Monthly Archives: July 2015
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Building Community Resilience towards Climate Change Effects: The power of GIS
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.Makerere University – ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) in conjunction with AidData Center for Development Policy (AidData – USA) , one of the Development Labs under the Higher Education Solutions Network (HESN) is pleased to announce a GIS Hackathon that will take place on Thursday,30th July 2015 from 7:30am – 6:00pm at RAN Innovation Lab in Kololo. […]
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Improved Push and Pull Project causes impact in the community
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.Innovation showcased to farmers in Iganga District One of the innovations under incubation in the ResilientAfrica Network’s (RAN) Eastern Africa Resileince Innovation Lab, Improved Push and Pull Innovation excited farmers in Eastern Uganda. as they witnessed the controlled gardens mushrooming with the Striga weed (the major constraint to maize production in the region) being suppressed. This […]
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MIT-CITE Engages Mak- students
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.MIT- CITE Team Engages Makerere University -COBAMS Students through RAN in Evaluating Post-harvest Storage Technologies in a Supply chain contract elicitation Exercise This summer of 2015, The Comprehensive Initiative for Technology Evaluation (CITE) at MIT, a USAID supported initiative, engaged 40 students from Makerere University College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMs) to run a […]
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Young Disaster Resilience Leadership Program in the communities
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.Makerere University School of Public Health- Young Disaster Resilience Leadership Program (yDRL) in collaboration with Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) and the different communities within Makindye Division successfully conducted the community clean up exercise on Friday June 25, 2015. The YDRL is a pilot program targeting youth in vulnerable communities in Kampala, Uganda. The project […]
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RAN’s First Innovation Garage
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.The first garage focused on Innovation as a cornerstone and key transformational element for development and was guided by the Theme; “Catalyzing Engineering Solutions”. All my life, I have only heard and known about the motor vehicle garages both for parking and mechanical repairs. Did you know that there are Innovation Garages too? Well, Friday […]
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UGANDA NATIONAL TECHNOVATION CHALLENGE REPORT
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.Event Name: Uganda National Technovation Challenge Organisers: Makerere University School of Public Health ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) Venue: The RAN Incubation Lab Date(s): Thursday 4th and Friday 5th June, 2015 OVERVIEW: The Uganda National Technovation Challenge was organised by ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) in conjunction with the College of Engineering, Design, Art and Technology. This event […]
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RAN4Gals Uganda Technovation Challenge
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.The afternoon of Thursday June 4 and morning of Friday June 5, 2015 brought together over 200 participants to the Makerere University ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) Innovation Lab in an effort to encourage more female participation in Science and Technology directed towards development. The Uganda Technovation Challenge was sponsored by Makerere University School of Public Health […]
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Ignite Series under the theme “Climate change and its effects on community health in Uganda”
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.It is predicted that Uganda will continue to experience rising temperatures, which will increase by more than 2 °C by 2030 (Tetra Tech ARD, 2013). Additionally, the growing variability of inter-annual rainfall is projected to continue, including increased rainfall during the wet season. This heavier rainfall is expected to increase the frequency of extreme events […]
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Climate change and its effects on community health in Uganda
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.The Ignite series is ON! To be held at Makerere University School Of Public health- EARILab Offices, Upper Kololo Terrace above the airstrip on THursday, June 25 2015 at 4:00pm to 7:00pm It is predicted that Uganda will continue to experience rising temperatures, which will increase by more than 2 °C by 2030 (Tetra Tech […]
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Innovation Garage
Posted on July 15, 2015 by earilab in News and Info, Post category.Makerere University School of Public Health – ResilientAfrica Network (RAN) is pleased to invite you to the first Eastern Africa Resilience Innovation Labs’ (EA RILab) Innovation Garage on Friday 26th June 2:00pm – 6:00pm. Focused on Innovation as a cornerstone and key transformational element for development, The Innovation Garage guided by the Theme “Catalyzing Engineering […]
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