CEDAT was recently designated, by the East African Community, as the East African Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The  centres’ main objective will be to contribute towards increased access to modern, affordable and reliable energy services, energy security and mitigation of negative externalities of energy systems (such as pollution) by creating...Read More

The Germany Ambassador, Dr Peter Blumaire last week Thursday officiated the launch of the “Kabbo Ka Muwala” Exhibition at the Makerere Art Gallery. Dr Peter Blumaire asserted that “migration is  a feature of man” He explained that it is due to various causes such as economic reasons, wars, persecution and for search of a better...Read More

The L’Oreal Foundation launches the 7th edition of the L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women Science Sub-Saharan Africa Fellowships to support young women scientists. 12 Fellowships of € 5,000 each, will be granted to 12 African Ph.D students enrolled in an African University 2 Fellowships of € 10,000 each, will be granted to 2 African postfoctoral researchers working...Read More

President Museveni on February 16, 2016 formally launched the Kayoola EV, with a promise to increase funding for Kiira Motors Corporation (KMC). The president, siad the vehicle, which runs on solar power, was the future of the motor industry in Uganda. “Solar energy is the way of the future – the only challenge is to...Read More

The MAPRONANO ACE will develop two Master’s programs which are Master of Science in Nanotechnology and Master of Science in Materials and Product Development. Each of these Masters programs is expected to train over 68 students over a period of 4 years which implies that over 68 Master’s graduates will be produced by the MAPRONANO...Read More

Prof. George Kyeyune-MTSIFA, CEDAT (2nd L) assisted by City Businessman-Mr. Yiga (L) and Rtn. Emmanuel Katongole-Quality Chemicals (3rd L) prepares to present a Bust of Uganda Martyr Anderea Kaggwa to Pope Francis during his visit to Munyonyo Shrine, Kampala Uganda on 27th November 2015 On 27th November, Pope Francis made his maiden visit to Uganda....Read More

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will host a Symposium on Transformative Digital Technologies on Wednesday, 3rd February 2016 in the CEDAT conference Hall. The symposium is co-sponsored by Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs, Nokia and the Marconi Society. This symposium will showcase the work carried out by the Celestini Project at CEDAT as well as act...Read More

Makerere University is benefiting from African Development Bank – Higher Education Science and Technology (AfDB-HEST) merit based scholarships for students in the Science and Technology disciplines.  This scholarship fund is targeting bright graduate students pursuing Masters in any of the fields in Science and Technology, who have completed the coursework but are not able to...Read More

Total PLC Uganda has launched a challenge named “Startupper of the year by Total.” Initiated simultaneously by the Total Group in 34 countries in Africa, the competition aims to identify, reward and provide support to the best business creation and business development projects under two years of existence in Uganda. The winning projects will be granted the “Startupper of...Read More

The University on Thursday 29th October 2015 officially admitted all first year students in a ceremony presided over by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Ddumba –Ssentamu. The colourful ceremony, which started at 2pm, saw academic and administrative staff join the process and witness the swearing-in of the new students. The students swore allegiance to Makerere...Read More