VC's Diary Archives - Page 14 of 44 - Makerere University News

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (4th R), Director EfD Global Network Assoc. Prof. Gunnar Kohlin (4th L) and Principal CoBAMs-Prof. Eria Hisali (3rd L) with Swedish and Mak teams after the meeting in the Vice Chancellor’s Office in CTF1 on 22nd November 2021.

Meeting Gothenburg University Delegation

I have held interesting discussions with a team from Gothenburg University led by Assoc. Prof. Gunnar Kohlin, Director of Environment for Development Programme. We have agreed...

Front Row: Swedish Ambassador to Uganda-H.E. Maria Håkansson (6th L), Vice Chancellor-Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (7th L) and Director EfD Global Network Assoc. Prof. Gunnar Kohlin (5th L) with other officials at the IGE workshop opening ceremony on 23rd November 2021, Speke Resort Munyonyo, Kampala.

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Addressing IGE Conference

Swedish Ambassador to Uganda Maria Håkansson and I addressed the Inclusive Green Economy conference at Munyonyo organized by Makerere and the University of Gothenburg. We emphasised...

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (L) exchanges the signed MoU with Prof. Hassan Omar Mahadalle, the Rector of Somalia National University (R) after the ceremony on 21st November 2021, CTF1, Makerere University.

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Signing MoU with SNU

Today, I signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Rector of the Somali National University (SNU), Prof. Hassan Omar Mahadalle witnessed by the Somali Ambassador...

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe with Dr. Jennifer Mirembe and her children during their meeting in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Meeting Dr. Jennifer Mirembe

I have met my former student, Dr. Jennifer Mirembe and her two wonderful kids, James and Kirabo. Thank you Jennifer for representing Makerere in Pretoria very...

H.E. Amb. Kintu Nyago (C) with the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (L) and Prof. Flavia Senkubuge (R) following the discussion on 19th November 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa.

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Discussion with Amb. Kintu Nyago & Prof. Senkubuge

I have held an interesting discussion with Ambassador Kintu Nyago and Prof. Flavia Senkubuge about Makerere’s strategic direction as a research-led university and opportunities for engaging...

A montage of the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe chairing the Opening Session of the ARUA conference and a banner of some of the Alliance’s member universities. The 2021 Biennial Conference jointly hosted by the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Pretoria will run from 17th to 19th November 2021.

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Chairing ARUA Conference’s Opening Session

I have chaired the opening session of the conference of African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) at the University of Pretoria. Our host Prof. Tawana Kupe and...

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (R) with the Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Hon. Dr. Monica Musenero (3rd R), Mak Officials and the Science Research Delegation from Sweden during the meeting in his office on 15th November 2021, CTF1, Makerere University.

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Liking Cities to Mak through PhD Training

This morning I discussed a new initiative to link our cities to Makerere through research and training of city experts on PhD programs, with researchers from...

India's Minister of State for External Affiars, Shri V. Muraleedharan (2nd R) with the Minister of State for Higher Education, Hon. Dr. J.C. Muyingo (L), the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (2nd L) and other officials during the launch of the e-Learning Centre at CoCIS, Makerere University on 12th November 2021.

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Hosting India’s Minister of State for External Affairs

This afternoon we hosted the Minister of State for External Affairs of India, Shri Vellamvelly Muraleedharan at Makerere. He was accompanied by the Minister of State...

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe (R) with Prof. Thorkild Tylleskär (C) and colleagues who included the Mak-UiB Coordinator, Dr. Ronald Semyalo (L) during the meeting on 10th November 2021, CTF1, Makerere University.

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Meeting Prof. Thorkild Tylleskär & Colleagues

I have discussed matters of maternal health with Prof. Thorkild Tylleskär of the University of Bergen and his colleagues. I have encouraged them to implement the...

The Chancellor, Prof. Ezra Suruma (L) and the Ambassador of France to Uganda, H.E. Jules-Armand Aniambossou (R) at the opening ceremony of the 4th Kampala Geopolitics Conference on 10th November 2021, CTF2 Auditorium, Makerere University.

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4th Kampala Geopolitics Conference Opening Ceremony

The 4th #KampalaGeopolitics Conference hosted by Makerere in collaboration with the Embassy of France, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, the French Institute for International and Strategic Affairs, UN Women Uganda...