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The Low-Cost Medical Ventilator (Bulamu Ventilator), a product of Makerere University and Kiira Motors Corporation on display in the Main Hall, Makerere University, Kampala Uganda on 28th August 2020 during the launch of two innovations in the fight against COVID-19.

Ericsson Innovation Awards 2021

As the world becomes increasingly reliant on technology, the digital divide is growing. Economic, geographic, gender and access factors have left vast portions the global population...

Seedstars Co-Founders and Co-CEOs Alisée de Tonnac and Pierre-Alain Masson host the online event. Photo credit: Seedstars

Innovation4 years ago

Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 announces Finology as Global Winner of $500K funding

Geneva, Switzerland – May 20, 2021: After almost a year-long virtual run, the Seedstars World Competition 2020/21 announced this year’s Global Winner, Malaysian FinTech startup Finology,...

SSCS Supply Chain Management. Photo credit: MSH

Innovation4 years ago

Call for Applications: Health Supply Chain Solution Challenge

The Outbox hub, an Innovation hub based in Kampala, Uganda together with partners Management Sciences for Health Impact (MSH), and the United Nations Population Fund (Uganda)...

Students attend a practical session in the Food Technology and Business Incubation Centre (FTBIC), College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), Makerere University, Kampala Uganda. Date taken: 12th August 2010

Innovation4 years ago

Seedstars: FoodTech in the Grand Finale

What do we think about when we say food? We think about joy, family, culture, art in some ways, but ultimately food is the substance keeping...

Female Students access one of the wireless hotspots along the Edge Road, near the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Makerere University, Kampala Uganda

Innovation4 years ago

Press Release: Growing Uganda’s Next Generation of Technology Leaders: Applications Open for Cutting-Edge Student Training Program

May 3, 2021—The Marconi Society today announced that applications are open for the Celestini Program, a workforce development and STEM education initiative that pairs underrepresented students...

A screenshot of the panel discussion on Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Africa hosted by Seedstars.

Innovation4 years ago

Seedstars Panel Discussion: Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Africa

Watch now an amazing panel discussion on Women Empowerment and Gender Equality in Africa. Learn more about how the women’s situation has changed in the last...

Panelists on Day 2 of DataFest Kampala. Photo credit: RAN

Innovation4 years ago

DataFest Kampala 2021 at the RAN Lab

On Friday 30th April, 2021, Makerere University School of Public Health-ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) partnered with Policy Uganda to execute activities of the DataFest Kampala 2021. This...

Maureen Kiconco, Data Entry Clerk, KCCA Kawaala Health Centre III talks about the ART Access App.

Health4 years ago

ART Access App: Scaling up Antiretroviral Therapy

Through the ART Access App, the The Academy for Health Innovation, Uganda under the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), Makerere University has partnered with private pharmacies to...

The team while at Makerere University Research Institute Kabanyolo Smart Hydroponics greenhouse

In Press4 years ago

Winners of NextGen East African Innovator Programme

Four student teams from across East Africa have won a competition seeking innovative solutions to address food-related challenges. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Innovation...

IsDB Transform Fund: Call For Innovation 2021

Innovation4 years ago

IsDB Transform Fund: Call For Innovation 2021

The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) invites applications Transform Fund 4th Call for Innovation 2021 Building Resilience through Innovation in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19...