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4 unusual facts about Makerere University


Alex Coutinho

Alex Coutinho (born 19th June 1959) is a Ugandan physician, public health advocate, academic, and Executive Director of the Infectious Diseases Institute of Makerere University.

Geoffrey Francis Archer

However, due to doubts that the local Ugandans could handle higher education the establishment at Makerere Hill in Kampala only gave training for low-level clerical work.

Göran Hydén

He has also worked as an academic at various universities in East Africa including the University of Dar es Salaam, University of Nairobi, and Makerere University.

Papyrus sanitary pad

The pads, developed by Dr. Moses Kizza Musaazi at Uganda's Makerere University Department of Technology, are targeted especially at rural primary school girls who have started menstruating.


Azim Nanji

Born in Nairobi, Kenya, Professor Nanji attended schools in Kenya, Tanzania, and Makerere University in Uganda, and received his master's and doctoral degrees in Islamic Studies from McGill University, Canada.

Centre for Human Rights

The programme is a joint project of the Centre with Makerere University (Uganda), the University of Ghana, the Catholic University of Central Africa (Cameroon), the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), the American University in Cairo (Egypt), Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) and Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia).

Elijah Mudenda

He went to school at Munali Secondary School, Makerere University and the University of Fort Hare in South Africa where he earned a masters degree.

John Mbiti

He taught religion and theology in Makerere University, Uganda from 1964 to 1974 and was subsequently director of the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical Institute in Bogis-Bossey, Switzerland.


see also

MUBS

Makerere University Business School - The School of Business of Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda

Ray Beachey

On graduation, Beachey took a position lecturing at Makerere University in Kampala, where many of his students would later become government ministers in Uganda and Kenya.

Wilber Otichilo

Otichilo attended Makerere University from 1974 to 1977, the University of Nairobi from 1981 to 1983, as well as Colorado State University from 1984-1986.