In a world where Fintech is fast reshaping Africa’s economic landscape, few leaders are steering the transformation with the grace, grit, and vision of Charity Mutagamba, the CEO of FinCom…
Hardly two years after arriving in Uganda to take up her very first CEO role at Uganda’s largest telco, MTN Uganda, Sylvia Mulinge has emerged as Uganda’s most admired CEO, in the CEO East Africa Magazine’s inaugural 100 Leading & Most Admired CEOs In Uganda Survey. The 2-in-1 CEO East Africa Magazine’s Most Trusted and Respected Companies & The Most Admired CEOs in Uganda Survey 2024 is part of the magazine’s thought leadership agenda that seeks to create a body of knowledge on what exactly great companies and great leaders are made of, as well as recognise them. “This, we…
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In 2017 he went on to found The Innovation Village and in April 2020 started MoTIV. To mark his 6 years at The Innovation Village and three years at MoTIV, CEO East Africa Magazine’s Muhereza Kyamutetera, sat down CK Japheth for a tell-it-all interview. Looking back, the Edinburgh Business School (MBA, Strategic Planning) graduate says that even amidst the so frequent ’26-hour workdays’, so many successes and so many failures, that sometimes seem like “death by a thousand cuts” he is still “excited to be waking up every day to this role of building platforms that help other entrepreneurs start…
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The Deputy Executive at National Planning Authority Charles Olweny Ojok has urged technology entrepreneurs and organisations to embrace the shared digital economy to enhance efficiency and competitiveness as well as create enhanced customer experiences. “Using shared digital platforms will make it easier for end-users to access products and services, resulting in reduced operational costs, and improved sales for entrepreneurs and service providers. The shared platforms will make it easier to reach last-mile users in the rural communities – who for long have been digitally excluded”, said Mr Olweny. He was speaking at the just-ended Digital Economy Showcase, held at the…
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Trends change. What is more important though is the people who take it upon themselves to come up to lead this change. Prosper Byamungu is one such person. He describes himself as a natural artist who loves drawing and painting. “I am a creator of things. I believe in adaptation and accept that things change.” As a student at Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi, his attention was drawn to three-dimensional art—being able to express art in spaces. “Art is a very aesthetic field. It is about the senses. Buildings can be art pieces. They can be used to appeal to the…
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Alvin Mbugua spent the earlier years of his career in West Africa and East Africa before finding his way to South Africa. He knows too well what it is like to set up systems in corporate organizations across the continent. Each of these countries, be it Senegal where he worked or Kenya where he hails, has taught him a lot about innovation. He worked with Shell as a financial consultant and regional chief financial officer for a global logistics firm in the subsequent years. He has spent the last eight years with British multinational beverage alcohol company Diageo and today,…
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Industry leaders recognize the need to invest in innovation to remain competitive and grow in times of rapid change. However, building a coherent strategy, overcoming internal frictions, marshalling resources and bringing new offerings to market all while managing current operations, represent serious challenges in many settings. To address these challenges, The Innovation Village, in partnership with CEO Summit, has organized a three-day online course to equip executives with the much-needed innovative skills to push their organizations forward. The course that will run from July 28 to July 30, 2021, is expected to equip participants with skills on how to drive…
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The Innovation Village, through its Edtech Lab in partnership with Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works and the Arizona State University, have announced the final 3 teams whose solutions made it to the top three in the Future of Education accelerator program. The Future of Education is a business development program implemented by The Innovation Village through its Education Technology Lab supported by Mastercard Foundation and the Arizona State University to provide holistic support to innovative businesses rethinking and shaping the Future of Education. The call attracted 87 applications that were narrowed down to 10 startups who pitched to a panel…
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The Innovation Village has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CODEIT Institute of Technology (CIT) to provide software development training to technologists in Uganda. The training targets students seeking to improve their skills and a software development career growth in Python, Cloud and Blockchain technologies for a period of 6 months for every cohort. During the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding, the CEO CIT Institute of Technology, Da’shone Hughey, noted the partnership with The Innovation Village marks the first step in many partnerships to come across the East African region. He said, “We are excited to roll out this…
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Retail, which, by definition, is made up of businesses that sell to the final consumer, is an important part of Uganda’s economy. It contributes an average of 18% to the country’s GDP and employs about 16% of its labour force and could be the largest employment source. But even before Covid-19 struck, in March 2020, reaching its peak around June 2020, the largely brick-and-mortar sector was already facing its unique market imposed, regulatory and technology challenges. The state-imposed nationwide lockdowns and the resultant depressed economy, and paranoia for open and crowded marketplaces, only made sector challenges worse. As the country…
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