{"id":15444,"date":"2025-09-17T06:52:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T06:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=15444"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:10:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:10:49","slug":"women-engineers-have-a-critical-role-to-play-in-transforming-africa-ps-batebe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/women-engineers-have-a-critical-role-to-play-in-transforming-africa-ps-batebe\/","title":{"rendered":"Women Engineers Have A Critical Role To Play In Transforming Africa-PS Batebe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Zulfah Namatovu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has called for increased gender inclusion in the engineering profession, saying women have a critical role to play in shaping Africa’s transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The call was made by Engineer Irene Bateebe, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development during the 8th African Women Engineers Forum held on the sidelines of the on-going  11th<\/sup> UNESCO Africa Engineering Week and 9th<\/sup> African Engineering Conference  in Kampala<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Bateebe said, by 2030 Africa’s population will reach 1.7 billion people with a growing demand for sustainable solutions and therefore, there is need to have more  women engineers with resilience and ethical leadership abilities to deliver the economic transformation that is needed on the African continent .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dr. Patricia Litho, the Head Corporate Affairs and Communication at the Ministry of Energy participated on a panel discussing women engineers related issues in Africa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need more designing solutions for clean energy, sustainable infrastructure, climate resilience, mining, oil and gas infrastructure, \u00a0and digital innovations\u201d. Eng. Bateebe said, adding that the government is committed to ensuring that gender inclusion isn’t just a slogan, but a strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are scaling up opportunities for women to enter technical fields, expanding scholarships and integrating gender responsive approaches across national projects\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She further noted that women represent about 16.7% at the Uganda Institution of Professional Engineers membership with the highest percentage, 25% being in student membership compared to the rest of Africa\u2019s universities enrolment which stands at  about 47%  of females who take up  science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She cited the African women engineers forum as one of the programs equipping women with skills and access to impactful platforms. \u201cWe need to think of ways to retain female student members to progress to the other categories of membership when they finish their tertiary education,\u201d she stressed..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Bateebe \u00a0said that the government of Uganda has taken deliberate policy interventions to ensure that women are not just participants but take the lead in all aspects of energy and mineral development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Anne Nakajri, a lecturer in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Kyambogo University encouraged  female  engineer students s who finish their studies to stay and practice in the profession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have had challenges transferring research into industry but policies  have been put in place to change this scenario,\u201d she stated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The side event held under the  theme, \u201cInclusive  Engineering, Women Leading Innovation for Africa’s Sustainable Future attracted participants from different countries across Africa and the diaspora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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