Philippa Ngaju Makobore

Philippa Ngaju Makobore is a Ugandan electrical engineer. She is the head of the instrumentation division at the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI).

Early life and education Makobore studied at Gayaza High School but graduated from a high school in Canada. In 2008, she earned a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Alberta Faculty of Engineering in Edmonton, Canada.

Career From 2009 until 2010, Makobore served as an intern telecommunications engineer at MTN Group. the World Congress for Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, She once was a session chair for the medical devices track at the World Congress. At UIRI, Makobore focuses on the design and development of electronic applications. Her team works on health care, agriculture, and energy projects. The ECGF won the second prize (US$25,000). The ECGF controls the flow rate of intravenous fluids.

Awards 2016: First place Innovation Award at the 2016 World Patient Safety, Science, and Technology Summit 2017: Second place Innovation Prize for Africa