Associate Professor Rogers Matama serves as the Head of the Department of Accounting at Makerere University Business School (MUBS), Kampala, Uganda
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- Assoc Prof
Rogers Matama, PhD
Rogers Matama, PhD
- Head, Department of Accounting
- rmatama@mubs.ac.ug
Research Interests
- Frugality in (micro/small/medium/large) entities
- Family business finance
- Corporate Governance/Sustainability advancements
Staff Publications
- 15+Journal Articles (governance, family business, frugality, finance)- please see papers on the research gate portal.
- 3 Books. Family Business Governance & Family Business Success, The Power of Small things and One book chapter
Staff Projects
- Working paper on sustainable use of plastics in Kampala
- Family business sustainability in Uganda
- Enhancing employability of accounting graduates in Uganda by Integrating Employability Skills into Accounting Education using Work-Integrated Learning Approach
Staff Supervision
I continue to supervise over 25 scholars to completion at the graduate level annually and an external examiner for the PhD candidates.
Presentations
- Facilitator on Corp Gov. For UHPAB, 2025
- Facilitator on Corp Gov. For Ug. Development Bank EDP, 2024
- Facilitator -Corp Gov & Ethics in Banking 2018 to date
- Trained on Gov. & Inducted the CCHCLS Board 2024.
- Several trainings on governance using adult based training approaches
- Several conference presentations: AIEC 2018, African Logistics Conference 2019, ORSEA, 2019, ICSB keynote (2020) please see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYGC46hOvRg ,
- AIMC 2021, AIMC 2023 …
Other Info
- University meritorious Award recipient – MUBS Family Business Knowledge Development Meritorious Award, 2010
- 2018 – 2021 Head od Dept Procurement & Logistics Management, MUBS
- 2022 to date Head of Dept Accounting MUBS
- MUBS Academic Board & Faculty Examiner’s board member from 2018 to date.
- Board Membership – (2014 – 2017) Bank of Baroda Uganda and active on three boards currently
