1 ONE YEAR OF VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE AT MAKERERE UNIVERSITY IN UGANDA A CASE STUDY By Jessica N. Aguti (Miss) Lecturer, Department of Distance Education, Institute of Adult and Continuing Education, Makerere University P.O. Box 7062 Kampala, Uganda Tel: 256-41-543188 Tel/fax: 256-41-554083 e-mail: avumuk@imul.com A PAPER TO BE PRESENTED AT THE PAN COMMONWEALTH FORUM 1 ST –5 TH MARCH 1999 BRUNEI - DARUSSALAM SECTOR: UNIVERSITY PRIME FOCUS: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1.0 BACKGROUND 1.1 Description Of The African Virtual University Project The African Virtual University is a distance education project currently being funded by the World Bank. It involves a number of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. As of now, the participating countries in the English speaking Sub-Saharan Africa include Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Some Universities in South Africa are also considering joining up. The following are the specific institutions in each of the participating English speaking countries: COUNTRY SITE Ethiopia Addis Ababa University Ghana University of Science and Technology, Kumasi University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast University of Ghana, Accra Kenya Kenyatta University Egerton University