Africa’s natural resources is very important. Capacity building of young scientists will enhance their knowledge and skill on sustainable natural resources and their involvement for implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDG’s) in Africa. To this effect, SNRM summer schools have been implemented in three sessions in 2019, 2020, and 2022 with support from Volkswagen Foundation; to build a critical mass of skilled and competent young natural resource scientists in Africa through training, capacity building and mentorship. Session 4 (2025) will target competent young scientists (MSc and PhD students) in Africa and Germany to further develop their knowledge and skills in systems thinking, advanced data collection and analysis, and application of emerging digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), internet of things (IoT), and embracing transdisciplinary approaches. In addition, we include an ideation workshop where students can work on real problems to come up with solutions for sustainable transformations in natural resource use.

Organizers: Leibniz Universität – Hannover (Germany), University of Antananarivo, University of Abomey Calavi (Benin), Makerere University (Uganda), University of Ghana (Ghana), University of Parakou (Benin), The Technical University of Kenya, with financial support from the Volkswagen Foundation (Germany).

Venue and dates: Nairobi, Kenya, 16-28 November 2025

Target: MSc and PhD students, early in the program of less than 35 years of age from any university/research institution in either sub-Saharan Africa or Germany with an interest in natural resources management.

Participants and Scholarships: The course is fully funded and open to 20 MSc and PhD students from Africa, and 5 from Germany. Funding will cover the costs of air ticket, accommodation, meals, visa, and transportation. However, participants will cover the cost of their travel health insurance.

Topics

SNRM Summer School Session 4: Transformative pathways in biodiversity management and conservation.
This summer school is designed to deliver four modules over a two-week period. The modules are designed to enable the students to acquire new ways of designing data collection protocols and analysis for transformative sustainable natural resources management.

Module 4.1: Data collection I
Skills in data collection for a transformative and sustainable management of natural resources (water, wildlife, forest, land, livestock, crops) monitoring and data collection techniques; remote monitoring tools, earth observation system data, e.g. satellite data sources, LIDAR, and UAV aerial images. Collect and analyse In-situ data on biotic and abiotic parameters, map and analyse data using R or Google Earth Engine, field data collection and retrieving data from online databases.

Module 4.2 Data management and processing
Introduction to tools and methods of managing large and diverse data sets of natural resources such as time series, spatial, directional, and multivariate data. Practicals will include data storage, organization and conversion into various formats using databases such as PostgreSQL and statistical programming software such as R and Python; scripts.

Module 4.3 Ecological monitoring, modelling and management
This module aims to teach participants how to anticipate and validate trends that can be observed in various ecosystems. Lectures include ecological monitoring and its design; population monitoring studies; metrics in population monitoring; methods for monitoring and assessing marine ecosystems; human ecology to socio-ecological systems; climate change impact of ecosystems; suitability assessments; overview of the principles underlying wildlife monitoring and prediction systems for climate change adaptation. Practicals will include field data collection (individual and group); ecological data analysis using R or PAST; modelling and experiencing the behaviour of complex systems using Vensim.

Module 4.4 Natural habitat restoration ideation lab
This module is designed to spur students’ innovation and creativity, and to help students comprehensively identify interdependencies across the 17 SDG goals. Participants will be trained on ideation processes for solutions and intervention for transformative natural resource management. They will work collaboratively in small groups on case studies and develop pathways of transformative sustainable natural resource management. Examples of projects include forest (mangrove) ecosystem and habitat restoration, improved technologies for agricultural production, nature-based solutions for improving water quality, and reversing land degradation.

Language: The course will be delivered in English. Participants are expected to be fluent in writing and speaking the English language.

How to apply

Applicants are kindly requested to fill in the application form available from https://snrmafrica.com/ and submit the following documents in English through the system.

  • a curriculum vitae (maximum 2 pages)
  • a letter of motivation (maximum 1 page)
  • a confirmation of university enrolment
  • a reference letter from the academic supervisor
  • project summary of MSc/ PhD project (1 page including objectives, methodology
    and key findings or expected outcomes).

Important dates
Application deadline: 30th June 2025.
Announcement of accepted applicants: 15th August 2025.
Confirmation of attendance by selected participants: 12th Sept 2025.
Summer school held: 16 – 28 Nov 2025.

Further information is available from

The secretariat info@snrmafrica.com
Dr Lydia Olaka lydiaolaka@tukenya.ac.ke
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Stuetzel stuetzel@gem.uni-hannover.de

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