{"id":1415,"date":"2021-12-18T16:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/Blog\/?p=1415"},"modified":"2021-12-20T18:56:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T15:56:52","slug":"iuea-named-best-private-university-in-east-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/iuea-named-best-private-university-in-east-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"IUEA named Best Private University in East Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ceremony took place on Thursday 16th December at Golf Course Hotel under the theme: <strong>&#8220;Innovation and Productivity: The Place of Quality in a Time of Sustainable Change.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"916\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/East-Africa-Brand-Quality-Awards-916x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/East-Africa-Brand-Quality-Awards-916x1024.jpg 916w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/East-Africa-Brand-Quality-Awards-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/East-Africa-Brand-Quality-Awards-768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/East-Africa-Brand-Quality-Awards.jpg 1021w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><figcaption><em>IUEA Platinum Winner <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Honourable State Minister of Trade Harriet Ntabazi presented the brand quality awards to over 100 companies within the East African Community, IUEA among institutions, praising them for their excellent product quality and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"716\" height=\"571\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Untitled-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Honourable Harriet Ntabazi\" class=\"wp-image-1420 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Untitled-1-1.jpg 716w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Untitled-1-1-300x239.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 716px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 716\/571;\" \/><figcaption>Uganda Minister of trade, Honourable Harriet Ntabazi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She honoured the IUEA team, including Vice-Chancellor Prof. Emeka Akaezuwa, Quality Assurance Manager Mr Akasa Omar, and University Chairman Amb. Moses Kiwe Sebunya, the award for the best private university in East Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IUEA-Team-1024x554.jpg\" alt=\"IUEA Team\" class=\"wp-image-1419 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IUEA-Team-1024x554.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IUEA-Team-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IUEA-Team-768x415.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IUEA-Team-1536x831.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IUEA-Team.jpg 1758w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/554;\" \/><figcaption><em>IUEA Team<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Emeka identified the link between universities and businesses, emphasizing how universities may assist in the growth of a business or company. He cited the thousands of graduates succeeding in the workforce, one of which is Canary Mugume, a popular media personality at NBS TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-src=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-20-at-6.48.27-PM-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Prof. Emeka Akaezuwa\" class=\"wp-image-1421 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-20-at-6.48.27-PM-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-20-at-6.48.27-PM-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-20-at-6.48.27-PM-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-12-20-at-6.48.27-PM.jpeg 1080w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/683;\" \/><figcaption><em>Prof. Emeka Akaezuwa<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Businesses have ideas; Universities can help them bring those ideas to life, by helping them to analyse the markets and technology through training of individuals.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p><cite>&#8211; Prof. Emeka said<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is IUEA&#8217;s fourth award in 2021, it follows <a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/iuea-best-private-university-award-in-cusumers-choice\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"581\">Consumers&#8217; Choice Awards for a best private university<\/a>, Uganda Science Innovator&#8217;s Award for <a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/iuea-won-uganda-science-and-innovators-award-2021\/\" data-type=\"URL\">best innovator and 9th Visionary of Uganda<\/a>, Award for <a href=\"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/iuea-wins-best-online-teaching-university-in-uganda\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1333\">best visionary online teaching international university in Uganda.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International University of East Africa (IUEA) is celebrating after being named the best private University in East Africa during the 2021 East Africa Brand Quality Awards(EABQA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iuea.ac.ug\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}