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The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture with Funding from the The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has organized a virtual training under the theme: “Capacity Building on e-Learning Content Development” The training  is part of the RUFORUM Triennial Conference side events and it will run from the 18th – 22nd October,... Continue Reading →

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture and Global Research Alliance on Agricultural Greenhouse Gases are pleased to invite you to a virtual conference side event on “Delivering Research and Innovations in Agricultural Greenhouse Gases” This side event will take place from the 27th – 29th October 2021. Time: 14:00-17:00 EAT.Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3ijYybg Please... Continue Reading →

The scholarship from the MasterCard Foundation has not only helped to ease my education, but it has also made it possible for beneficiaries like me to save money and engage in different income generating enterprises. It is from my savings that I have been able to open a restaurant which provides nutritious food such as... Continue Reading →

I was born and raised in Uganda where agriculture is the back bone of the economy and the majority of the people make a living from agriculture. I grew up with my grandparents who also practiced agriculture and this inspired me to save part of my monthly stipend in order for me to engage in... Continue Reading →

The Kenya News Agency CS Mucheru Challenges Universities to Establish Business Hubs (Kenya)ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs Cabinet Secretary Joe Mucheru has called on both Public and Private Universities in the country to establish business incubation hubs to nurture entrepreneurial ideas among ordinary citizens. Mucheru has also challenged institutions of higher learning to shift focus... Continue Reading →

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) is pleased to invite you to participate in a virtual training on: Problem Based Learning: Getting the Engine Running in Universities. Date: 11th October 2021. Time: 3:00PM EAT. Register for free on this Link : https://bit.ly/3mgucbO

My name is Jerom Ochenge. I am grateful to the MasterCard Foundation through RUFORUM for the generous support and opportunity granted to me. As a fresh graduate, I never had any source of income, but the financial support I got through MCF@RUFORUM changed my life. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke, all the students were sent... Continue Reading →

The pursuit for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals while balancing social and environmental trade-offs needs a harmonized capacity in food systems and foresight. In partnership with RUFORUM, thisworkshop by the Social and Environmental Trade-offs in African Agriculture (SENTINEL) program will explore key concepts in foresight and scenario analysis and the connections between foresight and food... Continue Reading →

Kampala, 23rd September 2021 – The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation hosted a virtual webinar under the theme “Accelerating youth employment through the TVET Sector.” This webinar was part of the “Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa’s growth and development (TAGDev) programme”.... Continue Reading →

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), a network of 129 universities in 38 African countries, with funding from Carnegie Cooperation of New York is pleased to announce the following calls for proposals Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) Research Grants: RU/2022/GTA/01 RUFORUM is pleased to pre-announce the availability of 40 Doctoral research grants... Continue Reading →

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa invites you to the Scientific Data Management training for Post-Graduate Students Using R Programming Language.  This is a follow-up training to provide detailed analysis on the use of different statistical methods to postgraduate students... Continue Reading →

Content is king for social media marketing, without it you have blank pages that are not communicating anything or engaging with anyone. In our recently ended training on this topic, we talked about Digital Writing and the How Tos of Content Management and Creation. You can re-watch Day 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMqiis_Jmz8) and Day 2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMnh7Torf58) videos of... Continue Reading →

My name is Dr Margret Wambui Wahome, a registered veterinary surgeon in Kenya. I came in contact with RUORUM through Dr Lucy Njagi, a lecturer at University of Nairobi and she was the principal investigator of the project I did at Master level by then. While undertaking a research for my master’s degree project titled:... Continue Reading →

As part of the 7th Africa Higher Education Week and the RUFORUM Triennial Conference, RUFORUM has organized the RUFORUM Alumni Week under the theme: “Platform for Partnerships, Networking and Mentorship among RUFORUM Alumni to transform Africa’s Agriculture” Date: 27th September to 1st October 2021Time: 3pm to 5pm (EAT)Registration Link: https://bit.ly/3jmvW0j

USAF Studentpreneurs should stop focusing on writing plans and concentrate on making businesses happen (South Africa)Student entrepreneurs tend to be obsessed with writing business plans, how to access money, register their company, set up a bank account, and with buzzwords such as “business modelling”. Yet these obsessions, said Dr Johann van der Spuy, lecturer in... Continue Reading →

Robine Okello is an alumnus of Gulu University, Uganda with academic training in MSc. Agri-Enterprises Development and Bachelor of Business Administration and Management. Robine is advancing his career along the agricultural and applied economics and has obtained several certifications in Agriculture related courses and he is a recipient of the most outstanding MasterCard Foundation Scholarship... Continue Reading →

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), establishedby ten Vice Chancellors in 2004, is a consortium of 128 African universities operating within 38 countries spanning the African continent. RUFORUM is coordinated by a Secretariat hosted by Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. RUFORUM supports universities to address the important and largely unfulfilled role... Continue Reading →

Marius Affonfere was born in January 1993 and raised in Savalou district (Republic of Benin). In 2011, He obtained his Entry Level degree and he was granted a national scholarship for a Bachelor (BSc) degree in the School of Sciences and Techniques for Preservation and Processing of Agricultural Products at National University of Agriculture (Benin).... Continue Reading →

Mr.  Ben Sorowen is an Assistant Lecturer at the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, at Kyambogo University. Mr.  Ben is a Ugandan, born on the 24th January, 1992. Ben got appointed at the Department of Mathematics as a Graduate Fellow in 2017, He enrolled for his master degree of Science in Mathematics at Mbarara... Continue Reading →

My name is Aaron Ekipetot Nanok, a MCF@RUFORUM alumnus. I entered Public Service in 2016, as an Agricultural officer but currently working as the section head for Agri-Nutrition in the department of Agriculture. It was in 2018 when the Chief Officer shared a MCF@RUFORUM scholarship on our department’s communication page. As an ambitious junior officer... Continue Reading →