Moses Kizza Musaazi

Moses Kizza Musaazi was a Ugandan engineer, inventor, and academic at Makerere University. He was known for developing MakaPads, a low-cost sanitary pad made primarily from papyrus and recycled paper materials. He was awarded a Master of Science degree from the University of London on 25 January 1978 after completing this program. Moses later received a UNESCO scholarship for further research at Imperial College London, leading to a Master of Philosophy and a PhD, which he completed in 1985. Following his postgraduate studies, he returned to Makerere University to continue his academic career. He was also a managing director of Technology for Tomorrow Limited in Kawempe, Kampala.

Awards and recognitions

In 2006, Dr. Musaazi received the Presidential Scientific Innovation Excellence Award in Uganda for his research and its societal impact. In 2015, he was appointed by the Royal Academy of Engineering as a judge for the inaugural Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, recognizing his expertise in engineering innovation.

Death Dr. Moses died on 18 September 2018. He succumbed to lung cancer and passed away at Doctors Hospital in Sseguku, Wakiso District, Uganda, after collapsing at home earlier that day.