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Makerere University CoBAMS Staff celebrate 2025 achievements

December 18, 2025 – Coming after the successful completion of the examination season, and as the year comes to an end, the afternoon, evening and night hours of 18th December 2025, presented the best opportunity, to staff to reflect on the 2025 College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS) achievements in a relaxed environment.

Makerere University Launches CoBAMS Working Paper Series, Marking a major Leap in Research Excellence On 4th December 2025, the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Prof. Sarah Ssali launched the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS) Working Paper Series, a research product aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Uganda’s 10-fold National Economic Growth Strategy (ATMS), and the Makerere University Strategic Plan.
The findings were presented by Canadian scholar Prof. Mark Purdon during a seminar at Makerere University, where he launched his new book “The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries: Carbon Markets, Climate Funds, and the State.”

Makerere University commits to deepening collaboration with WU University of Economics and Business

In pursuit of its research and internationalization agenda, Makerere University through the College of Business and Management Sciences hosted Professor Dr. Jonas Puck, the Dean for International Affairs at the WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Uganda National Academy of Science inducts Professor Edward Bbaale as Distinguished Fellow

On Friday 31st October 2025, Professor Edward Bbaale, the Principal of the College of Business and Management Sciences, at Makerere University, was inducted into the prestigious fellowship of the Uganda National Academy of Sciences (UNAS).

Makerere School of Economics Champions Co-Existence Model for Mabira Forest and Economic Growth Makerere University is implementing a research initiative aimed at harmonizing economic expansion with environmental conservation, through a project titled: “Exploring the Option for Co-existence of Mabira Forest and the Booming Economic Activity.”

Uganda Entrepreneurship Congress and Youth Expo (October 16-17, 2025)

Over 60% of Uganda’s population is categorized as youth. According to the Vice Chancellor, Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, Makerere University is one of the institutions in Uganda with the highest concentration of youth.

PhD scholars urged to deliver real life solutions through bridging theory and practice

The Director of Graduate Training, Associate Professor Julius Kikooma, has urged PhD Scholars to ensure that their research delivers real life solutions, through bridging theory and practice, to contribute to the transformation of Uganda and the African continent.

Insights from COMESA Lecture: The Role of Competition Policy in Regional Economic Integration

Delegates from the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Competition Commission in collaboration with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC) in Uganda delivered a Public lecture on the role of competition policy in regional economic integration.

PhD Scholars’ tipped on multi-disciplinary research, collaboration and peer support

Over 67 PhD scholars under the College of Business and Management Sciences at Makerere University participated in an interactive meeting to spur multi-disciplinary research, collaboration and peer support, writing of high quality research papers and publications.

Research Conference: Minister Musasizi calls for Research, Innovation and Collaboration to Shape Uganda’s Digital Financial Future

The Uganda Institute of Banking and Financial Services (UIBFS) and the School of Business at Makerere University, have cemented their over ten-year collaboration, with a research conference to discuss the role of research in driving financial sector transformation.

Mak receives ICT equipment to boost teaching, learning, and research

On 5th May 2025, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints handed over 40 high-tech laptops and 10 projectors to Makerere University to facilitate teaching, learning, and research at the School of Business under the College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS).

CoBAMS holds Strategic Planning Retreat: Prioritization of research-driven strategies, graduate training, quality teaching and internationalization

The College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS) led by the Principal, Prof. Edward Bbaale organized a two-day strategic planning retreat bringing on board a representative sample of staff classified as the College management team to critically discuss the research direction of the college and come up with strategies aligned to the Makerere University strategic plan.

NAECHSTENLIEBE donates second smart board to Makerere University On Monday 24th March 2025, Makerere University received a donation of an interactive smart board worth USD 10,000 from NAECHSTENLIEBE, a German Charity Organisation to facilitate teaching, learning and research.

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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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