Makerere Innovation Society is a youth-led network of innovators in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions in East Africa with the aim of growing and supporting more innovators & entrepreneurs
Makerere Innovation Society was established on the 15th day of November 2018 at Makerere University College of Engineering Design Art & Technology (CEDAT). When we officially started, our aim was to promote innovation, leadership & entrepreneurship among students in primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions while creating a network of great leaders & innovators in these institutions across East Africa.
Launched CreativeChild Companion & OnMIS - online creation/innovation workspaces for children & youth respectively which increased our impact
Despite the challenges caused by COVID-19, we conducted online workshops together with CreativeChild Magazines empowering over 5000 children & youth.
We started with an amazing innovation camp for children followed by innovation activities throught the year. We launched two cohorts of University innovators
This was our trial year & we conducted training workshops in some institutions. We empowered 81 youth, 226 children & 21 school teachers in Uganda.
We conducted research in 4 public universities, 7 vocational institutions and 16 schools in Uganda to identify challenges and the need for our planned activities
15639
2061
778
86
Through a number of initiatives, we carryout the following activities but not limited to.
Scratch Coding
Machine Learning & AI
Ideation
Leadership
STEM
Entrepreneurship
Python for kids
Website creation
Presentation skills
Unplugged playful creation
Scratch Coding
Machine Learning & AI
Ideation
Leadership
STEM
Entrepreneurship
Python for kids
Website creation
Public Speaking
Unplugged playful creation
Ideation/ Design thinking
Machine Learning & AI
Research & Development
Leadership
Product/Service dev't
Product Launch & Scaling
Capacity building
Computer programming
Nano Technology
Entrepreneurship
Scratch Coding
Machine Learning & AI
Ideation
Leadership
STEM
Entrepreneurship
Python for kids
Website creation
Presentation skills
Unplugged playful creation
Scratch Coding
Machine Learning & AI
Ideation
Leadership
STEM
Entrepreneurship
Python for kids
Website creation
Presentation skills
Unplugged playful creation
Scratch Coding
Machine Learning & AI
Ideation
Leadership
STEM
Entrepreneurship
Python for kids
Website creation
Presentation skills
Unplugged playful creation
Creating the future of children & youth