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Freshers’ Orientation and Registration For 2023/2024 Academic Year

  • Wednesday, July 19, 2023

The Academic Registrar's office released guidelines on Fresher's orientation and registration for 2023/2024 Academic Year.

Here are key highlights, you can read the full excerpt from this…

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What To Do If Your Twitter Account Has Been Hacked

  • Thursday, July 13, 2023

By Arthur Moses Opio

Hacking of social media accounts continues to be on the rise. Twitter has experienced security breaches in the past where user accounts were compromised. In such…

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Benefit of Verifying Your Social Media Accounts

  • Thursday, July 13, 2023

By Arthur Moses Opio

Right now to verify your Twitter Account. You need to part with $8 for premium subscription…

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Why Social Media Account Take Overs Are Common

  • Wednesday, July 12, 2023

By Arthur Moses Opio 

Key Points

  • Account take overs are becoming rampant and it’s not something we should take for granted.
  • To mitigate the risk of…

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What is App Fraud?

  • Thursday, June 15, 2023

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The Risk of Account or Password Sharing

  • Wednesday, May 10, 2023

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How To Apply Online For A Program At Makerere University

  • Friday, April 28, 2023

Mak Applications

To the public, this guide teaches a first time applicant how to apply for a program at Makerere University.

Application is no longer done physically…

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Beware of Spam/Scam Emails With Malicious Software(Viruses)

  • Monday, February 6, 2023

By Arthur Moses Opio

Key Points

  • Email remains the number one attack vector.
  • 90% of Phishing happens via email
  • Backing up data must be practiced at all…

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National ICT Job Fair

  • Thursday, August 4, 2022

By Arthur Moses Opio

On the 12-13th of August 2022, The Ministry of ICT in collaboration with Makerere will launch the National ICT Job Fair at Freedom Square. 

It will be a two…

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Makerere University Launches the MakAdvance System

  • Wednesday, August 3, 2022

By Arthur Moses Opio

The above picture shows the VC, Prof. Nawangwe making his initial donation of 500,000 Uganda Shillings using the…

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