The Mastercard Foundation Grant to RUFORUM

The Mastercard Foundation delivers its charity and development agenda guided by the aspiration of advancing education and financial inclusion to catalyze prosperity in developing countries. It accordingly seeks for a world where everyone has the opportunity to learn and prosper. The Foundation holds this belief because of the fundamental alignment that all people, no matter their starting point in life, should have an equal chance to succeed and, given access to education, financial services, and skills training; people can have a transformative opportunity. Read More ....

About TAGDev

Transforming African Agricultural Universities to meaningfully contribute to Africa’s growth and development (TAGDev) aims to transform African agricultural universities and their graduates to better respond to developmental challenges through enhanced application of science, technology, business and innovation for rural agricultural transformation. This is a partnership between The Mastercard Foundation and Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), Egerton University, Kenya and Gulu University, Uganda to train competent and highly skilled African youth and develop the capacity of African universities to contribute national development. Read More ...

The Mastercard Foundantion RUFORUM Scholarships

The Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) in partnership with The Mastercard Foundation, Gulu University and Egerton University are implementing an eight year program aimed at transforming African agricultural universities and their graduates to better respond to developmental challenges through enhanced application of science, technology, business and innovation for rural agricultural transformation. This is an eight year program (2016-2024) and will support students that are economically disadvantaged as well as those from post-conflict and conflict affected areas of Africa. Interested applicants will undertake their training at Gulu University and Egerton University. Read more ....        

African Agricultural Higher Education Capacities

Credible quantitative and qualitative information on capacities in agricultural higher education in Africa is crucial for strategic planning, policy formulation, setting priorities and benchmarks, measuring progress, and identifying capacity gaps Download [ Universities Assessements ]  and [ Universities Fact-Sheets ]

Entrepreneurship Training July 2020

 
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The Implementing Universities

 
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TAGDev Incubatees


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Community Engagement

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SEED Cassava CARP+ 2021 Egerton University

Entrepreneurship story - Gulu university

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The launch of TAGDev Project

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Our Contacts

Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture(RUFORUM)
Plot 151/155 Garden Hill,
Makerere University Main Campus,
P.O Box 16811 Wandegeya
Kampala,Uganda
+256-417-713-300
Email: a.egeru@ruforum.org / mcf@ruforum.org

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