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Goal 9 of 17

9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialisation and foster innovation.

UCU Libraries Focus

Makerspace, ideation, and research support for innovation pipelines.

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Goal 9

Progress Metrics

600+

Innovation Projects

1,200 / yr

Lab Sessions

45+

Industry Partners

Published UCU Evidence

Research contribution to SDG 9

These repository article records show how UCU scholarship contributes directly to this goal through evidence, policy learning, community insight, and discipline-specific research.

Agriculture: 4Environment: 4ICT & Innovation: 3Economy: 2Health: 2Culture: 1

Agriculture

A Framework for Adopting ICT-Based Services Among Coffee Farmers in Uganda: Case Study of Bugisu Subregion in Bugisu

Supports agricultural modernisation by showing how ICT services can improve farmer access to market, production, advisory, and extension information.

2025 repository update

Agriculture

Determinants of knowledge, attitude and perception towards cage fish farming technologies among smallholder farmers in Uganda

Strengthens evidence for aquaculture adoption, food security, household income, and smallholder agricultural transformation.

2025 repository update

Agriculture

Pastoralists’ use of mobile phones for livestock management in Karamoja, Uganda

Shows how mobile technology can improve livestock management, resilience, rural productivity, and information access in pastoral communities.

2025 repository update

Agriculture

Solanum pan-genetics reveals paralogues as contingencies in crop engineering

Contributes to crop science and biotechnology evidence that can inform food security, agricultural productivity, and science-led innovation.

2025 repository update

Health

Expression of Her-2 and Ki-67 in Gastric Cancer Formalin Fixed Paraffin Embedded Tissue Blocks and Their Correlation with Histological Grades at the Uganda Cancer Institute Pathology Laboratory

Adds biomedical evidence for cancer diagnosis and treatment knowledge in Uganda’s health research ecosystem.

2025 repository update

Health

Quantitative expression of estrogen, progesterone and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 and their correlation with immunohistochemistry in breast cancer at Uganda Cancer Institute

Contributes cancer research evidence relevant to diagnostics, women’s health, and specialised clinical knowledge.

2025 repository update

Key Targets

What Should Be Achieved

1

Innovation resource ecosystems

2

Prototype-to-research support

3

Applied research visibility

Our Contribution

UCU Libraries Initiatives

Makerspace knowledge labs

Innovation literature pathways

Industry collaboration research

At a Glance

Targets

3

Initiatives

3

Metrics Tracked

3

Focus Areas

5