Miss World Africa Quiin Abenakyo graduates from Makerere

By George Mangula

Miss World Africa, Quiin Abenakyo will this Thursday be conferred with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Computing during the third day of Makerere University 69th graduation ceremony.

Abenakyo is among thousands of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) students graduating on Thursday from the oldest public university in Uganda.

This year 2019, a total of 13,350 students are to be awarded degrees and diplomas of Makerere University in various disciplines. Of these, 56 will receive PhDs, 1,254 Masters Degrees and 101 Postgraduate Diplomas, while 11,939 will receive undergraduate diplomas and Bachelor’s Degrees. 49.7 percent of the graduands are women and 50.3 percent are men; and 364 students will be graduating with First Class Honours.

During the first session, graduands from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), College of Natural Sciences (CoNAS), College of Health Sciences (CHS) and the College of Education and External Studies (CEES) were conferred upon degrees and awarded diplomas of Makerere University.

President Yoweri Museveni graced the occasion, urging new graduates to be hard working and acquire managerial skills among others such as entrepreneurship skills.

Quiin Abenakyo born 1996 o was crowned Miss Uganda 2018. She represented Uganda at Miss World 2018 in China and was crowned Miss World Africa 2018. At the Miss World 2018 contest, Abenakyo was a winner in the head to head challenge portion of the contest, and she placed 2nd Runner-Up overall. She is the first Ugandan to place this high in this annual pageant.