Researchers have been called upon to increase awareness about HIV among the population. The call was made by Rtd. Maj. Rubaramira Ruranga, during the opening of Mr Robert Ssewanyana’s art exhibition that sought to create HIV awareness and prevention in slum areas of Kampala. Maj. Rubaramira said the biggest reason for the increase in HIV...Read More

Development of low cost Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers MAPRONANO ACE in partnership with Makerere University College of Health Sciences (MakCHS) have developed low cost hand sanitizer for use in resource-limited settings and use in institutions and communities for effective hygiene and infection control. This is an alcohol hand sanitizer with 99.9% alcohol and is locally...Read More

SIDA in collaboration with Makerere University GIS Centre has organised another cross-cutting course on Fundamentals of GIS and Spatial Data Analysis scheduled for Monday 14th to Friday 18th December 2020. In order to blend in with the new normal, the course will be conducted both online and physically at University GIS Centre. This will allow...Read More

he opening remarks were given by Dr Lydia Mazzi Kayondo who represented Professor Moses Musinguzi, the Dean School of the Built Environment, Makerere University. Dr Lydia Mazzi Kayondo is the Chair, Department of Geomatics and Land Management, a senior lecturer and a Geographical Information System (GIS) specialist. She welcomed the participants and appreciated them for...Read More

The College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT), Makerere University and Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) are organizing the 6th National Conference on Communications #NCC2020 to be held on 21st to the 22nd January 2021. #NCC2020 will host keynote speeches and technical paper sessions on topical issues in Uganda’s Communications sector. The NCC provides an...Read More

The College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology (CEDAT) held its 9th Annual Open day on 28th and 29th February 2020. The Open Day, which was launched in 2012 aims at exhibiting and promoting the innovative research ideas of students at the College. This year, the guest of honor at the event was Hon Florence...Read More

Different But One is an annual exhibition featuring the most recent art works by the teaching staff at Margaret Trowell School of Industrial and Fine Art (MTSIFA). It includes works from all the different disciplines of art in the department: painting, sculpture, ceramics, fashion, jewelry, weaving, video art and more. In her remarks, the exhibition’s...Read More

On Tuesday 18th February 2020, Maximus Byamukama, a lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering successfully defended his PhD titled “Energy Harvesting, Storage and Management for Environment Monitoring Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in the East African Region”. Maximus (Centre) in group photo with his advisors and panelists after his defense His study investigated...Read More

Frede Hansen (Centre) explains a photo in the exhibition This exhibition featured photographs taken by Frede Hansen and Derrick Ssemwogerere. Frede Hansen is a Danish Art lover and collector who since 1997 has been visiting Uganda every year to buy art works from different artists in the country. Mr. Hansen is also a photographer whose...Read More

Group photo of participants at the workshop The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DCEE) hosted a half-day stakeholders’ consultation workshop on Thursday 13th February, 2020 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm at Food Science Conference Hall. The purpose of the workshop was to gather views on the relevance of the proposed curriculums of MSc/PGD...Read More