Lawrence Coreta Muganga

Lawrence Muganga is a Ugandan-Canadian scholar, digital economy educationist, academic administrator who serves as the Vice Chancellor of Victoria University Uganda. He is the author of "You Can't Make Fish Climb Trees", "From Chalk to Chatbots" as well as "Aunthetic University".

Background and education He was born in Mukono District and grew up in Masaka District. He graduated with a Higher Education Teaching Certificate from Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts. He holds a Master in Education specialising in Adult Education plus a PhD in Educational Administration and Leadership from University of Alberta Canada.

Career After his graduation from Makerere University in 2002, Muganga moved to Rwanda and worked in Rwanda Revenue Authority as an Internal Auditor (2003–2005). He worked as a Project Manager at Edmonton Multicultural Coalition, he also served as a Policy Advisor for the Government of Alberta in Canada. Muganga has held several teaching, consulting and professional positions in Canada, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Finland, Singapore, Sweden, US and Solomon Islands majorly focusing on researching, planning, developing, implementing, and assessing policies that contribute towards human capital development and improving the quality of life for populations.

Grant In 2019, Muganga published a book called "You Can't Make Fish Climb Trees" and won a grant of $1.3 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

Controversies On 2 September 2021, he was arrested by the Ugandan joint security forces from his office for espionage and illegal stay in the country but he was freed 2 days later without any charge.