Science and Empathy Drive Inventiveness in Kampala
A technology-for-development institute at Kampala's Makerere University shows what can be done to create practical, low-cost solutions to significant problems for everyday people. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, the The Makerere Institute of Social Research worked to improve girl child education in rural Uganda through innovation in the provision of sanitary materials
Pupils take measurements of a cotton cloth to be used to make sanitary pads in Uganda.
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Uganda:
Automated Medical Equipment Could Save Many Lives
Observer, 2 December 2014
Christine Nabbanja is a 22-year-old, fourth year, biomedical engineering student at Makerere University. Read more »
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Uganda:
69 Year-Old UN Turns Focus On Innovation
Observer, 4 November 2014
To solve some of society's most complex problems, institutions of higher learning and development partners are advocating innovation. Read more »
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Uganda:
Innovation for Maternal Health
Observer, 18 September 2014
George Ssenyonga of Kimbugu village in Buikwe district cannot forget the gruelling hiccup of a long distance that cost him his daughter. It was about 6pm on April 3, 2013, that… Read more »
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Uganda:
Teaching Science in the Ugandan Countryside
RNW Africa, 11 August 2014
A group of young university graduates wanted to promote the teaching of science to students living in rural regions. So they opened a science academy in the remote hilly district… Read more »
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Uganda:
Uganda's Fenix International Among Recipients of MECS Innovation Grant Fund
CIO, 25 February 2014
Fenix International of Uganda is among two African companies that have received the Mobile Enabled Community Services (MECS) Innovation Grant Fund by Schneider Electric for its… Read more »