102 Students Receive University Scholarships from Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)

102 Students Receive University Scholarships from Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE)

The Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE) Uganda Chapter has given out 102 university and high education scholarships to students from humble families. The students are from 12 districts that register a high number of school drop outs including Mayuge, Bulisa, Bundibugyo,Kanungu, Ntoroko and Adjuman. Beneficiaries of the scholarships are 62 females and 40 males […]

800 Ugandan Students Register for the Huawei Global ICT Competition

800 Ugandan Students Register for the Huawei Global ICT Competition

Over 800 Ugandan students from numerous universities in Uganda have registered in the first round of registration for the Huawei global ICT Competition 2018/19. All registered candidates shall access learning material in the various courses and certification portfolio provided by Huawei free of charge such as Routing and Switch, Data Centres, Cloud computing, Network and […]

Medical Internship Deployment List Released

Medical Internship Deployment List Released

The national deployment list of students who qualified for the medical internship for the year 2018/19 is finally out. Medical internship list indicate a total number of 956 students who were allocated internship centers in hospitals in different regions. The government Deployed the students randomly because the interns didn’t fill forms to choose internship places. The […]

Three Makerere University Students Charged with Unlawful Assembly

Three Makerere University Students Charged with Unlawful Assembly

Three Makerere University Students have been today charged with trespassing at the University’s main premises, taking part in unlawful assembly by Buganda Road Chief Magistrate in Kampala. Frank Bwambale, David Musiri and Roy Rugumayo appeared before Grade one magistrate Joan Ketty Acaa on Wednesday to have the charges formally read to them. They however denied […]

Forum for Democratic Change Plans to meet Makerere University over Tuition Increment

Forum for Democratic Change Plans to meet Makerere University over Tuition Increment

Leading opposition party in Uganda, The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leadership has vowed to meet Makerere University’s top administrators over the 15% tuition increment that has caused chaos in the University. Speaking to journalists on Monday at their headquarters in Najjanakumbi, the party president Mr Patrick Oboi Amuriat said that the decision to increase […]

MakaPad inventor Dr Moses Musaazi dies

MakaPad inventor Dr Moses Musaazi dies

Makerere University scientist, Dr. Moses Kiiza Musaazi, who invented the first enviromental friendly pads, Maka pads has died. Musaazi is also the inventor of the   MakaStove, a pocket friendly stove that can save up to 50% of fuel compared to others in the market. Makerere vice-chancellor, Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe describes the fallen don as one of the “most […]

Uganda Wins First Match in the World University Netball Championship

Uganda Wins First Match in the World University Netball Championship

Uganda on monday registered a triumphant entry into the World University Netball Championship 2018 when it scored 102 goals against the 16 goals of United States of America. The Championship kick started on September 17, 2018 at the new Makerere University arena and were organized by Fédération Internationale du Sport Universitaire (FISU). 21 and 34 were […]