Category: Innovation

Staff from IDI and the Ministry of Health engage in Personal Protective Equipment demonstrations after a two-day progam to spearhead the rollout of COVID-19 Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) guidelines on 27th April 2020 at the IDI-McKinnell Knowledge Center, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda.

Call for Solutions: MIT Solve – The Trinity Challenge

Prize Eligibility The Trinity Challenge welcomes submissions from anyone, anywhere in the world. In addition to offering prize funding, The Trinity Challenge will aim to support...

A slide from our final presentation explaining radio station equipment. Photo credit: MIT D-Lab

Innovation1 month ago

Radios for Rhino Camp refugee settlement in Northern Uganda

Rhino Camp, located in northwestern Uganda, is a home for Ugandan citizens and an expanding settlement for refugees, most of them South Sudanese. In 2018 and...

Female participants display passion for their personal brands during a GMD-organised training facilitated by Daniel Choudry on 18th April 2019, Senate Building, Makerere University.

Innovation2 months ago

Happy Women’s Day! Meet Inspiring Women-led MIT Solve Teams

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, meet these three inspiring Women-led Teams who are all beneficiaries of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Solve Community. How...

MIT Solve's 2021 Global Challenges - Anyone, anywhere can apply to access the more than $1.5 million in funding by June 16, 2021.

Innovation2 months ago

MIT Solve’s 2021 Global Challenges: Access US$1.5m in Funding

Anyone, anywhere can submit a solution to any of this year’s Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Solve five Global Challenges and apply to access the more...

GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Program Help find top African Agri-tech and Food-tech Startups.

Innovation3 months ago

Help Find the Top African Agri-tech and Food-tech Startups

The search is on for top Agri-tech and Food-tech startups in Africa to join the GIZ-SAIS Investment Readiness Program happening in partnership with Seedstars. SAIS’s Investment...

The sun casts a golden hue on Nkurmah Hall (Left) as it rises over Mulago and Kololo hills as seen from Makerere University, Kampala Uganda. Date taken: 20th April 2015.

Innovation3 months ago

Press Release: These UN Supported Startups are Tackling Climate Change Through Tech

The Climate Innovation Labs was a fast paced three-day event that brought together selected youth participants, representatives from identified SMEs, as well as climate technology experts...

Some of the pig farmers and officials from Wakiso District pose for a group photo with researchers and students from Makerere University during the training on proper Artificial Insemination in pigs, December 2020.

Agriculture & Environment4 months ago

Mak Trains Wakiso Pig Farmers on how best to Conduct Artificial Insemination

Makerere University College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES) has trained about twenty pig farmers in Wakiso District on how best they can practice and embrace...