Dr. Umar Kakumba is the Deputy Vice Chancellor in charge of Academic Affairs, Makerere University. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Management Sciences, College of Business and Management Sciences (CoBAMS), Makerere University. He holds a PhD in Public Affairs (University Of Pretoria, South Africa), Masters in Public Administion & Management, Diploma in Business Administration and BA Social Sciences (Makerere University). He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Wilson College, Cambridge, in the United Kingdom.