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INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA 7th Commencement - Celebrating 10 years Anniversary 2010 - 2020

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COVID-19 AND THE RISE OF VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES: IDEAS FOR A NEW ERA

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Oh Uganda! may God uphold thee, Verse 1 We lay our future in thy hand. Ee Mungu twaomba ulinde United, free, Jumuiya Afrika Mashariki For liberty Tuwezeshe kuishi kwa amani Together we’ll always stand. Tutimize na malengo yetu. Oh Uganda! the land of freedom. Chorus Our love and labour we give, Jumuiya Yetu sote tuilinde And with neighbours all Tuwajibike tuimarike At our country’s call Umoja wetu ni nguzo yetu In peace and friendship we’ll live. Idumu Jumuiya yetu. Oh Uganda! the land that feeds us Verse 2. By sun and fertile soil grown. Uzalendo pia mshikamano For our own dear land, Viwe msingi wa Umoja wetu We’ll always stand: Natulinde Uhuru na Amani The Pearl of Africa’s Crown. Mila zetu na desturi zetu. Verse 3 Viwandani na hata mashambani Tufanye kazi sote kwa makini Tujitoe kwa hali na mali Tuijenge Jumuiya bora.

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Graduation Schedule of Events 10:05 am ……….Launch of IUEA 2020 Cyber Warriors Launch of IUEA 10th 07:00 am...... Graduands take anniversary celebration their seats at Three Stooges Ribbon cutting for Cyber and 08:00 am...... Arrival of staff, 10th anniversary invited guests and media 10:35 am...... Guest speaker’s 09:00 am...... Chief guests arrive speech 09:15 am...... Uganda National Anthem, East Africa Anthem 10:50 am...... Vice Chancellor invites Deans of Faculties to 09:20 am...... University and present Congregation prayer Graduands for the Conferment of Degrees and for Award of 09:30 am...... Chancellor Diplomas constitutes the Congregation

09:35 am………..Chancellor’s 12:30 pm...... Chancellor welcoming remarks dissolves the Congregation

09:40 am...... Vice Chancellor’s 12:35 pm...... Uganda National remarks Anthem

09:45 am...... Representative of 12:50 pm...... Drinks for guests graduands’ students remarks and departure

09:50 am………..Guild representa- tive’s remarks

09:55 am...... University Council Chairperson’s speech on behalf of BoT and UC

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H. E. Gen. Yoweri KagutaH. E. Gen.Museveni Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Prof. Emmanuel TumusiimeProf. EmmanuelMutebile Tumusiime Mutebile President of the RepublicPresident of Uganda of the Republic of Uganda Chancellor Chancellor H.E. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile President of the Republic of Uganda Governor of the Bank of Uganda | Chancellor of IUEA

H. E. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile President of the Republic of Uganda Chancellor

Hon. Janet Kataha MuseveniHon. Janet Kataha Museveni Prof. Dawoud ShenoudaProf. Dawoud Dawoud Shenouda Dawoud Minister of Education andMinister Sports of Education and Sports Vice Chancellor Vice Chancellor 6 6 4th Graduation - December4th Graduation 2017 - December 20174th Graduation - December4th Graduation2017 - December 2017 7 7

Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni Prof. Dawoud Shenouda Dawoud H.E.Minister Janet ofKataha Education Museveni and Sports Vice ChancellorDr. Emeka Akaezuwa 6 Minister of Education 4th and Graduation Sports - December 2017 4th Graduation - December 2017Vice Chancellor of IUEA 7

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Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny Dollo Ambassador Moses Kiwe Sebunya Chairperson Chairperson

Mr. Alwi Hassan Mr. Hassan Alwi Mr. Dison Okumu Mr. Hassan Alwi Dr. Jacinto Amandua Member & Promoter Member Member Member Member

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H. E. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime Mutebile President of the Republic of Uganda Prof. EmmanuelChancellor Tumusiime-Mutebile

reetings to all our Graduands, your families, sponsors and to IUEA has always been known for innovation, so to our current and our guests. A hearty congratulations is due to you for making future students, we encourage you to take part in our innovation Git to this point in spite of school lockdowns and the Covid-19 in learning approach too and so that you will be recognized as a problems. I must admit this has been a special year, first with Graduate of Africa’s “Technological University of Choice”. Covid-19 and then with many positive news such as your university I want to thank the IUEA Board of Trustees, University Council creating the IUEA Cyber Warriors group in response to Covid-19 and and IUEA’s staff who have all worked tirelessly to get us to this

Hon. Janet Kataha Museveni the universityProf. Dawoud Shenouda marking Dawoud its 10th anniversary. day. Minister of Education and Sports Vice Chancellor 6 4th Graduation - December 2017 4th GraduationToday’s - December theme 2017 of ‘Covid-19 and7 the rise of virtual communities: Ideas Graduands, Congratulations and Long live IUEA! for a new era’ is fitting. First because you are participating in a vir- tual graduation and secondly because I want to implore you to take a leaf from your soon to be alma mater and find opportunities that Covid-19 pandemic has made possible.

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But a few restaurants have the Covid-19 pandemic does not allow all the like virtual communities, or to enable virtual responded by switching to effective food hundreds of our graduands and their families communities to work remotely, to become delivery to people in their homes and offices. to gather in one place. rapidly more successful. The impact of Covid-19 on the economy is total We have been disrupted, but we have More than a century ago, the French and permanent. It is now up to us to adapt or to responded with a solution of holding a scientist Luis Pasteur said that “luck favours perish. All businesses will have to virtual graduation. Likewise, many companies the prepared mind.” Using Luis Pasteur’s reconfigure and reinvent themselves. and businesses have been disrupted worldwide insight, I will say that for companies like And individual employees will have to and forced to re-organize their employees to Zoom that had already “prepared” tools for re-skill and up-skill and increase their work from home. In fact, the English dictionary enabling virtual communities to engage and capacities for working remotely in a digital now has a new acronym WFH which means to work remotely, the disruption of Covid-19 world. Even half-literate private-taxi drivers will “work from home.” Several other words have became a kind of luck that has enabled have to learn how to use digital apps or they quickly come into all languages. These include them to out-compete other companies and will be forced out of employment. words that refer to video-conferencing to become extremely successful. Dr. Emeka Akaezuwa companies such as Google-Meet and Zoom. “I The combination of digital apps, websites and will be joining a Zoom at 2pm” is a new phrase Even before Covid-19 disrupted the whole mobile money payments has enabled agile in English that is nowadays understood by world, technology had already disrupted companies with new ideas to provide services Dear Chancellor, Honorable Chief Justice many types of businesses that were slow to their customers even during the lockdown Owiny Dollo, Mr. Alwi Hassan, our Guest many people to mean that I will be joining a virtual meeting by video-conferencing. to adapt. One well-known example is what and to thrive even as other companies perish. speaker, Board of Trustees, University happened to cabs or private-taxis worldwide In summary, the impact of Covid-19 on the Council, University Senate, Staff members, Zoom is a company that enables virtual when Uber and Bolt and other digital-cabs global economy has been generally catastroph- family and friends of the graduates and dear or digital-taxis arrived on the scene. Many ic and disruptive. It is up to us to figure out how graduands: communities of workers to hold meetings and discussions online using advanced video-con- private-taxi companies in many cities of the to survive and thrive in a world that continuous world went out of business because they to be disrupted. The theme of today’s graduation is “Covid-19 ferencing technologies that work across several platforms including computers and were not prepared to digitize or create and the Rise of Virtual Communities: Ideas digital apps. I am glad to see that IUEA is one of the few for a new era.” smartphones. Zoom was disrupted upwards— it was disrupted from being a small company universities that have figured out how to that almost no one outside of technology In the world of education today, any survive and thrive. This graduation ceremony fits the theme university or tertiary institution that fails of today’s graduation because it is being experts had heard about just last year, to now being one of the world’s biggest companies. to embrace online digital technologies Congratulations to IUEA. Once again, conducted by a virtual community and our for teaching and learning is likely to die. congratulations to our graduates. graduands are participating and graduating Here is what the famous BBC said about Zoom in April this year: Covid-19 has disrupted education and forced virtually. They are participating from all the all institutions to wake up to the reality of Thank you and God bless! corners of Uganda, Tanzania, South “ [the] use of Zoom’s software jumped 30-fold in the power of ICT and the internet. The pool Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, DRC, Nigeria, of lecturers and students is no longer local, Rwanda and many other countries. April, as the coronavirus pandemic forced millions to work, learn and socialise remotely... it is now global. And, therefore, the compe- At its peak, the firm counted more than 300 tition for lecturers and students is no longer I will talk about social and economic local, it is global. You can sit anywhere in the disruption and ideas for this new era. The million daily participants in virtual meetings, Dr. Emeka Akaezuwa while paying customers have more than tri- world and join a virtual classroom that is most concrete and immediate example of physically located in Uganda or England or the disruption that I am talking about is this pled...The dramatic uptake has the potential to change the firm's path. When Zoom sold its Australia, or some other country thousands graduation itself. Our normal face-to-face of Kilometres away. graduation has been disrupted. How have first shares to the public last year, it was valued at $15.9bn. That shot to more than we responded? We have responded with a For another example, let us look at offices for new idea for a new era, and that idea is to $58bn on Tuesday. What Zoom has done is kind of democratised video conferencing for rent in many cities worldwide. Many use technology to conduct a “scientific and companies responded to the Covid-19 virtual graduation.” This type of graduation all kinds of businesses and made it very simple for everyone from yoga instructors through to lockdown by cancelling their leases for has never happened in human history any- office spaces because there was no reason where in the world before this year. This board room executives to deploy video." I end the quote. to pay for an office that you are not using. year IUEA is doing what most universities The landlords for these offices have to come in all the continents of the world are doing up with new ideas or perish. Some of the

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This year internet-based technologies that are now Fourth Industrial Revolution in which inter- all countries, including developing countries part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution net-based technologies and devices take like Uganda, have been forced to fast-track that we were slow to join before Covid-19 centre-stage. all aspects of distance learning including forced as to adapt or perish. online education. The fact that Covid-19 has forced education- The First Industrial Revolution was based al institutions to embrace technology and I commend the leadership of IUEA, from on water and steam power to mechanize to force all students to become comfortable the Board of Trustees, University Council all production, and most of Africa missed this working with technology is good news for the way to staff members for responding revolution. The Second Industrial businesses across Africa. This is because it is so quickly to build a new distance learning Revolution was based on use of electricity students from these educational institutions platform that has put the university in good to improve productivity, and most of rural that become employees and entrepreneurs stead for the future. I commend you Africa has not yet joined this 2nd responsible for fighting for the success of students for taking up the challenge of fin- revolution. The Third Industrial Revolution African businesses in this new normal of ishing your studies online. Congratulations also known as the information global competition within a highly techno- Chief Justice are in order to the National Council for revolution is based on computers and logical ecosystem. Higher Education in Uganda for their Alphonse Owiny Dollo other digital devices, and most of Africa is brilliant response to this Covid-19 crisis and still struggling to join this 3rd revolution. Having spoken with the leadership of IUEA, I for granting IUEA the green light to ear Chancellor, our Guest speaker, And the Fourth Industrial Revolution that am delighted to report that IUEA was among conduct distance learning classes. The Board of Trustees, University Coun- has been thrust upon us by Covid-19 is the first few universities in Uganda to rapidly British statesman Winston Churchill is cil, Vice Chancellor, University thought of as a much more powerful, and adapt to the new normal and to get approval D credited with having said at the end of the Senate, staff members, family and friends faster, and cheaper, and dominant version from the National Council for Higher Edu- Second World War that one should “never of the graduates and dear Graduands: of the Third Industrial Revolution. In this cation to continue teaching and learning in let a good crisis go to waste.” What Churchill Fourth Industrial Revolution, competition accordance with the ODeL guidelines. IUEA meant is that as human beings we are This is a very unusual graduation. It is is global and, therefore, all educational has become a powerful model for all univer- creatures of habit and we do not easily called a scientific virtual graduation. It is a institutions and businesses that fail to sities in Africa. change our habits or our cultures at all. We graduation of the type that no one adapt technology and to build cohesive only change when we are forced to adapt. predicted only a year ago. It is a and effective virtual communities will Once again, Happy 10th anniversary to IUEA And it is crises of various kinds that force us graduation of the “Fourth Industrial Revo- perish. and congratulations to our graduates. You to either adapt or perish. IUEA has adapted lution” that has been forced upon us by a are responsible for building strong business- and has adapted well. very unusual and very unexpected force of In order for universities to succeed in the es and strong countries across Africa. nature in the form of a global infectious new normal they must do the following Permit me to enumerate a few instances disease that spreads rapidly and kills seven things: Thank you and God Bless!! in which IUEA has adapted well. For one, many, and requires that in order for us to IUEA has built a distance learning platform survive, we must behave differently. One, prepare academic content for online for the virtual community of scholars, a new teaching and learning. Two, use techno- phenomenon. Two, in response to Covid-19, This Covid-19 pandemic, which is also logical devices and the internet for IUEA has introduced a new cyber service to known as Corona, has changed the world teaching online and offline. Three, Uganda called IUEA Cyber Warriors. I believe of education forever. It has forced all coun- empower their students to study actively IUEA Cyber Warriors is being launched today. tries to shut down their schools, colleges online and offline. Four, conduct tests and I congratulate IUEA for this quick thinking and universities for many months. And it examinations online. Five, join and and quick pivot to opportunity. In addition, has forced all educational systems world- collaborate with virtual communities I will like to wish IUEA a very Happy 10th An- wide to quickly accept online teaching worldwide. Six, develop new ethics and niversary! Such a young university and such and learning, and working from home as protocols for WFH or working from home accomplishments. It is a fitting testament to part of “the new normal.” and for collaborating in virtual communi- IUEA that it has been able to embrace the ties. And seven, finally optimize the use of opportunities made possible by the creation Prior to this Covid-19 pandemic some the powers of ICT and the Internet that we of virtual communities. highly developed countries had already were always slow to deploy before Covid-19 built strong online educational platforms forced us to either adapt or perish. Businesses that fail to adapt to what is now such as Coursera.org, Edx and Blackboard Students in this new normal will have a regarded as the new normal will perish. It

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But LEARNING TO SUCCEED CHAIRPERSON‘Learning t o S u c ceed’ UNIVERSITY COUNCIL were already prepared either to work like a few restaurants have responded by virtual communities, or to enable virtual switching to effective food delivery to people in the continents of the world are doing which is to communities to work remotely, to become their homes and offices. hold a virtual graduation because the Covid-19 rapidly more successful. pandemic does not allow all the hundreds of Right here at home, IUEA has responded to our graduands and their families to gather in More than a century ago, the French Covid-19 by creating a Cyber Warrior platform to one place. scientist Luis Pasteur said that “luck favours help companies and business secure their the prepared mind.” Using Luis Pasteur’s digital assets. I congratulate IUEA for this We have been disrupted, but we have insight, I will say that for companies like response. The impact of Covid-19 on the responded with a solution of holding a Zoom that had already “prepared” tools for economy is total and permanent. It is now up virtual graduation. Likewise, many companies enabling virtual communities to engage and to us to adapt, to find the silver lining in the and businesses have been disrupted worldwide to work remotely, the disruption of Covid-19 Covid-19 cloud, just like IUEA, Zoom, Uber and and forced to re-organize their employees to became a kind of luck that has enabled them the rest did. And for those of you who are not work from home. In fact, the English dictionary to out-compete other companies and to entrepreneurial, you will have to re-skill and now has a new acronym WFH which means become extremely successful. up-skill and increase your capacity for working Ambassador “work from home.” I will add mine, Study from remotely in a digital world. Home (SFH). Several other words have quickly Even before Covid-19 disrupted the whole Moses Kiwe Sebunya come into all languages. These include words world, technology had already disrupted The combination of digital apps, websites and that refer to video-conferencing companies many types of businesses that were slow mobile money payments has enabled agile such as Google-Meet and Zoom. “I will be to adapt. One well-known example is what companies and individuals with new ideas to Dear Chancellor, Honorable Chief Justice happened to cabs or private-taxis worldwide provide services to their customers even during Owiny Dollo, Mr. Alwi Hassan, our Guest joining a Zoom at 2pm” is a new phrase in English that is nowadays understood by many when Uber and Bolt and other digital-cabs the lockdown. speaker, Board of Trustees, University or digital-taxis arrived on the scene. Many Council, Vice Chancellor, University Senate, people to mean that I will be joining a virtual meeting by video-conferencing. private-taxi companies in many cities of the In summary, the impact of Covid-19 on the Staff members, family and friends of the world went out of business because they global economy has been generally catastroph- graduates and above all, Dear graduates: Zoom is a company that enables virtual were not prepared to digitize or create ic and disruptive. It is up to us to figure out how digital apps. to survive and thrive in a world that continuous I congratulate you on your graduation today communities of workers to hold meetings and discussions online using advanced video-con- to be disrupted. The permanent creation of and I also congratulate the university on its In the world of education today, any Covid-19 are virtual communities. Virtual 10th anniversary. The theme of today’s ferencing technologies that work across sever- al platforms including computers and smart- university or tertiary institution that fails communities are your opportunity to tap into. graduation is “Covid-19 and the Rise of Virtual to embrace online digital technologies for Communities: Ideas for a new era.” phones. Zoom was disrupted upwards—it was disrupted from being a small company that al- teaching and learning is likely to die. Covid-19 I am glad to see that IUEA is one of the few most no one outside of technology experts had has disrupted education and forced all universities that have figured out how to survive This graduation ceremony fits the theme institutions to wake up to the reality of the and thrive. Congratulations to IUEA. Once again, of today’s graduation because it is being heard about just last year, to now being one of the world’s biggest companies. Here is what the power of ICT and the internet. The pool of congratulations to our graduates. conducted by a virtual community and our lecturers and students is no longer local, it is graduands are participating and graduating famous BBC said about Zoom in April this year: “ [the] use of Zoom’s software jumped 30-fold in now global. And, therefore, the competition Thank you and God bless! virtually. They are participating from all the for lecturers and students is no longer local, corners of Uganda, Tanzania, South Sudan, April, as the coronavirus pandemic forced mil- lions to work, learn and socialise remotely...At its it is global. You can sit anywhere in the world Somalia, Eritrea, DRC, Nigeria, Rwanda and and join a virtual classroom that is physically many other countries. peak, the firm counted more than 300 million daily participants in virtual meetings, located in Uganda or England or Australia, or while paying customers have more than some other country thousands of I will talk about social and economic Kilometres away. disruption and ideas for this new era. The tripled...The dramatic uptake has the potential most concrete and immediate example of to change the firm's path. When Zoom sold its first shares to the public last year, it was valued For another example, let us look at offices for the disruption that I am talking about is this rent in many cities worldwide. Many graduation itself. Our normal face-to-face at $15.9bn. That shot to more than $58bn on Tuesday. What Zoom has done is kind of companies responded to the Covid-19 graduation has been disrupted. How have lockdown by cancelling their leases for we responded? We have responded with a democratised video conferencing for all kinds of businesses and made it very simple for everyone office spaces because there was no reason to new idea for a new era, and that idea is to use pay for an office that you are not using. The technology to conduct a “scientific and from yoga instructors through to board room executives to deploy video." I end the quote. landlords for these offices have to come up virtual graduation.” This type of graduation with new ideas or perish. Some of the new rarely happened before this year. This year ideas have been to convert these offices into IUEA is doing what most universities in all Covid-19 has disrupted companies and busi- nesses. This disruption has already killed some shared work-spaces or flexible-offices that

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ONLINE LEARNING COMES OF AGE Beyond the heartbreak associated with losing the classroom connection between the teaching staff and students, the cyberspace has created more room for meaningful work and learning to carry on. As a university, we have strongly leveraged on the importance of technology. We have prepared for such situations for years over. The pandemic just gave us an opportunity to accelerate these efforts even further. The leadership in partnership with our IT unit ensure that our students continue to network and learn from anywhere in the world. The future is bright.

As time unfurls, we will probably forget there is any other option! Albeit a new phenomenon, it will soon settle in and with time to come, we shall not even notice the transition. Given the fact that the growing likelihood of situation IUEA OnlineU Platform requirements will remain in place for some time, www.iuea.ac.ug we stand strong to give you the assurance that we shall continue learning to succeed.

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For today his wife who was then a new monumental achievement, from this plat- in this twenty first century, in this our gen- mother would eat well so that her breasts form, allow me to commend the efforts of eration, like never before in the history of hu- rain without any interruptions. He said to our beloved parents out there. On behalf manity. As creatures of the creator, we have himself, exuberance to the core. of IUEA Students, continuing and those been tasked by the creator with the respon- who are graduating today, class of 2020, I sibility to create a better world within which But when he entered his home, the bright thank you our parents for having support- everyone can live happily. Therefore, there is day which escorted him home from the for- ed your children without waving. Thank nothing in this world, visible or invisible that est turned into darkness ... he found his wife you for believing in our struggle. Thank can stop us from overcoming circumstanc- and the little child who had not yet seen the you for investing in us. Thank you very es, not even Convid-19. To the graduands light of day, the only child to him, eaten by a much. Board of Trustees, the University here attending, class of 2020, this is the main lion. He found them in bits. Upon seeing this, Council, and the management thank you motive as to why we are being put to school. he wanted to go crazy but craziness refused so much. To our lecturers, our profound We are here today because the world is be- to befriend him. gratitude to you for the arduous toils ex- ing laid in the balance but found wanting. erted towards our success. To our cleaners, So, you are the very technicians the world Then days ran away. He became lonely. those behind IUEA hygiene, we commend is looking up to. That the world is waiting to Jada Lo Naruwo 'What is there to live for in this life when you for keeping our environment clean for embrace. Go out there, and repair the world there is nothing for which to live? He often us. The list goes on and on. Thank you all. to the satisfaction of humanity. asked himself. Everything to him had lost meaning. There was nothing to live for apart I would therefore love to say this, as we re- I want to say to you that Education is a roof Dear Chancellor, Honorable Chief Justice from suffering. Everything seemed dark to flect on the story I had just related to you, under which a nation can take shelter so that Owiny Dollo, our Guest of Honor, Board his Soul. He was on the verge of putting him- that dark days exist not to discourage. Not when the rain pours down heavily the coun- of Trustees, University Council, Vice Chan- self to death. One afternoon, he trekked into to put an end to everything but to pave try is not washed away. And Education is you, cellor, University Senate, Staff members, a nearby bush to hang himself. us a better way. And this will only become the class of 2020. So, the nation is leaning family and friends of the graduates and truer if and only if we are strong enough on you, don't let it go on her knees. Africa is above all, Dear Class of 2020, Ladies and And as he was in the process of doing so, he to endure the pains that had been poured counting on you, show her you can. gentlemen, Good Morning! heard the voice of a little child wailing near upon us by this Convid-19. By devising new him. His heart pounded several times and methods of tackling its repercussions. By With these few remarks, you are urged to be Permit me to start by congratulating you his body trembled out of fear. But when he embracing technology to exploiting the imaginative in every approach you take. Let graduands and my university on its 10th looked about, he saw a child lying in the opportunities that came with it. the world see you contributing something anniversary. Yes, IUEA is 10 years old this arms of a dead woman, crying. And when to its improvement. And most importantly, month. he checked out it was clear to him that she I must also say, that Convid-19 is here today as I stand here, I should like to tell you that died from a snake bite. He took the baby into not to destroy but to make us think other- never, even when it means losing your life, Standing here, I want to begin by telling his arms and walked around hoping that he wise. Though we have seen our economy compromise your integrity. Be a principled you a story. Of an old man who used to live might get someone who could be of assis- being dragged down to its knees, and ev- man or woman. Be a responsible citizen. A on the outskirts of a certain city, very many tance to locate this woman's home, but it erything seemed to have lost meaning, citizen who serves his or her country with ut- years ago. Years untraceable in the distant was to no avail. He then took the baby and and many lives lost, and we are still losing most honesty. And as you do this, keep at the past. He was a very good man. Liked by made him his own. Little did he know that more precious ones, life must go on. We back of your mind what Luther King said... many who happened to have the privilege he was bringing up a king. The child grew up have to keep striving. But people keep that you should sweep streets like Michelan- to live around him, he never thought life to become a great man. A King who would, asking, striving for what? What is there for gelo painted pictures, if you happened to be would go against him in any way. later on, rule that country with utmost hon- one to live for? one, that you should sweep streets like Bee- esty. And he made him a proud father. From thoven composed music ... Sweep streets like One day, in the wake of the morning, he that day, the old man believed that every sad This is the question that is throbbing in Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so walked his way into the forest. He went situation has a golden gift in it to offer to us. the hearts of many. But I want to say this well that all the host of heaven and earth will there alone. His arrows and bow slung by today, as a society of people, the human have to pause and say: There lived a great his shoulders. Fearless he was, he pene- Today, I am so glad to be here amidst you, my race in this vast existence, there are many street sweeper who did his job well. Class of trated through the vast forest, shooting beloved IUEA family. And as we begin to cel- things for which to live. We have the abil- 2020, congratulations to you! at wild animals. When he was satisfied ebrate this beautiful day of our brothers and ity, the strength, the mental and physical enough with the animals he shot, he sisters, those who have invested so much capacity, the technological power with made for home. Very happy to his heart. of themselves in this struggle to reach this which to withstand any kind of calamity

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new qualification is a charge to keep and it It has been the duty of the older eagles should give us a feeling of responsibility or starfish throwers that have soared over towards society. We should not look down on stormy clouds to teach the young eagles those who have skills not backed by to fly. They have brought us to the cliff’s paper certificates. Remember, a degree is a edge and they are now pushing us. And certificate of exposure, not a guarantee of we shall fly and soar from today. And infection. At the end of the University, some together we shall fly in formation. people get infected with the real knowledge, A beautiful and breathtaking formation. others only get mild cases while others are Veterans and novices aligned and flying completely immune. in unison!

It is said that education is what remains after This is an epoch-making moment and on you have forgotten what you learnt in school. behalf of the Students body, I invoke their So there are things you can do notwithstand- distant and virtual wishes to shower ing your papers. Identify your unique gift. congratulations to all today’s graduands. Kijjambu Gordon Mukisa According to Emerson: “Each man has his Today, we celebrate your unmatched own vocation. The talent is the call. character of resilience, excellence, consis- He inclines to do something which is easy for tency and for being good skippers of your him and good when it’s done, but which no academic boats. Special mention goes to Cometh is the high-noon moment of your other man can do. His ambition is the second graduating bunch of Law academic journey! The skies are sparking exactly proportional to his powers. Students whom I have shared the same with blinking stars in awe of your The weight of the pinnacle is determined legal pasture within the legal seedbed. graduation! A full moon is hanging above by the breadth of the base.” Each of us is We were watered with legal philosophies as you plunge into the stormy clouds of unique. In the same way that all of us have on how to detonate the world with legal showcasing what you learnt from the unique fingerprints, we are different. George missiles. May you go now and bomb the university seedbed. Washington who became the first President world with legal missiles without of United States was a surveyor. He became exception. It is such an exceptional honor to be part a Great General, revolutionary and founding of this bunch of graduands and my heart President of the new nation. The great Remember the story of the Greek is rapidly pumping blood of unforgettable author Somerset Maugham first studied Millionaire who was denied a job as a memories of this academic journey. My medicine before embarking on an janitor because he couldn’t write. After chest enlarges more as I ponder on the illustrious writing career. succeeding he told journalists who asked untold memories that we are now leaving him to write his memoirs: behind in our lecture rooms. This beautiful I have always been fond of the Christopher and challenging journey started when we Logue Poem about how mother eagles teach “..If I could write I’d have been a janitor.” he turned our dreams as our prime masters! their young ones to overcome their fears and told them. When we turned our passion as our prime fly. She takes them to the edge of a high cliff. pursuit! When we turned our thoughts as In the words of the Poet, mother eagle says; You are a Starfish! our apex aim! When we turned laziness and laxity as our favorable subject of “Come to the edge. “Carpe-diem-seize-the-day” complete distortion! We now bear scars We might fall. of self-worth and chutzpah that we didn’t Come to the edge. dice our convictions until today. These It’s too high! gowns coupled boundless smiles puts an Come to the edge. end to this journey. What a moment to And they came. toast glasses of success! And she pushed And they flew!” We are now sailors. We need a roadmap and road signs lest we lose our way. This

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Don't Trustees, University Council, Vice Chan- exams and are graduating. Most of you are In its 10 years of existence, the university has achieved a lot and has become one of settle…." Find what you love to do and think, cellor, University Senate, Staff members, graduating virtually, you are not physically how can I apply this to virtual communities? family and friends of the graduates and present in east Africa, in Uganda, in Kampala the pre-eminent universities in Uganda. Today, the university is popularly known as dear graduands: nor at IUEA, yet you are participating in this The world you are stepping into is beset with joyous occasion in spite of Covid-19. “The Technological University of Choice.” That moniker is well deserved. We are see- great challenges and opportunities and the I consider it a great privilege to be invited rise of virtual communities is an opportunity, to speak to you today. Under normal cir- Today marks an important day in your lives, ing one of the reasons it is so well respect- ed today in the form of this graduation. and a lasting one, not a flash in a pan. In a cumstances, I should tell you something you are graduating, Congratulations to you recent article, the BBC reported that Micro- profound that you will remember for the and to your families. Traditionally graduation Please join me in wishing IUEA a Happy Anniversary. soft, Facebook, Twitter and a myriad of com- rest of your lives – and that you can tell marks the beginning of a new journey, a new panies have made remote work option (tele- your grandchildren. But in the year of a journey in all possible permutations: A new IUEA in its actions was ready for sudden commuting, virtual office) permanent. Many vicious pandemic, this is a herculean task. post bachelor’s education journey and a new companies, both in the first and developing How can one compete with Covid-19, a journey into a post Covid-19 disruptive world. change. You too must emulate your alma mater; You must be ready for change, world, are going virtual. The successful mind global enigma that threw the world into a Disruptive Change is defined as “changes in will look at Covid-19 as an opportunity to be tailspin and has etched its lockdowns, so- market trends causing a shift in the mode whether gradual, planned or foisted on you. You must be ready for change not the builders of a new world, a post pandemic cial distancing and severe economic hard- of production to fit the customer demands.” world. ship into our collective memories? Years In a normal world, disruptive change is not when you want to, but when it is neces- down the road when people think of the easy, much less in a pandemic world. More- sary either due to an opportunity, misfor- tune or when a preferred course has run Embrace the challenges of Covid-19 and get year 2020, they think Covid-19, they think over, Covid-19-induced disruptive change ahead of change. Find your purpose and take of lockdowns, and of social distancing and does not fit the normal definition: It is not a its course and you have reached the end of the road. As Peter F. Drucker, an econ- your share in shaping the new world. The of hopelessness. My message to you today shift that affects a portion of an industry and new world, one that you see in your mind’s is, let this year be the year that when you it was not caused by market forces but by a omist and one of the great thinkers of the 20th century noted: “you cannot manage eye will not appear by magic, it will manifest think back, you think of Hope, of success. virulent virus that does not fit customer de- through connected thoughts (connecting You can do this if you let the pandemic be mands. change, you must get ahead of it.” IUEA got ahead of it. The company Zoom got your passion to opportunities made possible a launching pad for your new invention by Covid-19). using virtual communities as your oppor- Nevertheless, “out of every dark cloud is a sil- ahead of it. Many other companies, old tunity. You will succeed if you see Covid-19 ver lining.” Those who succeed look for the and new are getting ahead of change and are changing the narrative from lock- You will succeed if you do not let the mental- as a rocket that will propel you to greater silver lining and ride on it. Your eminent uni- ity of lockdowns lock you down. You will suc- heights, not as a virus that locks you down. versity, IUEA is a perfect example of this. As downs to towering opportunities. It is not easy but it is possible. How? ceed if you unlock the ideas bottled up in you If you think like this, you will remember the pandemic rages, your university, IUEA, and use them to create the future. According 2020 as a year of Hope and Opportunity, came up with a solution that most, if not all to Walt Disney, “All our dreams can come not of lockdowns, social distancing and companies can use, IUEA came up with a cy- To get to this point was an important achievement in itself to which I commend true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” joblessness. ber security platform called Cyber Warriors. This is the year, this is the time to pursue your Cyber Warriors’ objective is to protect the you and the school for achieving, in spite of the disruption of school closure. The dreams. When you summon the hope, the Just a few months ago, the world was quite assets of companies in these tough times. courage, the skills you acquired at IUEA to different. It looked predictable and sta- The logic being with many skilled people out tenacity that brought you to this day and the academic and professional compe- pursue your dream and pursue it with vigor, ble. Finding a job was possible. Mingling of work, they may try their luck on the valu- you will have an incredible story to tell your with family and friends, shaking hands able assets of companies. Secondly, as school tencies that got you here – learning to suc- ceed, problem solving skills, practical edu- grandchildren, a story that rises above the and congregating were normal, every- lockdown continues, IUEA very rapidly built cloud of Covid-19. day activities. Today, they are not normal a distance learning platform to address the cation, commitment, tenacity, – are key to success. They will be even more important activities, they are health risks that may change that is sweeping the globe. Thanks You can do it and my best wishes are with you. even kill. With spectacular suddenness, to IUEA’s agility, you are graduating today in the new normal. You will have to rigor- ously apply the thinking and reasoning the world is upside down. An unwanted and continuing students and new students DR. GEORGE MUTEKANGA sea change of epic proportions is washing are able to continue their education in a vir- skills you have learnt and apply these to across continents, impacting everyone in tual education environment, in defiance of the silver lining that Covid-19 has availed its wake. You are both victims and bene- Covid-19. I would like to ask you to please join to those who see the silver lining. ficiaries of this disruptive change. School- me in applauding the Board of Trustees, the

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n behalf of the Faculty of but on the global stage as well. Science and Technology, Overall IUEA produces graduates OI offer my heartfelt who are innovative and are congratulations to the gradu- capable of creating jobs. ating class of 2020. I would also like to offer my sincerest con- Congratulations again to the gratulations and gratitude to graduates. The entire IUEA the family members who have family is very proud of you. stimulated and sustained you all. I wish you every success with Please take this opportunity your careers. to reflect upon the time you devoted to your studies and May each of you in the great class your interactions with your col- of 2020 live long and prosper. Dr. Lakshmi Bhabuu leagues and faculty members. Dean, Faculty of Science and Technology Nothing would please us more than knowing that all of you were able to gain a true appre- ciation for the philosophy of the You have all completed IUEA, which can be described the program here at IUEA. as “Technological University of It also marks the begin- Choice”. ning of new collaborations. With each step you take It is our sincere hope that you forward, whole new worlds become highly skilled profes- will appear. sionals, capable of utilizing the logical abilities you obtained through your studies and re- Take care and stay safe. search here at the IUEA to make DR. LAKSHMI BHABUU contributions towards solving DEAN, FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY problems and creating new val- " ue not only in the Africa region, OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACULTY IU INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY EA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA - 7th Commencement - www.iuea.ac.ug OF EAST AFRICA 23 LEARNING TO SUCCEED ‘Learning t o S uc ceed’ Tentative Graduation List IU INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY EA OF EAST AFRICA LEARNING TO SUCCEED ‘Learning t o S u c ceed’

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In a year of not so much to cheer Let this continue to be your about, your graduation gives us reflection point throughout your a much welcome reason to careers – that you must work celebrate. On my behalf, and on hard to achieve your ambitions. behalf of the entire body of lecturers and staff at the I invite you to retain this spirit of Faculty of Law, I congratulate hard work and ambition as you you on this absolutely march into your future. This is important achievement and only the starting point, and as send you our very best wishes you can see, this starting point for your careers. has not been marked in the usual way. We have congregated What is crucial is that you must with limited numbers physically understand that ambition must while the majority of your Mr. Emmanuel Sebijjo Ssemmanda be backed by hard work. colleagues and their parents Dean, Faculty of Law Nothing is going to come have joined us virtually. It is a dis- served on a silver platter – you tinct example of the fact that must work for it and spare no human systems keep evolving, effort to attain it. and our human system as we It will give us so much knew it before January 2020 has pleasure to see you Your graduation is a clear now completely evolved. succeed as Lawyers, illustration of this point. Your Magistrates, Judges, degree has not been handed to Although it has long been Legislators, Academics, you on a silver platter. You have predicted that human life would Consultants, or any other spent countless days attend- in the future become more career path you may ing lectures, countless nights reliant on digital and virtual undertake. revising your notes, countless technologies, no one quite discussions with colleagues, understood how close that countless pages of textbooks future was. The COVID-19 flipped, countless examinations pandemic has fast-forwarded us and assignments written and into a future that many thought countless sacrifices of was so many decades away. pleasure and finances. OF LAW FACULTY

Graduation is finally here, and all your hard work has paid off. Go out and make the world a better place. MR. EMMANUEL SEBIJJO SSEMMANDA DEAN, FACULTY OF LAW

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Each year, graduation is looked knowledge gained and reflect on upon as a highlight of the all lessons learned during your academic community. It is an undergraduate degree. Take the honour for us to celebrate the time to say thank you to all those achievements of our grad- who helped support you through uands during our graduation this journey. And most of all, take ceremonies. Your graduation is the time to congratulate yourself the result of years of hard work, on this well-deserved achieve- passion and commitment, and ment. we are proud to celebrate this achievement with you. I would also like to take this opportunity to ask you to say a In earning your degree, you have big thank you to the Academ- grown as individuals, gained ic and Administrative Staff that Prof. Dawoud Shenouda Dawoud new experience, acquired a have worked tirelessly to teach Dean, Faculty of Engineering strong engineering and you and support you throughout architecture foundations, and your studies. Especially during problem-solving competencies this past year, we have worked that will serve you well in the extremely hard to help you reach As you leave our doors and future. You are well prepared this day. seek your next opportunity, to create innovations; to collab- we are confident that your orate across fields and tackle To end this small word of degree will only strengthen some of the world's most press- congratulations I ask that your ability to succeed. ing challenges. everyone please join us here at IUEA-Engineering in recogniz- Although this year was very ing the outstanding accomplish- different for all of us, presenting ments of the Class of 2020. a variety of challenges. Howev- er, you have all overcome these challenges and completed your degrees, starting your next ad- PROF. DAWOUD SHENOUDA DAWOUD DEAN, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING

venture in your life. OF ENGINEERING FACULTY

As you move forward with your journey, do not forget to take the time to absorb all the

" INTERNATIONAL IU UNIVERSITY EA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA - 7th Commencement - www.iuea.ac.ug OF EAST AFRICA 27 LEARNING TO SUCCEED ‘Learning t o S uc ceed’ As the technological university of choice, we boost of rich and cutting edge technology that gives you options to study online with our user-friendly IUEA OnlineU platform. Our online degrees, diplomas and short course A programmes are flexible, affordable and carry bachelor’s architecture the same value as any other ordinary degree from IUEA emphasizes design thinking and trains students on-campus certification. in design processes and the latest technology used in the industry. Our architecture programme can also open up possibilities for careers in interior design, construction, building surveying, structural engineering, or landscape architecture. LIFE AT LIFE AT

Through the course of study, students are taken through a guide on all the concepts and practices concerned in understanding petroleum. Upon the completion of the course, students can; develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineeringjudgment to draw conclusions.

Use efficient technology design relevant The world is blessed with various valuable minerals below our Systems, components, or processes using feet. With a lot being discovered every now and then, there is an modern techniques, skills, and engineering emerging need for professional manpower. tools use various software presently used in the field of petroleum engineering. Obtaining a degree in petroleum engi- An IUEA mining engineering degree thus teaches students neering gives students higher chances to design, develop, and manage systems for obtaining these to succeed in the oil and gas field as useful minerals from the earth. well as an assurance of employability in the future.

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take this opportunity to claimed many lives and brought welcome all of you to our first down many businesses to their Ivirtual graduation ceremo- knees. We managed to defeat ny. This is a very special day for Covid-19 by successfully com- you because you will forever be- pleting our degrees and diplo- come graduates of the Faculty mas through online studies. We of Business and Management should also be grateful for the at the International University friendships that we have culti- of East Africa (IUEA). vated with each other during our time at the International As our graduating class of 2020, University of East Africa (IUEA). you are indeed a very special According to psychologists, reg- group because you are the ularly expressing gratitude will pioneers of our first virtual grad- enhance one’s happiness, peace Dr. Silvia Rita Atoko uation ceremony at IUEA. of mind, quality of relations and Dean, Faculty of Business & management I am really humbled by the way life satisfaction. you successfully managed to adjust your studies, from the In addition to the knowledge, traditional face to face learning skills and competencies gained I am confident that the to the online learning mode, as at IUEA, your sixth sense is key Faculty of Business and a new normal in the shortest when providing business solu- Management has time possible. Not withstand- tions and generating new busi- prepared you with the ing the technical challenges ness ideas for organizations. As necessary theoretical and and the initial teething prob- a leader in business, you need practical concepts to lems that come with online to inspire your subordinates to provide business solutions learning mode. You are indeed achieve the extraordinary goals to the problems facing the our academic heroes for the of the organization by demon- business environment. year 2020. strating excellent leadership qualities. As a graduate of IUEA, I We are grateful to God for hav- want to assure you that you have ing enabled you to successfully what it takes to provide appropri-

complete your studies and to ate leadership in various sectors OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT FACULTY graduate, on this particular day. in organizations, and make We are also grateful to God for appropriate decisions. the gift of life in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic which has DR. SILVIA RITA ATOKO DEAN, FACULTY OF BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT

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Top Five Students from FBM – Class of 2020 1.DURAN YASIN ABDI 2.ABDALLA ALI MOHAMED 3.ANGATH JOSEPH 4.MUGIDE SHUKURAT 5.MAYOMBWE ABUBAKAR 6.EJANG SHARON

Top Five Students from FOL – Class of 2020 1.KIJJAMBE GORDON 2.NANSOVE ASIINA 3.NGAKA BRIAN 4.ASMA STEPHEN KANG 5.BAKO VERONICA

Top Five Students from FST – Class of 2020 1.BULONZA BASEME FABIEN- BSCS 2.MIREMBE FLAVIA- BSCS 3.SANI USMAN- BSSE 4.ANDREW BAKASHABA- BIT 5.SAMIEL TEMANE- DCS 6. GEDEON BARAKA - MIT

Top Five Students from FOE – Class of 2020 1.AYE RACHEL 2.TANIA SAMMANI 3.KARUME SHAMILLAH 4.MUMBERE WARID 5.AGANZE CHAMBAL JOLIEN 6. MARIAM WAZIRI MWENDA

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We invite our graduates and their families to join our alumni association. Membership provides opportunities to attend IUEA functions, activities and events, network with your peers and fellow graduates, receive on-going professional development, advice and support, and contribute back to IUEA and our community.

For more information about how to register for the IUEA Alumni association, register at wwww.iuea.ac.ug or with our Alumni Representative on campus.

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BY VIRTUE OF THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME; I HEREBY DECLARE THE 7TH CONGREGATION OF GRADUATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA OFFICIALLY CLOSED

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Years CLASS OF 2020 YEAR BOOK - www.iuea.ac.ug 7th Commencement 2020 7th Commencement 2020 7th Commencement 2020 7th Commencement 2020 07:00 am...... Graduands take their seats at Three Stooges 08:00 am...... Arrival of staff, invited guests and media 09:00 am...... Chief guests arrive 09:15 am...... Uganda National Anthem, East Africa Anthem 09:20 am...... University and Congregation Prayer 1The Chancellor,0 Board of trustees, Council and Senate of 09:30 am...... Chancellor constitutes the Congregation International University of East Africa (IUEA) invites you to the 09:35 am………..Chancellor’s welcoming remarks 09:40 am...... Vice Chancellor’s Remarks 7th Commencement to be held at the Three Stooges on 09:45 am...... Representative of Graduands’ students remarks Thursday, 10th December, 2020 09:50 am………..Guild representative’s remarks 09:55 am...... University Council Chairperson’s Speech on behalf of BoT and UC 10:05 am ……….Launch of IUEA Cyber Warriors Launch of IUEA 10th IU INTERNATIONAL anniversary celebration UNIVERSITY Ribbon cutting for Cyber and 10th anniversary EA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EAST AFRICA - 7th Commencement - www.iuea.ac.ug 10:35 am...... Guest speaker’s speech OF EAST AFRICA 35 10:50 am...... Vice Chancellor LEARNING TO SUCCEED ‘Learning t o S uc ceed’ invites Deans of Faculties to present Graduands for the Conferment of Degrees and for Award of Di- RSVP +256 705 722 300 | +256 770 564 247 plomas THIS CARD ADMITS ONE PERSON! 12:30 pm...... Chancellor dissolves the Congregation 12:35 pm...... Uganda National Anthem 12:50 pm...... Drinks for guests and departure GRADUATION SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 2020 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS GRADUATION IU INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY EA OF EAST AFRICA LEARNING TO SUCCEED ‘Learning t o S uc ceed’

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