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The Makerere University Business School (MUBS), formerly a constituent college of Makerere University (MAK), currently a public tertiary institution affiliated to Makerere Unibersity (MAK), and prospectively the Metropolitan Universal Business School (MUBS), autonomous from Makerere University (MAK),1) offers the following Knowledge Management education and training opportunities:

Conferences

  • Makerere University Business School Annual International Management Conference (MUBS AIMC)*
      The Makerere University Business School Annual International Management Conference (MUBS AIMC) provides an important forum for the interaction of different ideas in business and management between the academicians, researchers, government, and practitioners. It enhances the understanding of all functional areas of business and management. This conference offers an outlet for high-quality refereed research on all aspects of business and management.

      Conference Themes of interest:
      2026 (#30): The Knowledge Revolution: Driving Innovation and Sustainable Development in Africa
      2018 (#23): The Knowledge Society
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MUBS Knowledge for Development Centre (MUBS-K4D Centre)2)

Communities

  • Knowledge Partnership Uganda3)
  • (Stregthening) Knowledge Management for Public Administration of Uganda Project Community of Practice (KM4PAdU CoP)
  • Renewable Energy Sector Knowledge for Development Partnership (REK4DP)

Undergraduate Degrees/Programs

  • Bachelor Of Science In Knowledge Sciences (planned)

Graduate Degrees/Programs

  • Postgraduate Diploma In Knowledge Management (1 year)
  • Masters Of Science In Knowledge Sciences (planned)
  • Master of Business Administration (Specialization: Knowledge Management) (2 years)
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration (Specialization: Knowledge Management) (3 years)

Education & Training

Educational and transformational training programmes in Knowledge Sciences, Knowledge Management and Knowledge-based Development

  • Knowledge for Development Challenges (Knowledge Managers’ Certification Course aka Certified Knowledge Managers’ Course; Certified Knowledge Manager for Sustainable Development (CKM4D)) (6 months)
    • Knowledge Management for Public Administration Uganda (KM4PAdU) Callenge 2021, 2022, 2024
    • Uganda Revenue Authority Knowledge for Development (URA K4D) Challenge 2025 (Cohort 5)
  • MUBS-K4D Knowledge Management Certificate:
    Knowledge Management Essentials Training Course
    KM Advanced Training Course
  • Knowledge Management Excellence Workshop

Short Term Training Courses In Knowledge Management Skills (KM Specializations; 1 month)

    Community Facilitation
    Capturing & Transfer
    Knowledge Communication
    KM And Ai: Knowledge Hubs and Artificial Intelligence / Knowledge Graphs (4 days)
    Semantic Media Wiki
    Tailored KM skills training (5 days)

Events

MUBS-K4D Centre Events

    Mar 2026: Knowledge Translation (Benchmarking Meeting with Uganda Management Institute); KM Certificate Award Ceremony (final of Uganda Revenue Authority K4D Challenge 2025)

    Aug 2022: Positioning Knowledge Management in the organization: What a Knowledge Manager is and does (online)
    Feb 2022: Promoting Knowledge Communities and Partnerships: Introducing the MUBS-K4D Centre to Knowledge Communities (online)

    Oct 2021: MUBS Knowledge for Development Centre (MUBS-K4D) launch

Knowledge Partnership Uganda Events

    Sep 2026: Knowledge for Development Partnership meeting @ MUBS Annual International Management Conference
    Theme: Co-Creating Africa’s Knowledge Future — Building Strategic Partnerships for a Continental Knowledge Agenda

    Presentations:
    Transforming Uganda into a Knowledge Economy
    Knowledge Management at the African Union
    Advancing Knowledge Societies in Africa
    The Global Knowledge Index: Learnings for Africa and Uganda
    Knowledge Management in Kenya and KRA
    Knowledge Management in South Africa
    The Uganda Case: KM in Practice
    Greater Mekong Subregion Knowledge Network as Benchmark for African Subregions

    Special Partnership Session: Advancing the Power for Food Knowledge Partnership

    Presentations:
    Introduction to the Power for Food Partnership and its KM Framework
    KM for Agricultural Development in Africa

    Knowledge Café:
    Towards a Power for Food Knowledge Agenda

    KM4D Award Ceremony:
    Introduction to the KM4D Award — Prof. Andreas Brandner
    Keynote: Knowledge Management for Inter-American Development
    KM4D Award Ceremony & Speeches of Award Winners

    May 2023: Knowledge Management Policy and Strategy for Public Service (6th Uganda Knowledge For Development Partnership Meeting)

    Keynote: Institutionalization of Knowledge Management in Public Service
    KM Policy for Public Service
    KM Strategy for Public Administration of Uganda draft report

    Feb 2023: Knowledge Management For Public Administration (5th Uganda Knowledge For Development Partnership Meeting

    Keynote: Vision for a sustainable knowledge society.
    Economic aspects and benefits of knowledge-driven economy
    KM in the Public Administration of Uganda project
    Knowledge Café & Networking

    Knowledge Management for Public Administration Uganda Project (KM4PAdU) launch

    Oct 2022: Knowledge Management for Agricultural Development (4th Ugandan Knowledge for Development Partnership Meeting)

    Jul 2019: Knowledge Agenda for Uganda – first draft presentation (Knowledge for Development Partnership Meeting, part of the Kampala.Knowledge.Week)
    Apr 2019: Agenda Knowledge for Uganda & Sector Partnership Renewable Energy (2nd Kampala-based Knowledge for Development Partnership Meeting)

    Aug 2018: Knowledge Management in the public sector (1st African Knowledge for Development Partnership Meeting & Knowledge Partnership Kampala launch, part of the Kampala.Knowledge.Week)

Knowledge Management in the Energy Sector webinar series

  • Aug 2024: Harnessing Knowledge Management for Organizational Impact
  • Jul 2024: Knowledge Management (KM) for Nuclear Energy Development (in Uganda)
  • Jun 2024: 2nd Renewable Energy Sector Knowledge for Development Partnership (REK4DP) Dialogue
  • Aug 2023: Knowledge Management (KM) In The Renewable Energy Sector

KM4PAdU CoP meetings (incl. “monthly quarterly engagements”)

  • Aug 2025: Knowledge Management for Biodiversity Initiative of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) (w. National Environment Management Authority)
  • Jun 2024: Harnessing cultural knowledge in the transformation of Uganda into a knowledge based economy (quarterly engagement @ MUBS EIIC Conference)
      Harnessing cultural knowledge: An entrepreneurship perspective
      Intergration of cultural knowledge in the social transformation of Uganda
      Interventions for harnessing cultural knowledge in the tourism sector
      Open Discussion
  • Nov 2023: Advancing the preservation and management of national knowledge in the transformation of Uganda into sustainable knowledge society and economy by 2030 (monthly engagement)
  • Oct 2023: Enhancing Knowledge Management for Preservation of Institutional Memory
  • May 2023: Launch of the KM4PAdU Community of Practice @ KM4PAdU Closing Ceremony – Phase 1

KM4PAdU Challenge Events

  • May 2023: Launching the Knowledge Management (KM) Strategy for Public Administration of Uganda (KM4PAdU Closing Ceremony – Phase 1)
      Presentation of the KM Strategy for Public Administration of Uganda.
      Remarks on the funding framework for Public Policy and Strategy implementations in Uganda
      Keynote Address: Knowledge Management in the Public Service of Uganda
      Certificate Awards, Launch of the KM Strategy & KM4PAdU Community of Practice
  • Feb 2023: Knowledge Management for Public Administration of Uganda (KM4PAdU) Project Launch @ Uganda Knowledge For Development Partnership Meeting

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Notes:

1) MUBS was established in 1997 by a merger of the MAK Faculty of Commerce (FOC; est. 1987; formerly Department of Commerce, MAK Faculty of Social Sciences, est. 1971) and the National College of Business Studies (NCBS; est. 1986; formerly Uganda College of Commerce (UCC), Nakawa, est. 1947). In 2000 it became a constituent college of MAK, in 2001 a public tertiary institution affiliated to MAK. Since 2006 MUBS is in transition to become independent from MAK under the name Metropolitan Universal Business School (MUBS). In 2012 this independence and name change was announced but until today (6/2023) it has not happened.
2) In 2021, the MUBS-K4D was established in collaboration with the School of Knoweldge Sciences (SKS) of the Knowledge for Development Partnership (K4DP) and Knowledge Hub Uganda (KHU; aka Kampala. Knowledge. City), initiatives of KMA Knowledge Management Associates/Academy/Austria. In 2021 it was located at the Faculty of Management, formerly known as the Department of Management and Information Science. Since 2022 it is not anymore under any faculty.
3) MUBS-K4D Centre is part of the multi-stakeholder partnership "Knowledge Partnership Uganda" (est. in 2018; planned as Knowledge Partnership Kampala; launched by the Knowledge for Development Partnership (K4DP) and the Knowledge Hub Uganda (KHU; aka Kampala. Knowledge. City), a sister company of KMA Knowledge Management Associates/Academy/Austria.

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