Abstract

The Uganda Vision 2040 is a blue print identifying the development paths and strategies to operationalise Uganda‟s Vision statement which is to transform Uganda from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country within 30 years. The vision aims at transforming Uganda from a predominantly peasant and low-income country to a competitive upper middle-income country. This paper explored how higher education can contribute to the achieving of the Uganda Vision 2040. The findings indicated that higher education influences development of improved technology, knowledge transfer, promotes national unity, promotes democracy, supports innovation and increases productivity which are all important if Uganda is to achieve the Vision 2040. Thus, this paper suggests that for higher education to contribute the achieving of Uganda Vision 2040, it is necessary for the government of Uganda to engage higher education in the process of implementing the vision 2040.The government of Uganda also needs to support   institutions of higher education such that they are able to develop the capacities they need to be able to help the country achieve its Vision 2040.