Makerere University Centre for Soybean Improvement and Development in collaboration with Partnership for Seed Technology Transfer in Africa (PASTTA) and Africa Agricultural Technology Foundation(AATF) on 29th July 2019 held the Soybean field day to evaluate 35 soybean varieties from Africa.
Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental sciences on 26th July, 2019 held the Field day to mark the end of recess term activities semester II 2018/2019. The function was held at the students’ hostel at the Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyolo (MUARIK).The purpose is for students to practice and demonstrate skills acquired in class.
The launch of the Absa (Barclays Bank) SME Academy by Dr. Louis Kasekende, Deputy Governor at the Bank of Uganda is a Great Leap Forward for promotion of entrepreneurship in Uganda. Thank you Absa!
On Thursday 25th July, 2019, RAN Lab had an opportunity to host a convening with representatives from Universities and the Local Government from the central region in Uganda. The main objective of the meeting was to develop a strategy where Local Governments and other stakeholders would leverage local universities to enhance in-Country Regional Local Government capacity for development programming as well as presenting university perspectives that would feed into development of a research agenda and an engagement strategy across Uganda’s regions.
Today, Friday 26th July 2019, I had the honour to serve as the Guest of Honour at the closing session of the 3rd Sida-Bright International Summer School on Software Engineering & IS at the College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS). This Edition of the International Summer School on Software Engineering and IS intended to provide a contribution to PhD students and academic and industrial researchers on latest findings in the field of Software Engineering and Information Sciences.
This afternoon I have toured the Headquarters of HUAWEI in Shenzhen, China. I have held good discussions with one of the senior managers and the Director for Africa Region on collaboration. Our College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS) already hosts Uganda’s Huawei ICT Academy.
The RAN team is facilitating a summer course on “Humanitarian Engineering; Designing solutions for health challenges in protracted crises; Case of Refugee communities” for Students from the University of Boston and Makerere University. The course scheduled to run from 2nd to 20th July 2019, was organised by Makerere University School of Public Health in collaboration with RAN lab and the University of Boston.
I welcome you all to the University for a new academic year 2019/20 and in a special way the first-year students who are joining us to further develop your careers.
I wish to advise and warn especially first years to deposit all your fees as received from your parents and sponsors to any bank of your choice at the University and not to delegate anyone to pay for you.
Makerere University in partnership with the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) is calling upon qualified candidates from EAC to apply for the under-mentioned programmes under the German Development Bank-KFW funded Masters Scholarships:
