A community radio technology with the potential to revolutionalize last-mile communication in hard-to-reach and war ravaged areas, using a mobile phone for broad-casting (103.8FM) Saturday May 23, 2015 witnessed the launch of an inexpensive but highly networked radio station, designed to be affordable by a rural community in Aber sub-county in Oyam district, Northern Uganda […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on First Community Radio Station-RootIO Launched in Aber Sub-County, Oyam District UgandaAidData – HESN Lab engages Makerere University students from the Department Geomatics and Land Management at College of Engineering Design Art and Technology through the RAN HESN Lab 12 Third year students from Makerere University – College of Engineering pursuing Land Survey and Geomatics worked on a Spatial Vulnerability assessment project in partnership with the […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Collaboration : Makererere University & AidData-HESN LabsThe Uganda Technovation challenge/Regional pitch is scheduled for June 4 and 5 2015 from 1:00pm to 5:00pm and 8:00am to 2:00pm respectively. The event will take place at the Makerere University School of Public Health ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) Eastern Africa Resilience Innovation Lab (EA RILab). . The Technovation Challenge is a technology entrepreneurship program and […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Uganda Technovation ChallengeResilientAfrica Network (RAN) team visited the International Health Sciences University (IHSU) in Kampala on 11th March 2015 as one of the reach out activities in the region aimed at building the capacity of students and faculty to innovate. The RAN team facilitated a 3 hour seminar that attracted approximately 40 Public Health students and faculty […]
Continue Reading... Comments Off on Strengthening partnership with the International Health Sciences University (IHSU) in Kampala, UgandaThe community is at the core of RAN’s work Makerere University School of Public Health Resilient Africa Network (RAN), Eastern Africa Resilience Innovation Lab (EA RILab) in an effort to further engage with the communities has continuously carried out field visits. Ethnography (Needfinding) surveys series: Low Cost Solar Irrigation Project: New Improved Push and Pull […]
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