Our Impact
Transforming Ideas into Impactful Solutions
That positively affect communities through Research, Innovations Services and Engagement.
Who We Are
RISE focuses on four pillars – Research, Innovations, services and Engagement. The university is a teaching institution but unlike schools, it goes far beyond that. Staff have to generate knowledge – not relying on other peoples knowledge. Staff, together with students have to be innovative in solving world problems. Likewise, the staff and students have to provide services and engagement with the communities for mutual benefit (outreach).
At RISE, we cater for the for co-teaching pillars. We coordinate and fund seed research among staff and we are grateful that many of the seed grants have “germinated” into bigger grants – several times our budget. Students, under mentorship of staff have generated start ups that have won several customers and impacting communities. Our pioneer start up Yo waste https://yowasteapp.com/ continues to expand as others are growing.
Irrespective of the circumstances under which you, the reader, reached this page, we can partner with you for mutual benefits (NOT theft of intellectual property). Let us link up and share strategies. CoCIS has hardworking staff and very bright and enterprising students. I am very sure there is a lot of value they can add and they can receive.
As you continue with our page, I believe you will get what you want. In an event that what you want can be enhanced by more collaboration, please get in touch and together we enrich scholarship and outreach
Background
Research Innovation Services and Engagement (RISE) is a Research directorate under the College of Computing and Information Sciences that was established in 2018 with the support from the government of Uganda to promote research and innovation among staff and students of the college.
RISE supports groundbreaking projects, funds research initiatives, and organizes workshops and training to drive tech-driven solutions for societal challenges. It also nurtures startups through seed grants and empowers researchers, positioning Makerere University at the forefront of digital transformation and innovation in Africa.
