Research

Kabale University and Partners get European Commission CBHE grant

Kabale University has been awarded a three-year capacity-building grant funded by the European Commission along with seven other universities. The name of this project is NISHATI, which stands for building capacities in the fields of water, renewable energy, and agriculture to enhance local resilience to climate change in Africa. Sapienza University of Rome coordinates the...

Faculty of Social Sciences Hosts Seminar to Enhance Research Skills Among Students

Today the 15th of March, 2024, the Faculty of Social Sciences hosted a research seminar for postgraduate and undergraduate students gathered in the new teaching facility. The workshops were attended by lecturers, H.O.Ds, the Faculty DEAN plus the third year students admitted in the faculty of social sciences. The seminar aimed to equip students with essential...

KAB holds Hands-On GIS Training to Enhance Skills in Water Management for staff and Students

Faculty members and students from the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at Kabale University recently participated in a comprehensive hands-on training program focused on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) applications in hydrology and water management. Conducted over four days at KABSOM hostels in Makanga, Kabale Municipality, the training attracted lecturers and students alike, supported by AfricaUniNet....

Kabale University introduces a high-performance liquid chromatography machine to improve research.

Kabale University has introduced High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) to improve research capacity and boost community scientific development. The HPLC machine worth Ugx 341m was handed over to Kabale University on 26th January 2023 after being installed by a team from Palin Corporation -Netherlands. The Palin Corporation before handing over first carried out a series of training to...

Economics and Statistics Department staff participate in the Scientific Writing Workshop

The Department of Economics and Statistics within the Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences (FEMS) has launched a Scientific Writing Capacity Strengthening Workshop. The African Reproductive Health Center in Nairobi has generously funded the five-day intensive training, which will take place from January 18th to January 22nd, 2024 at White Horse Inn - Kabale. Recognizing the importance...

Kabale University and Jane Goodall Institute Partner to Revive Degraded Forests in Albertine Rift

Dr Rosie Trevelyan of the Tropical Biology Association together with the Kabale University project team and the Team from the Jane Goodall Institute tour some of the forest regeneration sites managed by the Jane Goodall Institute. As part of a Cambridge-Africa ALBORADA Research Fund award of £10,000, Kabale University is engaged in a project to develop landscape...

Sabiti Makara delivers Professorial Inaugural Lecture at KAB, examining decentralization and governance in Uganda

KAB has held a Professorial Inaugural Lecture to celebrate the appointment of Professor Sabiti Makara as a new professor in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, specializing in governance. The event that was held at the KAB main campus in Kikungiri was attended by several members from the local government in areas of Greater...

KAB researcher releases a fresh study regarding institutional pressures and procurement duration in Uganda.

KAB researcher, Mr. Simon Peter Olupot, has released a new study titled "Institutional Pressures and Procurement Cycle Time in Uganda's Central Government Procuring and Disposing Entities: the mediating role of opportunist behavior". Mr. Olupot is an Assistant Lecturer for Procurement and Logistics in the Department of Management Sciences, Procurement and Business Studies, under the Faculty of...

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 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...