Resilience Program: How Mukunzi overcame her fear ...

When Alana Mukunzi took time off her finance job to take care of an ailing family member, she began thinking of what to do for a living in the meantime. As she saw a truck painted with various species of mushrooms, the

Sparkling Drop Water: Purifying Water In Mining Co...

It took a few recurring bouts of typhoid and consistent visits to the hospital before Frank Munguriek discovered that impure water was the cause of his health problems.   This led him to unlock a lucrative business in water sanitation. Munguriek

Ayebazibwe On Building An Empire One Art Piece At ...

Growing up in Mbarara, Uniq Fred Ayebazibwe witnessed his mother create beautiful art on ordinary house items. Using her hands to embroider, his mom turned ordinary curtains into artistic masterpieces. It is at this point that Ayebazibwe interest in making

The Innovation Village Mbarara: One Year Of Accele...

The story of The Innovation Village Mbarara begins in an unconventional way. It is the quintessential story of a rose that grew through the concrete given the circumstances of 2020, a year that is marked by an unprecedented havoc-wrecking pandemic

Creating An Empowered Youthful Population With The...

When The Mastercard Foundation launched its Young Africa Works strategy in Uganda in July 2020, it was met with a lot of anticipation about how transformative it would be in the area of youth employment. As a nation, Uganda has

Puzzles: Banya’s Innovation For Tourism And ...

Emily Banya is a 25-year-old woman who takes immense pride in being Ugandan and African. This national and continental pride sprung from her travels when she flew from Uganda to South Africa for her education. As a foreigner in another

Building A Coffee Business And Lessons From The In...

To a lot of people, coffee is to their systems what fuel is to a car. Based in Jinja, Aloysius Kawooya is an agro entrepreneur who has made it his mission to make that coffee fix worthwhile for Ugandans. His

Next Wave is a market-led 5yr intervention addressing the key ecosystem challenges of youth job creation in the Ugandan marketplace.