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She was born in present-day [[Mayuge District]] circa 1952, and attended "Kabuli Primary School" for her elementary school education. For her secondary school studies, she attended [[Gayaza High School]], a prestigious boarding girls' middle and high school, located in [[Gayaza]], [[Wakiso District]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Full-Woman/10-years--banana--industrial--crop-wealth-/689842-3889814-format-xhtml-fxmvlaz/index.html |title=10 years of transforming the banana into an industrial crop | date=16 April 2017 |accessdate=9 November 2017 | location=Kampala | first=Eunice | last=Rukundo}}</ref> |
She was born in present-day [[Mayuge District]] circa 1952, and attended "Kabuli Primary School" for her elementary school education. For her secondary school studies, she attended [[Gayaza High School]], a prestigious boarding girls' middle and high school, located in [[Gayaza]], [[Wakiso District]].<ref name="Profile">{{cite web|newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Full-Woman/10-years--banana--industrial--crop-wealth-/689842-3889814-format-xhtml-fxmvlaz/index.html |title=10 years of transforming the banana into an industrial crop | date=16 April 2017 |accessdate=9 November 2017 | location=Kampala | first=Eunice | last=Rukundo}}</ref> |
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In 1975 she graduated from [[Makerere University]], Uganda's largest and oldest public university, graduating with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree and a [[Education|Diploma in Education]], awarded in 1975. |
In 1975 she graduated from [[Makerere University]], Uganda's largest and oldest public university, graduating with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree and a [[Education|Diploma in Education]], awarded in 1975. In 1990, she was awarded a [[Master of Science]] in [[Food Science]]. Later in 2000, she graduated with a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree in [[Biochemistry]], from Makerere University.<ref name="Profile"/> |
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==Work experience== |
==Work experience== |
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Florence Muranga | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Kabuli Village, Mayuge District, Uganda |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
| Alma mater | Makerere University (BSc), (Dip.Ed), (PhD) University of Reading (Master of Science in Food Science), |
| Occupation(s) | Food Scientist, Academic and Corporate executive |
| Years active | 1975 — present |
| Known for | Academics, Scientific research |
| Title | Executive Director of the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) |
| Spouse | (Manuel Muranga) |
Florence Isabirye Muranga, is a female, biochemist, food scientist, academic and corporate executive, who serves as the executive director of the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID), a presidential project started in effort to boost the commercialization of Uganda’s bananas through research and industrialization.[1]
Background and education
She was born in present-day Mayuge District circa 1952, and attended "Kabuli Primary School" for her elementary school education. For her secondary school studies, she attended Gayaza High School, a prestigious boarding girls' middle and high school, located in Gayaza, Wakiso District.[2]
In 1975 she graduated from Makerere University, Uganda's largest and oldest public university, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree and a Diploma in Education, awarded in 1975. In 1990, she was awarded a Master of Science in Food Science. Later in 2000, she graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Biochemistry, from Makerere University.[2]
Work experience
Banana research
Other considerations
See also
References
- ^ BGA (9 September 2016). "Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) at Risk of Having no Funds over its Legality". Business Guide Africa (BGA). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ a b Rukundo, Eunice (16 April 2017). "10 years of transforming the banana into an industrial crop". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
External links
- Living people
- 1952 births
- Makerere University alumni
- People from Mayuge District
- People from Eastern Region, Uganda
- Ugandan Christians
- Ugandan academics
- Ugandan women scientists
- Women food scientists
- 20th-century women scientists
- 21st-century women scientists
- Ugandan women academics
- Makerere University academics