For the first time in the history of the Microsoft Imagine Cup, two teams from Africa won prizes at the worldwide finals.Team Code8 from Makerere University that represented East Africa in the just concluded 11th annual Microsoft Imagine Cup competitions in Russia received the Women’s  Empowerment Award presented in partnership with UN Women.While Team Masked Ninjas...Read More

The Renewable Energy Incubator at Makerere University is a partner to Fredskorpset (FK) Norway, a Norwegian Government body supporting professional exchange between institutions in Norway and Africa, Asia and Latin America. The south-south exchange programme involves 3 partners (Husk Power Systems, India, Renewable Energy Incubator, MUK and Space Engineering Limited, Tanzania). The exchange period is...Read More

The Executive Director of Uganda Investment Authority, Eng Dr Frank Ssebowa, has, on behalf of the Government , handed over 100 acres of land to Makerere University’s Centre For Research in Transportation Technologies (CRTT). The land, in the Jinja Industrial park, is located in Kagogwa village.  CRTT will build a production plant for the Kiira...Read More

Makerere University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with UNICEF to collaborate in the area of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) at an event held on 9th May 2014. The event also involved a launch of a three year project code-named Unicef-Academia-Private Sector Partnership (UNAPP) WASH Innovations Project, at the College of Engineering, Design, Art...Read More