20 Oct
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
23 Jun
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
21 Jun
Bavuga’s Fashion Business Bounces Back After Ski...
At 25 years old, Carlyn Bavuga is in the process of building a fashion house that will not only be the go-to house for trendy clothes but also an academy that is affordable to dispense tailoring skills to young people.
07 Jun
Afro Health Connect makes big strides in access to...
The quality of care and access to health care services in Uganda has remained wanting for years now. Take for instance the fact that a total of 1,192 maternal deaths and 28,174 perinatal deaths were recorded according to the Annual
27 May
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
05 May
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
07 Apr
Agriculture and tourism meet at The Innovation Vil...
A buzz of excitement and intrigue hovered in the air as hundreds of agriculture and tourism enthusiasts made their rounds at the various stalls of the agritourism expo organized by The Innovation Village Mbarara. Right from farm produce that has
25 Mar
The Man Steering Women To Empowerment
Esther Nakazibwe, a charcoal seller in Kulambiro, a Kampala suburb, beams with pride as she shows off her property. The source of her pride is a row of three well-furnished houses that are a few touches away from renting out
11 Feb
Making Menstrual Hygiene Accessible, Sustainable a...
Bernadette Ojao, is a lively young woman and a mother of 3 children in pursuit of a dream to ease menstrual hygiene with affordable and sustainable pads in Uganda. Hailing from Karamoja Sub-region, and having grown up in the slums
03 Dec
A MOMENT IN ASIAT’S TOUGH LEATHER SANDALS | A st...
The scent of leather and shoemakers glue fills the air of the workshop where we find 28 year old Asiat Gamba and many young faces working away in the heart of Mbarara City, western region of Uganda. Theirs is a
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