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Members of the VepoX Filter team that emerged Second in the ClimateLaunchpad-Uganda edition of the competitions held on 26th September 2019 in Kampala. VepoX Filter represented Uganda and Makerere University at Regional and Global Finals that took place in Nairobi and Amsterdam Netherlands respectively. Photo credit: @FilterVepo
A team of 5 students code named VEPOX, have... Read More
Thefts of the popular motorcycle taxis, commonly referred to as boda boda is one of the notorious crimes in Uganda.
In 2014, Uganda Police investigated 214 cases of aggravated robbery of motorcycles, according to the Annual Crime Report for 2014.
Kampala Metropolitan North regions registered the highest number with 27 cases, followed by Malaba with 22 cases, Kampala... Read More
The Academic Registrar, Makerere University invites applications from Ugandan, East African’s, Sudan and international applicants for the undergraduate programmes under the private sponsorship scheme for the 2016/2017 academic year the details are as follows:
Each applicant should:
Makerere University is one the best fifty universities in the world to study development studies, a new ranking have revealed.
The sixth edition of the QS World University Rankings by Subject means that... Read More
As previously anticipated, Kiira Motors Cooperation (KMC) has finally unveiled to the media and the public the solar-powered Kayoola Bus at Namboole Stadium. The 35 seater bus marks the beginning of Ugandan made mass transportation powered by clean energy and has taken KMC four years to plan, design and... Read More
Makerere University entered a partnership with The MasterCard Foundation to offer scholarships to 1,000 academically bright but... Read More
Makerere University will scrap courses that have over the years failed to attract many students, the vice chancellor Professor John Ddumba-Ssentamu has said.
Though he did not name all the courses of study with fewer students, he said science disciplines would not be affected.
“It is not... Read More
Makerere University on Thursday unveiled a multi-purpose tractor dubbed the MV Mulimi at the Makerere University Agricultural Research Institute Kabanyoro.
With a body made out of a... Read More
It can be difficult for women in rural Uganda to get the medical care they need, but a group of five female college students who call themselves the Code Gurus are hoping to change that.
Though... Read More