Home to the MUBS Entrepreneurship Innovation and Incubation Centre, one of the HEST projects in MUBS a business incubation hub fostering entrepreneurship
Business School (MUBS) is one of the nine beneficiary universities of the Higher Education, Science and Technology (HEST) project.
HEST is focusing on building Uganda’s human capital skills development capacity, particularly in education, science and technology, in order to respond to
labour market demands and spur productivity. It aims at improving equitable access, quality and relevance of skills training and research, leading to job creation and self-employment. All these objectives were aligned to Uganda’s National Development Plan (2010/2011- 2014/2015), whose mandate is to make Uganda an industrialized economy by 2025, through the provision of higher-level skills. Through the HEST project MUBS constructed a home for the Faculty of Computing and Informatics. The construction started in June
Another online start-up by MUBS students
2015 and was completed in June 2016. Initially, the faculty was housed under another building. Under the same project, the building was furnished with one of the best facilities. For example, 350 computers were installed in the computer labs, while 21 LCD projectors were also fitted to help student during lectures and tutorials.
“Before the commencement of this project, the School had five computer labs, each with a maximum sitting capacity of 35 students. This meant that to have classes divided into shifts, which was hectic.