IN THINGS! Prof Ngoma scoops top USPC job
Ngoma assumed office as the new Board Chairman of the Uganda Security Printing Company (USPC) on Wednesday
By our reporter
Decorated academia, Professor, Dr. Muhammad Ngoma has assumed office as the new Board Chairman of the Uganda Security Printing Company (USPC).
Ngoma now replaces Dr. Patrick Ibembe, currently in a self-imposed exile in the UK following an inquiry into reports of gross financial mismanagement at the time when he was at the helm of the institution.
In August, 2021, Milly Babalanda- the line Minister ordered for an independent probe into the anomalies at the Uganda Printing and Publishing Corporation (UPPC)- a parent agency to USPC. As a result, its board, along with members of the top management were summarily ordered out of the office to pave way for the smooth investigations.
WHO IS PROFESSOR NGOMA?
He holds a (PhD, MSc. BCom) researchers and academics to share research experiences and good practices in managing higher institutions.
He has also attended courses in Management of Higher Education, as well as Executive Development Training, Research.
Researchers, an international society (headquartered in the United States of America) that brings together
School of Management in The Netherlands under the funding of The Netherlands Government.
Prof. Dr. Ngoma consulted for a number of other organizations including Bank of Uganda, Ministry of the East African to the tune of NOK 17,951,060.29 (about 8 billion UGX) for the implementation of the project titled “Capacity Building
(iii)The NORHED I Project grant”, a grant awarded by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad). Prof. Dr. Ngoma has also demonstrated his resourcefulness to the University by winning a number of grants for the Diseases Institute, Directorate of Information and Communication Technology, First Insurance Company, exposed to other teaching and learning methodologies in other parts of the world, specifically in the Justus Liebig.
He has held leadership positions in the University, which has given him wide experience in handling entrepreneurship training geared towards college and university students to prepare them for entrepreneurship (self-billion UGX).
Development Programmes for the University, both tailored and off shelf.
He was a beneficiary of Makerere University Business School, where he coordinates Graduate Research and Training in the School, United Assurance, Uganda Insurance Commission, among others. He has been involved in the (i)The STEP project on Students’ Training for Entrepreneurship Promotion which aims at developing
Methodology Training, Curriculum Development Training and Training of Trainer courses at the Maastricht management and leadership challenges. He has supervised six (6) PhDs and over fifty (50) masters’ students.(ii)The NORHED II Project grant: This is a newly won NORHED II research grant titled Energy Economics,
University of Giessen and the Luneburg University Germany. Ngoma has attended various short employment) as an alternative route to career success. Creating an entrepreneurial mindset and self efficacy among the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and University of Dar Es Salaam, to the tune of NOK 19 966 463 (about 8.4. At the time of his appointment to USPC, Prof. Dr. Muhammed Ngoma has been serving as Dean Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at Education and Research for Economic Governance in collaboration with the literacy, Digital literacy and financial inclusion of MSMEs owned by women, Youth and PWDs in Uganda.
Tourism, Centenary Rural Development Bank, Uganda Forex Bureau Association, Entebbe Hospital, Infectious
ii. Financial technology, Agency banking, financial consumer protection, Consumer rights’ awareness, Financial to completion. Prof. Dr. Ngoma is a member of the PhiBetaDelta Honor Society of Scholars and the prestigious and competitive DAAD Germany scholarship at his Ph.D., which gave him facilitation to get
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL university students are central to this project. Prof. Ngoma is the Team leader of the STEP – Uganda team. This is a
Local Government Development Programmes under the Ministry of Local Government in partnership with
Prof. Dr. Ngoma has been involved in consultancy works to bridge the gap between theory and practice.
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