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The Norwegian Ambassador to Tanzania, the Comoros, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda, H.E. Tone Tinnes visited Makerere University on 25th March 2025 and met with University Management as well as researchers under the NORHED II projects. Amb. Tinnes visit begun with a courtesy call, where he was received upon arrival by Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Buyinza […]

Working with potential future employers of PhD students in Kenya and Uganda, Advancing Sustainable Agricultural Value Chains through Strengthening Trans-disciplinary Skills and Cooperation in East African Doctoral Education (ADVALUE) Project aims to develop curricula that best prepare academic specialists in agricultural sciences for their careers.   Overview The lack of skills-oriented training significantly undermines the […]

By Carol Kasujja Adii The Minister of State for Higher Education, John Chrysostom Muyingo, has launched a project aimed at strengthening Makerere University’s Open, Distance and e-learning (ODeL) capacity. Addressing guests yesterday (Thursday, February 27, 2025) while officiating the launch of a $12.2million (44billion shillings) Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) grant, Mr. Muyingo, commended the […]

Makerere University, through its ResilientAfrica Network (RAN), has launched the Africa Regional Education System Resilience Observatory (ARESRO) Project, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at bolstering the resilience of education systems across sub-Saharan Africa. The virtual launch, held on February 25, 2025, brought together key stakeholders, including prominent academicians, development partners, and educational experts from across the […]

*****Building Capacity for Climate-Resilient Food Systems in Africa (CaReFoAfrica) Project, a three-year intra-Africa Academic Mobility Scheme  co-funded by the EU will sponsor various programmes at Makerere University including student and staff mobility, and traineeship. Overview Climate change has massive impacts on the agricultural sector in Africa. The problems of climate change affecting the sustainability of the […]

Building Opportunity for Lesser-known Diversity in Edible Resources (BOLDER) of the Crop TrustOpportunity Crop Scholarships Call for applications for four PhD positions Makerere University Regional Centre for Crop Improvement (MaRCCI),Makerere University & The Norwegian University of Life Sciences 1st December 2024 Background One of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is to attain zero hunger by […]

A team of scientists and students from Makerere University convened at Our Lady of Assumption Mitala Maria Parish in Buwama where, together with farmers from the surrounding area undertook a practical demonstration of improved silage-making technologies aimed at faster animal feed production. The outreach activity was aimed at addressing the challenge of low production in […]

*****Funded by DANIDA, Agroforestry for People, Ecosystems and Climate Change (AfPEC), a five-year project (March 2024-April 2029) focusing on Mt. Elgon Highlands in Eastern Uganda aims to foster to use agroforestry to prevent climate change and loss of biodiversity in the region. The project will focus on four districts namely: Mbale, Bududa, Bulambuli, and Kapchorwa. […]

The Department of Environmental Management at the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Makerere University is introducing the use Case studies as a teaching methodology in order to produce better skilled students.  Case based learning which has gained popularity overtime enables students learn from real life scenarios since it helps development of analytical thinking and […]

By Joseph Odoi A consortium of researchers from Makerere University‘s College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources, and Biosecurity (COVAB) and the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), with support from CRDF Global have piloted a cyberbiosecurity project to address the growing threat of cyberattacks on laboratories handling high-risk biological materials. As per  the International Federation of […]