B.Com, MBA and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).

Determined to work hard always, peaceful environment, patience and integrity.

Entrepreneurship, Women Entrepreneurship, Youth Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education and Training, Services Marketing and Management, Sustainability Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Resilience and Digital tools among others.

1. Nassuna, A.N., Ntamu, D.N., Kikooma, J., Mayanja, S.S. and Basalirwa, E. (2023), “Using financial resilience to grow business amidst adversities”, Continuity & Resilience Review, Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 299-319. https://doi.org/10.1108/CRR-06-2023-0011
2. Exhibiting entrepreneurial behavior at work: a lived experience of a millennial entrepreneur Sirajje Yiga, Ernest Abaho, Isa Nsereko, Muhammed Ngoma, Waswa Balunywa, Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa Journal of Work-Applied Management ISSN: 2205-2062 Open Access. Article publication date: 28 June 2023
3. Contactless digital financial innovation and global contagious COVID-19 pandemic in low income countries: Evidence from Uganda George Okello Candiya Bongomin*, Waswa Balunywa, Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa, Muhammed Ngoma and Joseph Mpeera Ntayi, Cogent Economics & Finance (2023), 11: 2175467 https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2023.2175467

4. Perceived Social Norms, Psychological Capital and Entrepreneurial Intention among Undergraduate Students in Bukavu” was published in Education + Training (ET). Akilimali Ndatabaye Ephrem Université Officielle de Bukavu, Bukavu, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rebecca Namatovu and Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda May 2019 Education + Training 61(1) DOI:10.1108/ET-10-2018-0212.
5. Mwebaza E. Basalirwa (2017). Perceived Value of Entrepreneurship Education, Social Competences, Entrepreneurial Competences and Entrepreneurial Proclivity among University graduates in Uganda. A PhD thesis at Makerere University.
6. Mwebaza E. Basalirwa, Katherine Gough and Waswa Balunywa, (2016). Entrepreneurship Education in Uganda: Impact on Graduate Intentions to set up Business; in Young Entrepreneurs in Sub- Saharan Africa (pp 248-262). London and New York: Routledge.
7. Microfinance and Entrepreneurial Empowerment of Women: The Ugandan context” by Ernest Abaho, Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa and Richard Akisimire; International Journal of Economics Commerce and Management, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (Jan 2015 issue)
8. “Strategizing for firm excellence in Innovation: An exploratory study of Entrepreneurial Tendencies and Behaviors in SMEs in Uganda” by Nangoli Sudi, Basalirwa Edith, Kituyi Mayoka G., and Kusemererwa Christopher; International Journal of Economics and Management Sciences Vol. 2, No. 8, 2013, pp. 62-68.
9. “Internal Stakeholder awareness of the public procurement procedures, adherence to the public procurement procedures and governance in self-accounting organisations in Uganda” by Waswa Balunywa, Edith Mwebaza Basalirwa, Arthur Sserwanga, Ngoma Muhammed and Rogers Matama; in Ntayi J et al., 2009; Fountain Publishers.
10. “Internal Marketing Practices, Job Satisfaction and Service Quality in the Airline Service Industry: A Case Study of Entebbe Handling Services, Uganda”; by Omagor, Charles; Nsamba, Owen Robert; and Basalirwa, Edith Mwebaza, (2012). Eleventh Wuhan International Conference on e-Business. Paper 2. http://aisel.aisnet.org/whiceb2011/2
11. Edith Mwebaza; Application of Marketing concept to the Marketing of Newspapers in Uganda – A Dissertation submitted to Makerere University for the award of MBA, 1997.
12. Edith Mwebaza; Gender and Management; Makerere University Business School Journal Publications; Occasional Paper 2nd AIMC Conference Proceedings, 1996.

 

Entrepreneurship Development, Service Sector Management, Services Marketing, Entrepreneurial Marketing, Customer Services, Business Environment, Business Economics and Environment, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development, Business Administration, Sales Force Management, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Enterprise Creation and Management, General Management, Marketing Management, Marketing Channels, International Marketing among others..

• 2017-to-date – Assistant Editor – Executive Board of the African Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS)
• 2018-to-2019 – Member – Editorial Team for the Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA) Scientific Journal of Technical and Vocational Education.
• 2008-2018 – Board Member – Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Entrepreneurship Innovation and Incubation Center (EIIC).
• 2013-2018 – Co-Chair – Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Entrepreneurship Innovation and Incubation Center (EIIC) Board 2013-2018.
• 2016-2017 – Chairperson – Conference Committee of the Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Annual International Management Conference
• 2013-to-2018 – Chairperson – Conference Committee of the Annual International Entrepreneurship Conference
• 2018-to-Date – Member – Conference Committee of the Annual International Entrepreneurship Conference
• 2015-to-date – Board Member of the Makerere University Business School Leadership Center
• 2015-to-date – Committee Member – Conference Committee for the Annual International Leadership Conference

• Vice Chair Person; St. James Chapel MUBS ; Development Committee
• Patron; St. James Chapel (Makerere University Business School)
• Treasurer; Kawuku Parish ; Church of Uganda; Ggaba
• Council Secretary for Kawuku Church of Uganda; Ggaba
• Head of Laity, Kawuku Parish Church of Uganda; Ggaba
• Secretary for Women; Uganda Commerce Association (UCA) 1988-1989
• Committee member; Makerere University, Commerce Association (MUCA) 1989.
• Member, Academic Board, Makerere University Business School
• Member, Management Committee, Makerere University Business School.
• Member Deans Committee
• Co – Chair, MUBS Entrepreneurship Innovation and Incubation Center Board, Makerere University Business School.
• Chairperson, 22nd Annual International Management Conference Organizing Committee (2017).
• Chairperson, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration Research Committee meeting (2015 – 2018).
• Chairperson, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration Board Committee meeting (2015 – 2018).
• Chairperson, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration Examiners Board Committee meeting (2015 – 2018).
• Chairperson, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration Staff selection appointments and promotions committee (2015 – 2018).
• Chairperson, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration Heads of Department Committee meeting (2015 – 2018).
• Chairperson, Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration Finance Committee meeting (2015 – 2018).
• Member, Faculty Research Management Committee (2012 -2018).
• Member, Higher Degrees Committee, Makerere University Business School (1998 – to date).
• Member Irregularities Committee, Makerere University Business School 2015 – 2018).
• Member, Curriculum and Course Review, Makerere University Business School (2004 – to date).
• Member, Timetabling Committee, Makerere University Business School (2004 – to date).
• Member, Faculty of Management Staff Appointments and Promotions Committee (2004 – 2009).
• Member, Loans Committee, Makerere University Business School.
• Member, Student Disciplinary Committee, Makerere University Business School.
• Member, Staff Disciplinary Committee, Makerere University Business School.
• Chairperson, Staff Interviewing Committee, Makerere University Business School.
• Chairperson, Staff Disciplinary Committee meeting, Makerere University Business School.
• Chairperson, Department of Entrepreneurship Meetings 2006 – 2013.
• Technical Advisor, Makerere University Entrepreneurship Students Association.
• Chairperson, Board of Governors, Wairaka Technical Institute 2006 – 2009.
• Chairperson, Board of Directors for Muyinda Transport Company 2015.
• Vice Chairperson Board of Directors for Bugiri High School 1997 to date
• Member, Staff Interviewing Committee of Management, Makerere University Business School, MUBS, 2020 to date
• Returning Officer- Makerere University Business School Academic Staff Association, MUBASA for 2003, 2004, 2005 &2006
• Member of the Busoga Education Initiatives Governing Board (2018- to date)

 

(a) Grants and Partnerships

Principal Investigator: Makerere University Research Innovation Fund (MAK-RIF 3) 2021-2022, “Digital Tools for Youth Entrepreneurs living in Slums”.

Co-Investigator: Research Fund of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) NORAD- Call for Research proposals of 2017; “Entrepreneurship training and performance of businesses owned by School Drop outs”

Principal Investigator: Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment (YEMP) project 2009-2013 funded by DANIDA. Co-sponsored my PhD studies in (Makerere University, Copenhagen Business School and University of Denmark)

Principal Investigator: Makerere University Business School (MUBS) Faculty of Entrepreneurship and Business Administration Faculty Research Fund 2012-2013; Challenges facing women entrepreneurs; Evidence from the micro sector in Uganda.

Co-Investigator: NPT Research project of 2004-2009 funded by Netherlands Organisation for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC)

Team Leader: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research of 2003 as Team Leader – Arua (Northern Uganda) funded by Bank of Uganda.

Team Member: Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) research of 2004 as Team member – Kampala region funded by Bank of Uganda.

Email Address: ebasalirwa@mubs.ac.ug ; ebasalirwa@gmail.com ; deanfesbm@mubs.ac.ug
Telephone Contact: +256772436106 / +256702046906