Analysis of the National Innovation System in Uganda

Abstract

This publication has been developed by Makerere University, Lira University and Kyambogo University, as part of the consortium of the ERASMUS+ project “African Higher Education Leadership in Advancing Inclusive Innovation for Development / AHEAD” (585919-EPP-1-2017-1-RO-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP), coordinated by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Tîrgu Mures, Romania. The project seeks to initiate a long-term partnership to mobilize EU expertise in support of building capacities of Kenyan, Tanzanian and Ugandan universities to lead and manage innovation that best fits their countries’ inclusive and sustainable development needs.

As part of the project work plan, partner universities from Uganda carried out the analysis of the National Innovation System (NIS) of Uganda. The implementation of this activity is based on the AHEAD Guidance and Benchmarking Tool for NIS analysis (WP 1.1) that aims at helping in-country partner universities identify areas where the National Innovation System in Uganda is well-developed and where it is underperforming. The report on the Analysis of the National Innovation System in Uganda provides the necessary background knowledge of the context, in which the project capacity-building activities in Uganda will take place. The European Commission supported the production of this publication