Computing & IS

One-Stop Point for All Timetables Established Thanks to Mak-RIF

Published

5 years ago

February 15, 2021

Mark Wamai

Students walk into the Arts Quadrangle, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Thanks to funding from Government of Uganda through the Makerere University Research and Innovations Fund (Mak-RIF), the University has effective Semester I of the 2020/2021 academic year established a centralized timetable management system. The system available on timetable.mak.ac.ug enables students and staff to access customized timetables of by semester and academic year in line with teaching, examination and recess term activities.

The system was developed under a a project titled University-wide Timetabling and Teaching Load Management Information System for Makerere University, which received funding under Round 1 of Mak-RIF. According to the Principal Investigator (PI), Dr. Agaba Joab Ezra, Lecturer, Networks Department, College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS), the system also enables university management to keep track of the teaching load for every academic staff among other capabilities.

The centralized timetable management system has been designed to seamlessly interface with the Makerere University automated Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS), also developed with funding from Mak-RIF.

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Bridging Mental Health Service Gap in Africa using AI

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2 months ago

June 5, 2026

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Natural Language Processing (NLP) for Mental Health Service Improvement in Africa. Makerere University Centre for Artificial Intelligence (Mak-AI), Kampala Uganda, East Africa.

How can AI help bridge the mental health service gap in Africa?

Through this project, teams from Uganda and Tanzania implemented AI-powered call center solutions at national mental health hospitals, leveraging Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP) to analyze conversations in local languages and generate insights that support better service delivery.

Some of the key achievements include:

Developing ASR models for Ugandan-accented English and Luganda mental health recordings
Assessing the quality of mental health conversations
Detecting mental health topics from speech recordings
Generating escalations and decision-support insights for healthcare practitioners

The project also reinforced important lessons: local-language AI improves accessibility, user-centered design builds trust, and privacy and ethics must remain at the center of AI-driven healthcare innovation.

As Africa continues to embrace digital health solutions, initiatives like these demonstrate the potential of AI to strengthen mental healthcare systems and improve access to quality care for underserved communities.

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CoCIS CIPSD Short Courses Jul-Sept 2026

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2 months ago

May 29, 2026

Mak Editor

A male student studies on his laptop in the College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS), Block B, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Makerere University College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS) is the main ICT Training, Research and Consultancy Centre in Makerere University. The College has six Academic departments comprising of the Department of Computer Science, Department of Networks, Department of Information Technology, Department of Information Systems, Department of Library and Information Sciences, and the Department of Records and Archives management.

In addition to the mainstream degree programmes, CoCIS has a specialized Center for Innovations and Professional Skills Development (CIPSD) which delivers state-of-art training in ICT e.g. the Cisco Networking Academy for Cisco related courses, the Microsoft IT Academy Program for Microsoft related courses, International Computer Driving License course, Oracle Certified Training center for Oracle, Linux and Unix Training center. CIPSD also offers Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ethical Hacking as online courses. The College is an authorized Testing center, operating under PearsonVUE and Kryterion. Listed in the table (see downloads below) are the courses currently offered at the Center with their next start dates, duration, and cost.

All courses are at affordable fees catering for Students, Vacists, Professionals and
Anyone who wants to start a career in ICT or polish his/her ICT skills.

Register here: https://forms.gle/eTVwcAfBGXaVLL9b7

Contact Information

E-mail: psd.cis@mak.ac.ug
Tel: +256 752 779964 | +256 701 806656 | +256 752 373023
URL: https://cocis.mak.ac.ug/cipsd/

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CoCIS CIPSD Short Courses for Vacists, Students and Professionals

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2 months ago

May 19, 2026

Mak Editor

Block B of the College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS), Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Click link below for start dates and to register:

https://forms.gle/eTVwcAfBGXaVLL9b7

All courses are at affordable fees catering for Students, Vacists, Professionals and
Anyone who wants to start a career in ICT or polish his/her ICT skills.