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MAT ABACUS Business School Profile, 2019

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We operate on the premise that scientific knowledge and skills increase clarity and un-derstanding.

A better understanding of how the World works enables us to be pragmatic and there-fore more productive.

Our pedagogical approach shall be designed to help stu-dents appreciate how to seek knowledge using the Socratic method and to solve complex problems through logical anal-ysis and application.

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MAT ABACUS Business School - Profile, 2019

Dear Stakeholder,

I bring you greetings from MAT ABACUS Business School. After 20 years of training chartered certified accountants and business managers, we are beginning a new and exciting journey. This journey has seen the Management Accountancy Training Company (MAT) Limited merge with Abacus Business School a leading provider of Executive Education in Uganda.

Since its inception MAT has maintained a tradition of developing high quality professional accountancy training programs. Many of our students have passed their ACCA and CPA(U) examinations and qualified as professional accountants, including over 303 graduands last year. These students have also won top prizes and our ACCA students regularly feature in the world wide top twenty out of over 400,000 students. We are an Approved ACCA Tuition Provider in Uganda and one of only five Approved Learning Partners “ALP’s” at the Platinum level in Africa).

In addition, we are also an Approved Learning Partner of the Heriot-Watt University for their MBA program with more than 350 students this semester. This MBA program has 8,500 MBA graduates to date, and over 8,000 active students in 144 countries. It was listed second larg-est in the Financial Times survey ‘20 of the top distance learning MBAs’ in March 2003.

The merger has been the result of many months of planning and our vision of further expand-ing the menu of programs that are accessible to our stakeholders. This merger will enable us leverage the good will in the marketplace, and align our vision to the aspirations of our stake-holders. We are committed to quality and this merger, has been carefully designed to uphold that quality.

MAT ABACUS Business School will be structured into a number of divisions, under the leader-ship of Professor Samuel Sejjaaka, and the programs presently running at MAT will remain in the Professional Qualifications Division. In addition, we will be offering new programs cover-ing the Executive and Academic training needs of our clients.

We see great potential and opportunities ahead of us, and look forward to sharing our dreams and aspirations with you as we embark on this new journey of discovery.

Welcome aboard!

Suresh Tanna, FCCA, CPA

CHAIRMAN

MAT ABACUS BUSINESS SCHOOL

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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 Compa-ny 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 train-ing college in the country and in Africa. Abacus Business School , which was formed in 2014, has excelled equally in redefining the landscape in executive education, coaching and mento-ring. Their union is therefore a natural fit, 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 suffice tomorrow’s needs, we aim to work with our clients in such a way that learning is exciting, inno-vative, 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

COUNTRY TEAM LEADER/PRINCIPAL

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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.5

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.7 & p.8

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.12

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.14

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 in-stitution 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 indus-try through practical higher education, research and scholarship rel-evant to the resolution of our continent’s challenges.

The Management Accountancy Training Company and Abacus Busi-ness School (ABS) were both established institutions recognized in the areas of specialty that include, but are not limited to, profession-al 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 five Approved Learning Partners (ALPs) at the platinum level in Af-rica. 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 identified a glaring gap in the current education system, which is that the curriculum delivered by most institutions does not reso-nate with existing and emerging industry needs. In a dynamic envi-ronment, 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 Un-certain 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 acknowledg-es 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 partner-ships with some institutions including; Clarke International Univer-sity, Edinburgh University and Case Medical Center.

1999The Management and Accountancy Training Company (MAT) was established

2014Abacus Business School (ABS) was established

+3,000Over 3,000 students every year benefit from services of our highly qualified and experienced teaching professionals for their professional programs (ACCA, CPA(U) and CFA)

+10,000We operate over 10,000 square feet of classroom space

ACCA PlatinumApprovedLearningPartner(ALP)MAT ABACUS is Ap-proved ACCA tuition provider in Uganda and is one of only five 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.

SURESH TANNAFCCA, CPA

Chairperson

DR. WILLIAM KALEMA PhD, Bs.Eng, Ms.Eng

Vice Chairperson

Mr. Suresh Tanna was the founding Chairman of the Management and Accounting Training Com-pany (MAT) in 1999 as an initiative by qualified accountants to extend quality accountancy and management education to students in Uganda and beyond.

He is also the current Chairman of the merged MAT ABACUS Business School.

His experience spans close to 50 years in the fields of accountancy, academia and commerce.

Mr. Tanna has been training accountants since 1977 when he was Managing Director of Emile Woolf International, listed on the London Stock Exchange. He has held several senior managerial roles in a range of businesses, both in Uganda and the United Kingdom.

Mr. Tanna holds a degree in Chemical Engineer-ing from the University of Edinburgh and is a Fel-low of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. Mr. Tanna is a Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and a member of The Institute of Certified

Public Accountants, Uganda (ICPAU).

Dr. William Kalema has over 20 years’ experience as a business consultant and is the Country Man-aging Director in Uganda for BDO East Africa, a professional firm that offers audit, accounting, tax and business advisory services to private and public sector clients.

Dr. Kalema has worked as a consultant to busi-nesses, 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 firms. His current respon-sibilities 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 Ag-ricultural Capital Ltd and Director, IM Burbidge Capital.

Dr. Kalema earned Bachelor’s and Master’s de-grees in Engineering from the University of Cam-bridge. His Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical En-gineering was earned from California Institute of Technology.

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Prof. SAMUEL SEJJAAKAPhD, CPA & FCCA.

Country Team Leader/ Principal

Dr. EDWARD ISINGOMAPhD, CPA & FCCA

Member

Prof. Samuel Sejjaaka is a Ugandan accountant, academic and businessman. He is a partner in Sejjaaka, Kaawaase & Company, Certified Pub-lic Accountants. Between 1991 and 2014, he lectured at Uganda’s oldest tertiary institution, Makerere University (later the Makerere Univer-sity Business School) and rose to the position of Deputy Principal. He then helped establish Aba-cus Business School, Uganda’s premier executive education institution which merged in 2019 with Management and Accountancy Training Compa-ny (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 director-ship, including governance and oversight of pub-lic interest companies, supervision of assurance functions and strategy formulation for growth.

Dr. Sejjaaka is current Chairman of Petroleum Revenue Investment Reserve Advisory Commit-tee; Chairman of UAP Financial Services and a Board Member UAP Life Insurance.

Dr. Sejjaaka earned a Bachelor of Commerce de-gree 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 Philoso-phy in Accounting and Finance was obtained from Makerere University. Dr. Sejjaaka is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accoun-tants (ACCA) and a Certified Public Accountant

(CPA-U) .

Dr. Edward Isingoma Matsiko is the Managing Partner of Pearl Capital Partners, an independent agriculture investment management firm with over USD $25 Million AUM and offices in Kampa-la and Nairobi. Edward has been in the account-ing, finance and administration field since 2002.

Dr. Isingoma worked as the Financial Controller of both African Agricultural Capital – AAC (PCP’s former incarnation) and Kilimo Trust, before be-ing 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 qualified Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA). He is also a member of the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Ugan-da (ICPAU).

Edward holds a PhD in Business Administration (DBA) with a specialty in Finance and Account-ing from London Graduate School of the Com-monwealth University, London, a Bachelor of Sci-ence degree in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University and a UK MBA from the Edin-burgh Business School.

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.



Dr. ASA MUGENYI PhD. LLD, LLM, LLB, Dip LP

Member

IRENE KEGOBA

Member

JEFF THOMPSON B.Sc.Eng, FCCA

Director

Mrs. Irene Kego serves as Chief Executive Officer of Padre Pio Insurance Brokers, an indigenous firm licensed by both the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA) and Uganda Retire-ment Benefit Regulatory Authority (URBRA) to carry out Insurance Brokerage services and Re-tirement Benefit schemes and Third Party Admin-istration Services.

Mrs. Kego holds over 30 years’ experience in the Insurance Industry, beginning her career as an un-derwriter at the United Assurance Company and rising to the position of Manager.

She has held various managerial roles at a num-ber of companies including Pan Africa Insurance Company and AON Uganda. Her current and past responsibilities include: President of Uganda Bro-kers Association (2005-2009); Founding Mem-ber: The Association for Pension Reform; Board Member: Uganda Insurance Commission; Board Member: African Trade Insurance Agency and Board Member: Private Sector Foundation.

Mrs. Kego holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in So-cial Sciences majoring in Agricultural Economics, Social Administration and Political Science from Makerere University.

Dr. Asa Mugenyi is an accomplished lawyer and academic. Dr. Mugenyi has served from 2015 to date as a Senior Lecturer at Uganda Christian Uni-versity. Since 2008, he has served as Chairman of the Tax Appeals Tribunal and since 1998 as a Part-ner at M/s Mugenyi & Co. Advocates.

Dr. Mugenyi has extensive experience as an aca-demic 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 Sec-ond) (LLB) from Makerere University; a Postgrad-uate Diploma in Legal Practice (Dip. LP) from Law Development Centre; a Masters of Laws (LLM) from Makerere University and a Doctorate of Laws (LL.D) from the University of South Africa (UNISA).

Jeffrey John Thompson has been the Managing Director at Managing and Ac-countancy Training Company (MAT). Evidence of his proficiency is seen in the fact that ACCA pass rates at MAT consistently exceed the worldwide averages by a significant margin.

Under his management, Jeff has ensured that MAT pays a great deal of atten-tion to quality assurance processes from selecting world class tutors, to draw-ing up the timetable, providing high quality approved study texts, ensuring classes run on time, and providing complete syllabus coverage. Furthermore, Jeff was instrumental in establishing the MBA program at MAT in association with Edinburgh Business School, the Graduate School of Business for Heri-ot-Watt University.

He holds a Bsc(Hons), MSc, is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certi-fied Accountants (FCCA) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA-U).

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Our value proposition is to provide a values-based whole-some education based on eth-ical principles and practical learning provided by our “pro-fessors of practice”.

This is embedded in our “DNA” – our vision, mission and core values that define 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.



Our Vision

Inspiring leadership, transforming lives.

Our MissionTo be a center of excellence committed to providing values-based practical educa-

tion, 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 for 2024 will focus on three priority areas – improving student learning expe-rience, 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 knowl-edge 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 technolo-gies, platforms and capabilities to improve students’ learning and experience, improve per-formance, minimize costs and inefficiencies, accelerats business development, research and innovation.




Learning and Teaching

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

� Proficiency in emotional intelligence (EQ) and inter-personal understanding, teamwork and communica-tion

� Commitment to continuous learning and the capaci-ty 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



Research

Our core priority is to produce world-class research that challenges the “normal”, changing practice and think-ing. The creation of new and original knowledge, and the insights and in-spirations produced as a result, lie at the core for our success of how we create value and other endeavors.

We are committed to fundamental research exploring un-derpinning concepts and problems as well as research that actively and intentionally engages with and seeks to under-stand the issues of “today and the future”. We seek to tackle key problems and assumptions, creating an agenda for en-quiry-driven engagement with emerging global issues.

An increasingly important dimension of our approach to re-search 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 in-terested in using our research, in particular employers, gov-ernments, charities and NGOs involved in advocacy and so-cio-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 re-searchers and bring them through to have fulfilling and suc-cessful 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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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 rec-ognized with knowledge, skills and professional val-ues essential for building a successful career.

Platinum level approval for Student Tuition guar-antees a quality learning experience and is strongly recommended by the ACCA, and that our students consistently meet exam results targets, set by meet-ing or exceeding ACCA’s worldwide pass rates.

We encourage students to adopt a high level of fo-cus, commitment and a culture of reading and en-gagement with their peers in order to complete their exams within the desired period and earn their pro-fessional qualification.

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 creden-tial has become one of the most respected and rec-ognized investment designations in the world. MAT ABACUS provides an opportunity to gain this quali-fication.

Directorate of

Professional Education

MAT ABACUS is a Platinum Ap-proved Learning Partner (ALP) of ACCA for Student Tuition in Ugan-da. We are also an authorized Cen-tre for Computer Based Examina-tions (CBE) for ACCA.

Current Professional Programs

Proposed Professional Programs



MAT ABACUS is dedicated to providing quality ex-ecutive education and training for industry and busi-ness practitioners across all sectors and levels of the organization (Board, Leadership, Management and Operations).

We provide world class education services to busi-ness leaders. Our training programs are intended to solve real emerging issues in the dynamic competi-tive business environment.

Organizations today are undergoing transformation, becoming more customer focused, efficient and non- bureaucratic entities. Many have also transformed a number of their business processes and work prac-tices, working towards supporting data driven and evidence based decision making and performance improvement in order to be more effective in their service delivery.

This disruption has affected executives in such a way that many of them have assumed higher leadership positions and have to interface in many ways, direct-ly with the clients and other stakeholders as well as manage and supervise teams that are directly under them.

These changes present demands on organizations to source and retain better talents who demonstrate remarkable, sound knowledge and application of contemporary leadership practices, software, tools and techniques, competences in team working and supervision of staff and communication skills so as to relate the organizational position, retain old and win new customers.

Directorate of

ExecutiveEducation

MAT ABACUS helps your organ-isation to develop the capacity of the top and middle level executives to be conversant with the key skills and capabilities that make them effective leaders and thrive in the disrupted business landscape.

Our Executive Training Programs

� Leadership in the VUCA age � Emotional and social intelli-

gence (EQ and SQ) � Organizational culture � Change management � Business continuity and suc-

cession planning � Excellence in execution � Creating and leading high per-

formance teams � Strategic and critical thinking � Enterprise risk management

(ERM) � Employee engagement � Big data and cyber security � Board governance � Strategy, strategic planing and

Balanced Scorecard. � Digital technology, strategy

and digital leadership � Customer Experience

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Directorate of

Academic and Vocational EducationOur Proposed Programs

Postgraduate Diploma Programs

� PGD in Forensic Accounting. � PGD in Oil and Gas Management � PGD in Applied Information Tech-

nology and Security � PGD in Project Planning, Monitor-

ing, Evaluation and Management (PPMEM)

Undergraduate Courses

� Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) (Majoring in Accounting, Human Resource Man-agement, Finance and Marketing)

� Bachelor of Science in Computer Science (BSCS)

� Bachelor of Science in Financial Services and Management (Finance, Banking, Investment and Insurance)

� Bachelor of Entrepreneurship and Business Management (for MSMEs)

� Bachelor of Healthcare management � Bachelor of Economic Policy and

Analysis � Bachelor of Applied Statistics

Diploma Courses

� Diploma in Business Administration and Management

� Diploma in Accounting � Diploma in Finance � Diploma in Information Technology � Diploma in Branding and Digital

Marketing � Diploma in Oil and Gas Management � Diploma in Web Development and

Computer Programming � Diploma in Banking and Microfi-

nance � Diploma in People Skills and HR

management

Vocational and Technical Courses Diploma Courses

� Diploma in Graphics Designing with Adobe CC

� Diploma in IT Repairs and Mainte-nance

� Diploma in Networking and Com-puter Systems

� Diploma in Events Management

Certificate Courses

� Certificate in Graphics Designing � Certificate in IT Repairs and Mainte-

nance � Certificate in Networking and Com-

puter Systems � Certificate in Interior Designing � Certificate in Events Management



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 be-come a significant and relevant institution. Engagement, partnerships and collaboration are at the heart of our mis-sion.

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 develop-ments and activities be positive and beneficial, and for us to engage in an open and respectful manner. Our vision of inspiring leadership to transform lives will extend our en-gagement and collaboration to new communities that can benefit 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 en-gagement 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 contribu-tion 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 busi-nesses, 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 relation-ships 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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The MAT ABACUS Community

We strive to transform peo-ple’s lives and society through teaching and student experi-ence.

To be part of the MAT ABA-CUS Business School is to be a member of a community of extraordinary people brought together by shared interests and aspirations.



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 op-portunities to learn in small groups, peer-to-peer engagements and under the ex-pert guidance of leading academics and researchers—this creates a unique educa-tion experience.

Research Skills

Students at MAT ABACUS develop their re-search and analytical skills from undergrad-uate level and have the chance to embrace the rigor of scientific method, learning the value of innovation and problem solving skills.

Diversity and Multiculturalism

Our approach to inclusiveness, understand-ing and respect for all people from different backgrounds is one of the reasons our stu-dents feel safe while at MAT ABACUS.

Diverse Program Portfolio

Students, business executives and other stakeholders can benefit from our rich array of programs – professional, executive, aca-demic, 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 Sec-retaries and Administrators (ICSA), Project Management Institute (PMI) and Chartered

Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) to in-crease our tuition offering for professional education.

Digital Learning Platforms (e-learn-ing and e-library)

The student learning experience will be en-hanced through greater access to digital and e-learning platforms and resources. These technologies support and assist personal-ized 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: [email protected]

Tel: 0414 253081, 0414 258461/2, Fax 0414 259151


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