Bernard Wakabi Muhangi

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Dr. Bernard Wakabi Muhangi is a researcher in Finance and management of financial institutions. He is a University lecturer with Mountains of the Moon University (MMU) and a Business consultant. Holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business Administration and Management of Uganda Management Institute (UMI), a Master’s Degree in Business Administration of Uganda Martyrs University and a Bachelor of Commerce of Makerere University. He holds several certificates in Data management, Resource mobilization, financial literacy etc.

Dr. Muhangi has worked with several organisations where he has occupied different positions and involving in several consultancies. At his MMU, he has risen through the ranks to the level of Faculty Dean, a position he relinquished recently. Besides being a lecturer in the Faculty of business and Management Sciences, he is a member of the following committees 1. University Contracts committee 2. University Senate Examinations committee 3. Committee of postgraduate studies, research and innovation, 4. Faculty Board, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, 5. Higher degrees committee. He has also supervised several research dissertations at Masters and Bachelor levels. He has also published and reviewed several research papers with reputable international peer reviewed Journals.

Dr. Muhangi holds a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business Administration and Management of Uganda Management Institute (UMI), a Master’s Degree in Business Administration of Uganda Martyrs University and a Bachelor of Commerce of Makerere University

No	Author(s)	Title	Journal Name
1.	Bernard Wakabi Muhangi, Professor BadarAlam Iqbal, Dr. Saturninus KasoziMulindwa	The Mediation Effect of Competitive Advantage on Managerial Competencies-Financial performance Nexus ofMicrofinance Institutions in Uganda	American Journal of Finance ISSN 2520-0445 Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp 13 – 32, 2024
2.	Bernard Wakabi Muhangi, Professor BadarAlam Iqbal, Dr. Saturninus KasoziMulindwa	The Interaction Effect of Stakeholder Engagement on Managerial Competencies-Financial Performance Nexus; Empirical Evidence	American Journal of Finance ISSN 2520-0445 Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp 33 – 58, 2024
3.	Muhangi Bernard Wakabi & Aliija Ronald	The effect of loan appraisal process management on credit performance in Microfinance institutions (MFIs): A case of MFIs in Uganda.	International Journal of Science and research (IJSR), Vol.6, no.4, April, 2017. DOI: 10.21275/ART20172815
4.	Muhangi Bernard Wakabi & Dr. Oliver Schmidt	Financial behaviour of the poor: A case of tea growers and pickers in Western Uganda	International Journal of Science and research(IJSR), Vol.5, no.2 (2016)
5.	Muhangi Bernard Wakabi	Leadership style and staff retention in Organisations	International Journal of Science and research(IJSR), Vol.5, no.1 (2016)
6.	Muhangi Bernard Wakabi	Bureaucracy in Uganda since Colonial period to the present	International Journal of Sciences: Basic and applied research(IJSBAR), Vol. 42, no.7 (2015)
7.	Muhangi Bernard Wakabi, Asiimwe Margaret, Byamugisha Odomaro, Oliver Schmidt & Ireen Sekamwa	How to make Agricultural finance work: Uganda experience	Redeemer’s University Journal of Management and Social Sciences, Vol.2, no. 2 (2014)
8.	Byabashaija Deusdedit, 1 Muhangi Bernard Wakabi	Board Members Educational Levels and Financial Performance of Kyamuhunga Cooperative Societies, Bushenyi, Uganda	Asian Journal of Business and Management (ISSN: 2321 – 2802) Volume 05– Issue 06, December 2017
9.	Byabashaija Deusdedit Gimaddu Esther Muhangi Bernard	Domestic Violence and Family Values in Mitooma District, Western Uganda	Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences ISSN 2347-5374 (Online) Abbreviated Key Title: Sch. J. Arts Humanit. Soc. Sci. ISSN 2347-9493 (Print) ©Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers (SAS Publishers) A Unit of Scholars Academic and Scientific Society, India

Title	Position	Year
The Effect of Digital Financial Payments on Financial Inclusion and Socio-Economic Development among Youth in the Rwenzori Region, Western Uganda	Principal Investigator (PI)	2024 – 2026
A contextual analysis and synthesis of the Toro- Rwenzori and Bunyoro region, Western Uganda for a stakeholder driven and regionally embedded development programme.	Consultant	2019
Assessment of Loan Usage and cash flows of group members	Senior Researcher	2012
Strengthening business practices of fish farmers in the Rwenzori region	PI/South Promoter	2016 – 2018

Supervised several Masters and Undergraduate Theses. Currently supervising two (2) PhD Theses.

Bernard has worked with several organisations where he has occupied different positions and involving in several consultancies. At MMU, he has risen through the ranks to the level of Faculty Dean, a position he relinquished recently. Besides being a lecturer in the Faculty of business and Management Sciences, he is a member of the following committees 1. University Contracts committee 2. University Senate Examinations committee 3. Committee of postgraduate studies, research and innovation, 4. Faculty Board, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, and 5. Higher degrees committee. He has also supervised several research dissertations at Masters and Bachelor levels. He has also published and reviewed several research papers with reputable international peer reviewed Journals.

In community service, Bernard is the Chairperson, Board of Directors, Center for African Development Initiative (CADI), a local CBO that helps communities in personal and community development, and a member of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda (ICGU).