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STEPUP together with Uganda Christian University, CERD Uganda and Tech Savvy, under the NARO Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project (UCSATP) competitive research grant, is recruiting 30 YOUTH MONITORS for a year-long mentorship program co-monitoring the effectiveness of climate smart agriculture technologies and practices (CSA TIMPS) in the sorghum value chain in Teso sub-region (Bukedea, […]

On Saturday, 25th July, 2026, we celebrated the young people who participated in our 2026 Essay Competition at @Luigi Giussani High School, Kireka. This year, we received over 325 submissions from 34 schools and Institutions, with learners exploring sustainable food systems and the clean energy transition in refugee settlements. Beyond the awards, the day was […]

Stepup Standard is intent on making sure the youths of the Eastern part of Uganda lead the movement on Sustainable Food Systems.The first step to do this is knowledge checking or acquisition and to this end, we are holding a quiz in the Teso region on the 25-27th August, 2026. We will have groups of […]

Despite Uganda’s fertile soils, we are almost under siege with regard to unsafe farm chemicals, increased taste for processed foods, use of unsafe oils/fat/sugar; which could lead to several health and other challenges. FEMRITE – Uganda Women Writers Association, with support of the McKnight Foundation, is running a poetry award for Youths on sustainable Agro-ecological […]

The Annual STEPUP Essay Competition is BACK!!!!! Attempt only one of the two topics: Either: Renewable Energy- How can Uganda transition to clean cooking in refugee settlements? What implications would the transition have on the environment? Or: Agroecology- If your generation was governing the way food is produced and consumed in Uganda, how would you […]

STEPUP organised two meetings in which a longlist of topics was presented. Participants brainstormed and made a short list of three key topics;  Environment raising a boy child and inclusion of men Security In the second meeting, participants prioritized one topic for action based on the following criteria Issues cared about on the topic- things […]

Members of the Mvua Water Harvesting Initiative were recently invited to a parliamentary committee on WASH meeting as stakeholders, to discuss the rainwater harvesting and storage bill. The inception meeting included participants from members of parliament, private sector, and CSOs. Several things were discussed regarding the feasibility and the objectives of the bill, its operation, […]

We all know that universities must be connected with knowledge users otherwise what are they there for? This is something that Makerere University Business School (MUBS) has been grappling with especially under the Energy Economics Research Centre and Department of Energy Science and Technology. It is frustrating for an academician who truly looks at knowledge […]

There were over 30 students from 10 schools taking part in this event at CREEC. Some students who had participated in the essay competition also took part in answering a questionnaire so as to qualify for the drill session. The drill session was meant for selection of 6 top teenager students who would participate in […]

STEPUP Standard Limited was contracted by the Norwegian University Of Science and Technology to conduct a Tracer Study Activity and build capacity of energy and petroleum (EnPe) graduates regarding sustainable energy transitioning. The study probed how transitioning from Fossil Fuel Energy to renewable energy affected human employment. This was done through a survey that was […]