Revamping our School of Business and Applied Technology - Meet the new SOBAT team

By Daphne Bukirwa

The School Of Business and Applied Technology (SOBAT) is the youngest school at the University. The School was born out of the need to meet the country’s demand for well trained and qualified business professionals.

SOBAT aspires to usher in a new way of training and tooling business professionals. We aim to become a leading Ugandan business school that offers development of global business skills, applicable to a local business context aimed at achieving a social development agenda which increases wealth and welfare in Uganda, building on current business school best practice, the latest technological capabilities and capitalizing on Uganda’s growing faith-based culture

Since its opening in 2019, we have made a number of changes, to revamp and improve the school. Here are some of the new changes.

1) The School has increased its product offering to meet the aspirations of the market. It now offers the popular Master of Business Administration (MBA) whose inquiries have been impressive so far. This is in addition to the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Applied Computing Technologies (BACT), Bachelor of Procurement and logistics Management (BPL), Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management (BTH) and Bachelor of Accounting and Finance (BAF).

2) Partnership with Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB). The university is partnering with Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board (UBTEB) to train Certificate and Diploma students in Business, Information communication Technology, Applied computing technologies, Tourism and hospitality, Finance and Accounting and procurement and Logistics. Students on these programmers are examined by UBTEB. After graduation from these UBTEB courses, the students can now enroll on the School’s degree programs.

minds to push their agenda forward. Under the excellent leadership of the Vice Chancellor Dr. Rose Clarke Nanyonga, SOBAT has added the following minds to their team.

The new SoBAT Team

Michael Niyetegeka

Michael is the Program Director Refactory and a Strategic Adviser SoBAT at Clarke International University. He is also the ICDL Africa Country Manager for Uganda. He is passionate and practices Leadership Development, Business Technology Strategy and Business Advisory Services.

Michael Niyitegeka possesses 20 years of working experience in both the private and public sectors, and holds an MBA from MsM/ESAMI Business School, and is a Franklin Covey Certified Facilitator. Michael worked with Makerere University for 12 years in varied capacities as a researcher, trainer, and head of Corporate Relations. He also has extensive consulting experience with government, private, regional, and international institutions.

Michael was a member of the ICT Technical Working Group of the Presidential Investor Round Table and the Advisory group for the Government of Uganda on the 4th Industrial Revolution Technologies. He is a member of several technology innovation review panels both locally and internationally. He is a Rotarian and is passionate about mentoring the next generation of technology business leaders.

ICT Association of Uganda contributes to Uganda’s Technological development by bringing organizations and key ICT Stakeholders under one body capable of supporting ICT research and advocacy for projects and policies concerning adoption and usage of ICTs by the underserved and unreached in Uganda.

JohnBosco Waliraki - Coordinator Academics Head of Department(Finance and Accounting) - Cavendish University – 2010-2019, Audit Supervisor - SKIM certified Public Accountants 2004-2009, Consultant- Revenue Assistant-Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) – 1996-2004, Revenue generation and management - Wealth SMART Partnership Dialogue-Munyonyo - 2001

CPA - Uganda Institute of Certified Public Accountants 2011, MBA (Finance) - Makerere University-2010, ACCA - United Kingdom – 2010, ACCA-United Kingdom 2006, Bsc(Economics/ Statistics) - Makerere University - 1994,

Julia Nansubuga - Business Consultant Upskill Lead & Business Development Manager- July 2020 – November 2020 , Adjunct Lecturer - Refactory CIU Sept. 2018 – Present, Director- Nately Creations Limited Sept. 2017 – Present , Coach Delivery Consultant - Feb. 2014 – Sept. 2017, Head Education Practice; Franklin Covey Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Togo, Delivery Consultant, Client Partner; Franklin Covey Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Togo - Sept. 2012 – Feb. 2014 , Program Manager; Google Uganda with Iridium Interactive Limited, Kenya, Jan. 2011 – June 2012 , Research Officer - Centre for Justice Studies and Innovations (Legal NGO) Mar. 2010 – Jan. 2011

PGD - Project Planing and Management - UMI - 2012-2013, Bachelors in Ethics and Development Studies - UMU

Lillian Achola - Faculty Admin