MAT ABACUS BUSINESS SCHOOL
PROFILE 2024
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Plot 1, Second Street, Industrial Area,
P. O. Box 27800 Kampala, Uganda
Email: info@matabacus.ac.ug
Website: www.matabacus.ac.ug
Tel: 0414 253081, 0414 258461/2,
Fax 0414 259151
Our Clarion Call
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We operate on the premise
that scientic knowledge
and skills increase clarity and
understanding.
A better understanding of
how the World works enables
us to be pragmatic and
therefore more productive.
Our pedagogical approach
shall be designed to help
students appreciate how
to seek knowledge using
the Socratic method and
to solve complex problems
through logical analysis and
application.
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Dear Stakeholder,
A warm welcome to the world of MAT ABACUS Business School. The Business School has been
formed as a result of a merger between the Management Accountancy Training Company
Limited (MAT) and Abacus Business School to offer quality business education across the
board with a special emphasis on ethical leadership and management.
MAT, which was formed in 1999, has consistently been the top performing accountancy
training college in the country and in Africa. Abacus Business School , which was formed in
2014, has excelled equally in redening the landscape in executive education, coaching and
mentoring. Their union is therefore a natural t, bringing into existence what we expect shall
be the premier business school in Uganda.
At MAT ABACUS, we have developed a culture of keeping our promises. Our business model is
based on the particularly strong belief that we owe our success to the trust our stakeholders
have placed in us. Integrity, commitment and excellence are values we cherish. In the pursuit of
excellence, we see ourselves modeling and strengthening the capacity of tomorrow’s leaders.
Our service is dedicated to creating a quality customer experience in which only the best is
good enough. In order to meet this goal, we believe that our pedagogy should be designed in a
manner that enables and excites further inquiry and learning. That is why the case method is
central to our training approach.
We have our eye on the future. Convinced that yesterday’s demand for skills will not sufce
tomorrow’s needs, we aim to work with our clients in such a way that learning is exciting,
innovative, and so that students can challenge their minds everyday. The only way we know
how to succeed is through grit and deliberate practice.
Welcome to the world of MAT ABACUS. Your journey starts here!
Sincerely,
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka, PhD, FCCA, CPA
TEAM LEADER/PRINCIPAL
Message From the Team Leader
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About MAT ABACUS Business School p.1
MAT ABACUS Business School is an institution that was formed as
the result of a merger between the Management and Accountancy
Training Company (MAT) and Abacus Business School (ABS).
Our Leadership – The Board p.2
Our leadership team is the guiding force behind MAT ABACUS’ com-
mitment to progress, accountability and excellence.
Our Strategy to 2024 p.7
Our strategy will focus on three priority areas – Improving student
learning experience, ensuring operational excellence and leveraging
digital technologies and capabilities.
Learning, Teaching and Research: p.13
MAT ABACUS seeks to develop graduates of international distinc-
tion that are recognized for their critical abilities, innovative problem
solving skills and their awareness of the emerging global business,
ethical and digital trends.
Our Business Portfolio p.9
Directorates of professional education, executive education and aca-
demic, vocational and technical education.
Engagement, Partnerships and Collaboration p.6
We engage actively with government, students, businesses and our
community. This is a critical factor to our existence and success.
Student Learning and Experience p.16
To be part of the MAT ABACUS Business School is to be a member
of a community of extraordinary people brought together by shared
interests and aspirations.
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About MAT ABACUS Business School
MAT ABACUS Business School is an institution that
was formed as the result of a merger between the
Management and Accountancy Training Company
(MAT) and Abacus Business School (ABS).
The merger created the requisite synergies to transform the
industry through practical higher education, research and
scholarship relevant to the resolution of our continent’s challenges.
The Management Accountancy Training Company and Abacus
Business School (ABS) were both established institutions
recognized in the areas of specialty that include, but are not
limited to, professional courses and executive leadership training
respectively.
Both institutions have been able to impact the education sector
due to the quality of the programs that are offered. MAT is one of
only ve Approved Learning Partners (ALPs) at the platinum level
in Africa. It has a custom equipped training center with modern
teaching facilities, utilizing over 10,000 square feet of classroom
space.
Abacus Business School (ABS), on the other hand, provides quality
education and training for industry and business practitioners
across all sectors and levels of management through interactions
with top leadership of the different companies in the various
sectors.
ABS identied a glaring gap in the current education system,
which is that the curriculum delivered by most institutions does
not resonate with existing and emerging industry needs. In a
dynamic environment, there is also a need for those already in this
employment to re-skill and up-skill in order to remain relevant
in this Volatile Uncertain Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA)
environment.
As a result of this merger, MAT ABACUS will maintain the programs
that are currently being run. However, additional programs will
be developed and delivered to address emerging issues in the
dynamic and competitive business environment. MAT ABACUS
acknowledges that some institutions are driving in the same
direction and will therefore leverage strategic partnerships as a
key pillar to delivering some of the proposed practical courses. We
already have partnerships with some institutions including; Clarke
International University, Edinburgh University and Case Medical
Center.
1999
The Management and
Accountancy Training
Company (MAT) was
established
2014
Abacus Business
School (ABS) was
established
+3,000
Over 3,000 students
every year benet
from services of our
highly qualied and
experienced teaching
professionals for their
professional programs
(ACCA, CPA(U) and
CFA)
+10,000
We operate over
10,000 square feet of
classroom space
ACCA
Platinum
Approved
Learning
Partner
(ALP)
MAT ABACUS is
Approved ACCA
tuition provider in
Uganda and is one of
only ve Approved
Learning Partners
(ALP’s) at the Platinum
level in Africa.
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Our Leadership - The Board
Our leadership team is the guiding force behind MAT
ABACUS’ commitment to progress, accountability and ex-
cellence.
Dr. Edward Isingoma, PhD,
FCCA, CPA.
Chairperson
Dr. Edward Isingoma was appointed as Chairman of the Board of
Directors on the 31st of January 2022 and is also the Managing Partner
of Pearl Capital Partners, an independent agriculture investment
management rm with over USD $25 Million of assets under
management and ofces in Kampala and Nairobi.
Edward has been in the accounting, nance and administration eld since
2002. Dr. Isingoma worked as the Financial Controller of both African
Agricultural Capital – AAC (PCP’s former incarnation) and Kilimo Trust,
before being involved in the establishment and formation of Pearl Capital
Partners in 2010, and recently taken over the organizational leadership
role. He is a part-time lecturer at the Management and Accountancy
Training Company Ltd (MAT) in Kampala, since 2003.
Edward is a qualied Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the
Association of Chartered 56 MAT Abacus Business School Limited -
Information Memorandum 31 December 2019 Certied Accountants
(ACCA). He is also a member of the Institute of Certied Public
Accountants of Uganda (ICPAU). Edward holds a PhD in Business
Administration (DBA) with a specialty in Finance and Accounting from
London Graduate School of the Commonwealth University, London, a
Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes
University and a UK MBA from the Edinburgh Business School.
Dr. William Kalema, PhD,
Bs.Eng, Ms.Eng
Member
Dr. William Kalema has over 20 years’ experience as a business
consultant and is the Country Managing Director in Uganda for BDO
East Africa, a professional rm that offers audit, accounting, tax and
business advisory services to private and public sector clients.
Dr. Kalema has worked as a consultant to businesses, government, and
development agencies since 1992. He has a wealth of experience gained
both locally and overseas. Dr. Kalema has served on several boards of
both corporate and private rms. His current responsibilities include:
Non-Executive Director, Bank of Uganda (the Central Bank); Chairman,
Board of Directors, UAP Old Mutual Life Assurance Ltd; Director,
Multichoice Uganda Limited; Director, Interswitch East Africa; Chairman,
African Agricultural Capital Ltd and Director, IM Burbidge Capital.
Dr. Kalema earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Engineering from
the University of Cambridge. His Doctorate of Philosophy in Chemical
Engineering was earned from California Institute of Technology.
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Our board is composed of people with diverse backgrounds and
skills set. They have been carefully selected to provide oversight
to MAT ABACUS in order to steer it the next level.
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka, PhD,
FCCA, CPA
Member
Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka is a Ugandan accountant, academic and
businessman. He is a partner in Sejjaaka, Kaawaase & Company, Certied
Public Accountants. Between 1991 and 2014, he lectured at Uganda’s
oldest tertiary institution, Makerere University (later the Makerere
University Business School) and rose to the position of Deputy Principal.
He then helped establish Abacus Business School, Uganda’s premier
executive education institution which merged in 2019 with Management
and Accountancy Training Company (MAT). He is the current Country
Team Leader/ Principal of MAT ABACUS Business School.
Prof. Sejjaaka’s experience encompasses over 25 years’ experience in
management and directorship, including governance and oversight
of public interest companies, supervision of assurance functions and
strategy formulation for growth. Dr. Sejjaaka is current Chairman
of Petroleum Revenue Investment Reserve Advisory Committee;
Chairman of UAP Financial Services and a Board Member UAP Life
Insurance. Dr. Sejjaaka earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree from
Makerere University; a Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Science from
Makerere; a Master of Science degree in Finance from the University
of Strathclyde. His Doctor of Philosophy in Accounting and Finance
was obtained from Makerere University. Dr. Sejjaaka is a Fellow of the
Association of Chartered Certied Accountants (ACCA) and a Certied
Public Accountant (CPA-U).
Ms. Irene Kego, BA
Member
Irene serves as Chief Executive Ofcer of Padre Pio Insurance Brokers,
an indigenous rm licensed by both the Insurance Regulatory Authority
of Uganda (IRA) and Uganda Retirement Benet Regulatory Authority
(URBRA) to carry out Insurance Brokerage services and Retirement
Benet schemes and Third-Party Administration Services.
Irene holds over 30 years’ experience in the Insurance Industry,
beginning her career as an underwriter at the United Assurance
Company and rising to the position of Manager. She has held various
managerial roles at several companies including Pan Africa Insurance
Company and AON Uganda.
Her current and past responsibilities include: President of Uganda
Brokers Association (2005-2009); Founding Member: The Association
for Pension Reform; Board Member: Uganda Insurance Commission;
Board Member: African Trade Insurance Agency and Board Member:
Private Sector Foundation. Irene holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Social Sciences majoring in Agricultural Economics, Social Administration
and Political Science from Makerere University.
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Dr. Asa Mugenyi, PhD. LLD,
LLM, LLB, Dip LP
Member
Dr. Asa Mugenyi is an accomplished lawyer and academic.
Dr. Mugenyi has served from 2015 to date as a Senior Lecturer at Uganda
Christian University. Since 2008, he has served as Chairman of the Tax
Appeals Tribunal and since 1998 as a Partner at M/s Mugenyi & Co.
Advocates.
Dr. Mugenyi has extensive experience as an academic in the subjects of
Banking and Negotiable Instruments, International Law, Revenue Law
and Taxation.
He has handled diverse legal issues ranging from legal advice to court
proceedings on behalf of clients. Dr. Mugenyi has also provided corporate
services to a multitude of clients.
Dr. Mugenyi holds a Bachelor of Laws (Upper Second) (LLB) from
Makerere University; a Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Dip. LP)
from Law Development Centre; a Master of Laws (LLM) from Makerere
University and a Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of South
Africa (UNISA).
Ms. Hellen Luyima, BA
Member
Experienced and results oriented Banker with over 20 years of working
experience of which 13 years were in the Banking Industry. Have
in-depth knowledge of Corporate, Commercial and SME Banking, a
proven track record in inspiring business growth and achieving business
performance. Recognised for exceptional ability to deliver superior
nancial performance, drive sales and establish clear growth strategies.
Hellen is currently the Managing Partner at Finads Consultancy Limited
involved in arranging banking facilities for customers. She previously
served as the Executive Principal- Head of Local Corporates, commodity
traders and Agriculture at Standard Chartered Bank Uganda Limited.
Her comprehensive understanding of corporate nance makes her an
invaluable member of the school’s board.
She holds a bachelors of Social Sciences from Makerere University and
40 other certications ranging from “Information awareness” (I Safe),
“Leading for Performance” and “Business Goal Management” to mention
a few.
She also serves as a board member for Case Medicare Uganda,
Hydromax Limited and Horyal Investments Limited.
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Prof. Allan Katwalo, PhD,
MBA, BA
Member
An accomplished academic very well versed with the
University Education sector having held several university
faculties positions in Europe and East Africa including
Uganda. With demonstrable team and leadership skills,
having worked with and supervised both small and large
local and international multi-disciplinary teams. Also enjoys
very strong institutional leadership competencies having
held several senior university management positions for
over 15 years.
An associate professor of Strategic management, with a
track record of providing academic and administrative
leadership at various universities. With demonstrable
competencies in all aspects of university leadership
including, teaching, resources management (people, nance,
material and infrastructure and other resources), research
and stakeholder engagement. Have achieved a track
record in research and publication at international level
with a strong global professional network with excellent
Operations and strategic leadership skills able to bring
quality of engagement to the work of any organisation.
A capacity development expert who is highly familiar with a
wide variety of sectors such as Agriculture, nancial services,
and Manufacturing, having built a Business/Enterprise
Development services (B/EDS) consultancy portfolio
with many years of experience of supporting national and
rm competitiveness. Allan is highly accomplished leader
with board level experience across the education and
SME sectors and a member of the League of East African
Directors [LEAD].
A strong believer in community engagement with
demonstrable community support initiatives.
Allan holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Bradford
School of Management, The University of Bradford, UK. I
also hold an MBA and BA social sciences from Makerere
University in addition to other professional qualications.
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Engagement, Partnerships and
Collaboration
We engage actively with govern-
ment, students, businesses and our
community, and this is a critical fac-
tor to our existence and success.
We prioritize engagement with all our stakeholders to
become a signicant and relevant institution. Engagement,
partnerships and collaboration are at the heart of our
mission.
As we expand our business portfolio, we will engage and
collaborate with new professional institutions and business
communities that will be affected by our developments
and activities. We intend that the impacts from our
developments and activities be positive and benecial, and
for us to engage in an open and respectful manner. Our
vision of inspiring leadership to transform lives will extend
our engagement and collaboration to new communities
that can benet from and be stimulated by our work.
Our students are one of our most important communities,
both while they study with us and as our alumni. We
will strengthen the importance of the student voice and
engagement in informing what we do. This will create strong
and improved ties with both current students and alumni
that will continue to reinforce and expand our contribution
to these communities.
We are mindful of the important role MAT ABACUS plays in
the country and region. Our involvement and contribution
to the education sector and other sectors will inform our
future strategy. We believe we can do more in ways that
complement Uganda and Africa’s growth and development.
We will work closely with employers and engage with
businesses, including Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
(MSMEs), as well as policymakers and other agents of social
and economic change and development, including charities,
NGOs and international organizations. We will strengthen
these ties, building innovative and interdependent
relationships that inform and stimulate our research and
teaching.
MAT ABACUS’
leaders work
closely with
government,
business and
industry to
understand
the changing
needs of the la-
bour economy
and innovation
agenda.
Consultation
with these
sectors forms
part of the
review pro-
cess of many
programs, and
ensuring that
they are re-
sponsive to
these needs,
making them
highly relevant
and effective.
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Our Strategy
Our value proposition is
to provide a values-based
wholesome education based
on ethical principles and
practical learning provided by
our “professors of practice”.
This is embedded in our
“DNA” – our vision, mission
and core values that dene
why we exist, inform and
guide, what we do, and how
we serve our clients (students)
to contribute to the business
world and the community.
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Our Vision
Inspiring leadership,
transforming lives.
Our Mission
To be a center of excellence committed
to providing values-based practical
education, research and training relevant
to the resolution of our continent’s
challenges.
Our Core Values (ICE)
We are a values-based organisation whose business model is based on deliberate practice.
We believe in continuous improvement, diligence, hard work and ethical conduct. Our
values are: Integrity, Commitment and Excellence (ICE)
Our Strategic Goals
Our strategy focuses on three priority areas – improving student learning experience, ensuring
operational excellence and leveraging digital technologies and capabilities. Combined,
they offer a powerful and compelling model of higher education across the full range of our
programs.
Student Learning Experience
Our core focus is to improve student learning experience to ensure that they gain the
knowledge and skills required to prepare them to be ethical future leaders that will transform
lives, businesses and communities.
Operational Excellence
To create an appropriate governance framework with leadership and management structures
and systems that inspires people, develops talent, supports strategy execution and enables
timely decision making. This will help us to build a high performance and agile culture that will
promote and support collaboration, commitment, engagement and excellence.
Leveraging Digital Technologies and Capabilities
To build a business operating model that recognizes and adopts the use of digital technologies,
platforms and capabilities to improve students’ learning and experience, improve performance,
minimize costs and inefciencies, accelerates business development, research and innovation.
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How We Create Value for You
OUR BUSINESS PORTFOLIO
Informed by dynamic practice, analysis and thinking, our
rigorous teaching is geared to prepare students to learn,
understand, and excel in their careers and pass their
exams.
We offer professional courses that are globally
recognized with knowledge, skills and professional
values essential for building a successful career.
Platinum level approval for Student Tuition guarantees
a quality learning experience and is strongly
recommended by the ACCA, and that our students
consistently meet exam results targets, set by meeting
or exceeding ACCA’s worldwide pass rates.
We encourage students to adopt a high level of focus,
commitment and a culture of reading and engagement
with their peers in order to complete their exams
within the desired period and earn their professional
qualication.
MAT ABACUS also provides tuition for all the four levels
of the CPA (U) program. The CPA (U) course provides
a foundation for professional accountants to become
chartered accountants, and pursue good jobs and
careers in accounting and auditing.
We also offer tuition for the Chartered Financial
Analyst (CFA) program in Uganda. The CFA credential
has become one of the most respected and recognized
investment designations in the world. MAT ABACUS
provides an opportunity to gain this qualication.
Directorate of Professional Education
MAT ABACUS is a Platinum Approved
Learning Partner (ALP) of ACCA for
Student Tuition in Uganda. We are also an
authorized Centre for Computer Based
Examinations (CBE) for ACCA.
Our Professional
Programs
Our Facilities
MAT ABACUS provides
an all round learning
and examination facility.
We have developed any
any and healthy reading
spaces for our students,
desides being an
accredited examinations
center for the ACCA and
Pearson Vue Programs.
We also provide on
demand examination
services for our students.
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Directorate of Academic Programs
1. Masters in Business Administration
(EBS)
MAT ABACUS Business School is an Approved
Learning Partner for the Edinburgh Business School
MBA programme. Edinburgh Business School is
the Graduate School of Business for Heriot-Watt
University.
The Edinburgh Business School Master of Business
Administration programme is specically designed to provide an
intellectually demanding and rigorous programme that enables
you to study when and where you wish and to take examinations
anywhere in the world.
2. Master of Science in Financial
Management (EBS)
Masters of Science in Financial Management
(MSc FM) is a qualication awarded by Edinburgh
Business School, a business school under Heriot Watt
University
MABS is an Approved Learning Partner for EBS in Uganda and
Rwanda. The Masters programme at EBS was listed as the most
popular Distance Learning MBA in the World by the Financial
Times Newspaper in 2013.
3. BSc Applied Accounting (Oxford
Brookes University)
Completing a degree and a professional accounting
qualication boasts a powerful combination of
expertise, putting graduates in demand with
employers thereby increasing their career prospects.
Students who are keen on obtaining a degree while studying
towards the ACCA qualication have an option of enrolling in
the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Applied Accounting program,
developed by ACCA and Oxford Brookes University (UK).
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MAT ABACUS - AKILI Leadership Institute
Executive Education
Our Executive Programs
We provide world class education services
to business leaders. Our training programs
are intended to solve real emerging issues
in the dynamic competitive business
environment.
Our executive programs include the following;
1. The Annual CFO Leadership Academy.
2. Management Development Program (MDP).
3. Leadership Development Program (LDP).
4. Corporate Governance and Board Training (Board
Assessment Services).
5. Excellence In Banking Program.
6. Women Leadership Development Program
(WLDP).
7. Executive Media Training Program.
8. Customer Experience.
9. Finance For Non-nance Executives (F4NFE).
10. Executive Coaching Program.
At MAT ABACUS, we
believe in partnerships that
strengthen institutions.
We continue to develop
leadership oriented
programs for top and
middle level executives.
These programs are proven
to increase engagements,
motivation and productivity
through the honing of soft
skills.
May of the executives
who attend our AKILI
Leadership Institute
programs have gone on
to become leaders in the
work place, and thrive in
the disrupted business
landscape of today.
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Business Advisory Services
MAT ABACUS Business School provides
consulting support to institutions to
assist them in their quest to achieve
management excellence.
The development of our Business Advisory and Consulting
following our recent merger is an indication of our
maturity as a leading provider of world class professional
management education over 20 years for which we have
received international recognition. Our consulting team has
unique strengths bringing together consultants who have
pursued careers at a senior level in academia, professional
training and industry in the areas in which we propose to
partner with you.
Our Value Proposition
In today’s knowledge led world, we believe
a good business advisor and consultant
must also be a good academic.
At MAT ABACUS Business School, we believe our
consulting clients receive a superior service as our
consulting teams bring to their engagements:
Industry work experience as senior level
management, including C-level and Board
Director experience.
Insights from world class programs we
teach including the Heriot-Watt University,
Edinburgh Business School MBA & M.Sc. in
Finance, ACCA, CFA, PMP, CIA and CISA. These
programs frequently update program content to
incorporate cutting edge lessons learned in the
arena of global business.
With unique insights gained from having to solve
management problems at the workplace and in the
classroom setting over many years our consultants are
ready to rise up to the challenges faced by your business
with game changing solutions.
Our Services
Operating across the
breadth of the corporate
management space, our
consultants will provide
the following solutions to
deal with your business
challenges:
1. Strategy & Business
transformation.
2. Governance, Risk and
Compliance solutions.
3. Organizational
Restructuring &
Resilience.
4. Digital Leadership
5. Finance
Transformation.
6. Strategic Internal
Audit Engagement.
7. Strategic Sourcing.
8. Human Capital
Development.
9. SME & Family
Business
transformation.
Digitized
On-Demand
Content
MAT ABACUS creates
online learning
content accessible on
an intuitive Learning
Management System
(LMS) platform that
makes training feel
right from the very rst
click. With easy access
on any device, learners
jump in anytime,
anywhere.
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Learning and Facilitation
Through excellence in learning and
teaching, MAT ABACUS seeks to
develop graduates of international
distinction that are recognized for
their critical abilities, innovative
problem solving skills and their
awareness of the emerging global
business, ethical and digital trends.
Our pedagogy emphasizes how to acquire knowledge -
“curiosity” as opposed to rote learning. Our objective is to
produce graduates with the requisite skills and character
to nurture innovation and add value through leveraging
emerging trends and best practices in a disrupted world.
The Learning experience is designed to prepare students
with the following attributes:
Knowledge and understanding of the content and
techniques of a chosen discipline at advanced levels
that are internationally recognized
Ability to locate, analyze, evaluate and synthesize
information from a wide variety of sources in a
planned and timely manner
Ability to apply effective, creative and innovative
solutions, both independently and cooperatively, to
current and future problems
Prociency in emotional intelligence (EQ) and
interpersonal understanding, teamwork and
communication
Commitment to continuous learning and the
capacity to maintain intellectual curiosity
throughout life
Commitment to the highest ethical standards of
professional and personal endeavor and the ability
to take on leadership roles
Awareness of ethical, social and cultural issues
within a global context and their importance in the
exercise of professional skills and responsibilities
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Research
Our core priority is to produce
world-class research that challenges
the “normal”, changing practice and
thinking. The creation of new and
original knowledge, and the insights
and inspirations produced as a re-
sult, lie at the core for our success of
how we create value and other en-
deavors.
We are committed to fundamental research exploring
underpinning concepts and problems as well as research
that actively and intentionally engages with and seeks to
understand the issues of “today and the future”. We seek to
tackle key problems and assumptions, creating an agenda
for inquiry-driven engagement with emerging global issues.
An increasingly important dimension of our approach to
research will be collaborations and partnerships, with
fellow researchers and with a wider community of research
funders and sponsors. This will build strong research
networks and infrastructure with the capacity to address
the big issues and generate new insights and knowledge.
This will lead to closer engagement with organizations
interested in using our research, in particular employers,
governments, charities and NGOs involved in advocacy and
socio-cultural as well as economic and political change.
We will continue to develop our research culture, through
better support for our research students and early career
researchers, and through enhancement of our areas and
centers of research excellence. We will nurture talented
researchers and bring them through to have fullling and
successful careers with us.
We will continue to judge the quality of our research by our
performance in research assessment exercises, looking to
future cycles beyond the Research Excellence Framework
(REF) and to other measures of research quality and impact.
An increasing-
ly important
dimension of
our approach
to research
will be col-
laborations
and partner-
ships, with
fellow re-
searchers and
with a wider
community
of research
funders and
sponsors.
These part-
nerships will
enable and
stimulate
knowledge
exchange, as
well as co-pro-
duction and
application of
our research.
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The MAT ABACUS Community
We strive to transform people’s
lives and society through
teaching and student experience.
To be part of the MAT ABACUS
Business School is to be a
member of a community of
extraordinary people brought
together by shared interests and
aspirations.
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Student Learning and Experience
Student experience and learning lie at the heart of what
we do, at MAT ABACUS we want to be excellent in teach-
ing and learning for the highest quality and to the highest
satisfaction.
Our Teaching Methodology
Students are attracted to our distinctive,
pragmatic and collaborative approach
to learning and teaching. Students have
opportunities to learn in small groups,
peer-to-peer engagements and under
the expert guidance of leading academics
and researchers—this creates a unique
education experience.
Research Skills
Students at MAT ABACUS develop
their research and analytical skills from
undergraduate level and have the chance
to embrace the rigor of scientic method,
learning the value of innovation and
problem solving skills.
Diversity and Multiculturalism
Our approach to inclusiveness,
understanding and respect for all people
from different backgrounds is one of the
reasons our students feel safe while at MAT
ABACUS.
Diverse Program Portfolio
Students, business executives and other
stakeholders can benet from our rich
array of programs – professional, executive,
academic, research, vocational and
technical.
We shall acquire learning partnerships
with the Chartered Institute of Marketing
(CIM), Chartered Institute of Procurement
& Supply (CIPS), Institute of Chartered
Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA),
Project Management Institute (PMI) and
Chartered Institute of Public Relations
(CIPR) to increase our tuition offering for
professional education.
Digital Learning Platforms
(e-learning and e-library)
The student learning experience has been
enhanced through greater access to digital
and e-learning platforms and resources.
These technologies support and assist
personalized learning and accessibility to
a wider student community, but do not
replace the quality, face-to-face education
delivered on campus.
Plot 1, Second Street, Industrial Area,
P. O. Box 27800 Kampala, Uganda
Website: www.matabacus.ac.ug
Email: info@matabacus.ac.ug
Tel: 0414 253081,
0414 258461/2,
Knowledge. Clarity. Works
MAT ABACUS Business School
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