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Makerere University to set up an agro-processing skilling hub in 2024

Makerere University in partnership with Promote Uganda Company Limited (PROUL) is set to establish an agro-processing skilling hub next year to expose students to agricultural machinery. The hub that will be based at Makerere University main campus in Kampala will house agricultural machines that add value to agricultural products.

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Researchers call for creating of fund to support industrial symbiosis for sustainable entrepreneurship

The government has been advised to create a fund to support Small and Medium Enterprises to implement symbiotic practices, which they say will foster sustainable development. Dr. Saadat Kimuli Nakyejwe, the principal investigator, and Dr. Kasimu Sendawula from Makerere University Business School and the College of Business and Management Sciences at Makerere University, respectively, argued that if firms practice industrial symbiosis (working together to forge a mutually beneficial relationship), they are bound to grow.

URA trains Makerere university students to nurture future voluntary compliant tax payers

Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has partnered with Makerere University to nurture future voluntary compliant tax payers in a four-day training targeting 600 final year students from the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS).
Dr. Ismail Kintu, a lecturer from the Department of Accounting and Finance said the tax training is premised to the fact that many students go to the field without hands-on skills.

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CoBAMS Management meets to discuss College’s strategic direction

Members of the College Establishment and Appointments Committee and the College Administrative Board have taken off time to strategize on how to grow the college. Speaking on October 19 during the two-day retreat, the Principal, Prof. Eria Hisali, shared with the management team some of the ongoing strategic initiatives in the areas of financial sustainability, human capacity development, policy engagements and outreach, quality assurance, institutionalizing seminar series, and partnerships and networks.

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CoBAMS students showcase innovative projects to fight unemployment

Majority of the students flood the streets looking for jobs the moment they finish their studies at higher institutions of learning. However, the storyline might change after the introduction of hands on skills among the students currently undertaking their academic journey at Makerere University.

Makerere receives donation of state-of-the-art interactive smart board

Makerere University has today, October 6, 2023, received a donation of an 86-inch interactive smart board/screen from Naechstenliebe, a German charity organization. The donation was made through Dr. John Bosco Nyanzi, a senior lecturer in the Department of Economic Theory and Analysis, College of Business and Management Sciences.

First phase of Makerere Innovation Hub construction completed

The first phase of construction of the Makerere University Innovations Hub has been completed and inspected by the management of the university and UNDP, the funding agency. The inspection of the magnificent space took place on July 25, 2023 amidst whispers of admiration at Yusuf Lule Central Teaching Facilty. The beautifully painted walls will be accommodating different innovation studios including two Computer Aided Design rooms, textile room, CNC machine room, electronic room, fabrication room, 3D printing, and a creative room which will accommodate photography, videography and music.

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The College of Business and Management Sciences is a constituent College of Makerere University. It was formed in 2011 as a merger between the then Faculty of Economics and Management (FEMA) and the Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics and is composed of three (3) Schools, seven (7) Departments and a Center.

The College is currently home to 5500 students across 21 taught programs from undergraduate to doctorate levels. The training programs seek to prepare learners for further studies and also to enable them analyze and deal with problems of development in the region through a blend of theory from the classroom with practice from the ‘world of work’ through the internship program…

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Makerere University hosts CSAE Economic Development workshop 2023

Makerere University to set up an agro-processing skilling hub in 2024

Researchers call for creating of fund to support industrial symbiosis for sustainable entrepreneurship

URA trains Makerere university students to nurture future voluntary compliant tax payers

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