Author - Esther Ayebazibwe

KAB Medical Students host an internal quiz to enhance their medical knowledge

KAB Medical students, under the umbrella of Kabale University Medical Students’ Association (KUMSA) held their Internal Quiz 2023 this August at the Jophan Students’ Hostel Makanga, held under the theme of “Integration of Research into Medical Education for Better Public Health Solutions”.  The event was officially opened with welcoming remarks from the KUMSA President, Mr. Musasizi...

KAB unveils Institute of Tourism & Hospitality; urged to address the region’s tourism needs.

Kabale University has officially launched the Institute of Tourism and Hospitality, which has been previously under the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences. According to the current Head of the Institute, Dr. Christine Ampumuza, the Institute aims at being an International Center of Excellence in Tourism Studies and Research. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joy Kwesiga noted that...

KAB receives UNDP representatives to perform a needs assessment for the Regional Business Innovation Center

A team of guests from the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) is at Kabale University to conduct a needs assessment for the establishment of the Regional Business Innovation and Incubation Center. According to Dr. Arthur Sunday, the purpose of this assessment is to identify the specific needs and challenges faced by the Business Incubation Hub, especially...

Kabale University plant scientist leads a team to study medicinal plants used to treat malaria traditionally in Uganda

A team of researchers led by a Kabale University lecturer and plant scientist Dr. Denis Okello has concluded their study on the antiplasmodial/ antimalarial activity of two widely used traditional medicinal plant tissues across the African continent; Warburgia ugandensis stem bark and Aspilia africana wild leaves. The study, in which Dr. Okello was a lead investigator...

KAB in a partnership with the ALBORADA Research Fund to conduct a study on freshwater lakes in the Kigezi Sub-Region

Kabale University is hosting a distinguished professor of Zoology in its Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences who is here to implement a project supported by the Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund. Prof. David C. Aldridge, a professor of Zoology from St. Catherine’s College in Cambridge will be at KAB for a Research and training stay for...

Kabale University Students participate in the East Africa Digital Innovation Summit

Students from the Faculties of Computing, Library & Information Science, and Engineering, Technology, Applied Design & Fine Art have represented Kabale University at the East Africa Digital Innovation Summit held at the Yusuf Lule Teaching Facility in Makerere University over the weekend. The team was led by the Guild President Diaz Drake Owoyesigire and Minister of...

Kabale University hosts the Science Technology and Innovation Parliamentary Committee

A team of 13 members of the Parliamentary Committee on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) visited Kabale University in the exercise of their oversight mandate. The key role was to establish how the university promotes Science, technology and Innovation as laid out in the government and several collaborating stakeholders agenda. The team was pleased with...

KAB celebrates World Kiswahili Day

Kabale University participated in the commemoration of World Kiswahili Language Day alongside the other members of the East African Community. The celebrations took place at Hotel Africana in Kampala, Uganda, with the theme "Kiswahili and Multilingualism: Collaborating for Greater Achievements." The event spanned from the 5th to the 7th of July 2023. The World Kiswahili Language...

KAB graduates over 1200 students, graduates urged to address relevant community problems

The Chancellor, of Kabale University Prof. George Mondo Kagonyera has upon graduates to propagate the knowledge and skills acquired at the university back to their societies. "We have prepared you to be critical thinkers so that you go back to and help your communities to solve those problems. The Chancellor has been speaking at the 7th...

Revolutionizing Technology in the West: Kabale University Unveils ICT Innovation Hub

The Commissioner for ICT in the Ministry of Information, Communication, Technology, and National Guidance, Mr. Silas Ngabirano, hailed Kabale University for being very instrumental in making innovations that are important in solving rural problems. Exhibition of student-generated innovations and their projects He said this while officiating at the Western Regional ICT Innovation Hub launch where he represented...