Florence Muranga
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Professor Florence Muranga | |
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| Born | 1952 (age 71–72) Kabuli Village, Mayuge District, Uganda |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
| Alma mater | Makerere University (Bachelor of Science) (Diploma Education) (Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry) 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
Before her retirement, Florence Isabirye Muranga was a Professor of Nutrition and Biochemistry in the Department of Food Science at Makerere University. She has special interest in the nutritional value of the banana fruit, particularity the variety called matooke. She has published widely and extensively regarding her research on the subject.[3]
Banana research
In 2005 Professor Muranga an encounter with the president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, and the president was impressed with the professor's research. Two years later, the president established the Presidential Initiative on Banana Industrial Development (PIBID) and named Muranaga the Executive Director. The program is an aggressive food-value addition effort, yielding a range of matooke byproducts including (a) tooke biscuits (cookies), (b) tooke powder for porridge, (c) tooke flour for matooke meal, (d) matooke chips for snacking (e) matooke flakes for cereal and (f) matooke starch and others.[2]
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 c Rukundo, Eunice (16 April 2017). "10 years of transforming the banana into an industrial crop". Daily Monitor. Kampala. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ RGN (9 November 2017). "Florence Isabirye Muranga's scientific contributions while working at Makerere University and other institutions". Reseachgate.net (RGN). Retrieved 9 November 2017.
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- 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