A renaissance in Uganda

摘要

Industrial engineers often say they are the key to economic recovery and progress. In Uganda, the politicians agree. After escaping the hangman's noose during the reign of dictator Idi Amin, industrial engineer Charles Kwesiga had built a good life in Ohio, working in business and teaching, he told allAfrica. com. But at the request of Uganda's president, he returned home in 2002 to run the Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI). The executive director has turned the institute into a world-class research institute that has been elected to the World Association of Industrial and Technological Research Organizations.