CK Japheth Archives

Ms Charity Mutagamba, the CEO of FinCom Technologies, a subsidiary of Service Corps.

Charity Mutagamba: Fintechs have to concentrate on creating solutions

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 Technologies. From

May 20, 2025

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The 100 Leading and Most Admired CEOs in Uganda 2024.

Uganda’s 100 Leading and Most Admired CEOs 2024

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

December 19, 2024

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CK Japheth the missionpreneur behind The Innovation Village and MoTIV

CK JAPHETH: A MoTIVated and Innovative Villager changing Uganda, one entrepreneur at a time!

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

August 15, 2023

C-Suite Leadership·CEO Perspectives·Executive Profiles·The Big Story

An executive of Service Cops, one of Uganda’s leading Financial Technology and Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO) firms exhibits at the just-ended Digital Economy Showcase organised by The Innovation Village in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.

Entrepreneurs urged to embrace the shared digital economy to enhance efficiency and competitiveness

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

March 4, 2023

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Byamungu in front of a complete prototype container cabin which is at the heart of his latest Container Safari Lodge project

Prosper Byamungu and his Brown Stridge design and build firm is rethinking, redesigning and rebuilding how building is done in Uganda

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

April 20, 2022

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Alvin Mbugua leaves Uganda Breweries to take on a new role in Latin America & the Caribbean effective September

INNOVATING AHEAD OF THE VOLATILITY CURVE: 7 things every leader must know, according to UBL’s Alvin Mbugua

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

August 2, 2021

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The training will be conducted by Simon Mawer (left), an Innovation Strategist and CEO and Founder of Blue Wren Advisors as well as Martha Arinaitwe Rukare (right), the Innovation Strategy Lead at The Innovation Village.

The Innovation Village and CEO Summit bring innovation strategy training to senior executives in Kampala

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

July 7, 2021

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Samantha Namara (left), Senior Associate FutureLab, interacts with startups before they pitch their solutions. Courtesy photo

The Innovation Village unveils top 3 start-ups from the Future of Education accelerator program

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

February 25, 2021

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CK Japheth (left), the Team Lead at The Innovation Village and the CEO CIT Institute of Technology, Da’shone Hughey, sign a Memorandum of Understanding today in Kampala. Courtesy photo

The Innovation Village partners with CIT to provide Tech Trainings

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

January 25, 2021

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The Future of Retail 2020 report, is published by The Innovation Village, in partnership with Stanbic Bank and Rocket Health.

7 must-know insights from The Innovation Village’s Future of Retail Report; key to post-Covid-19 recovery of Ugandan MSMEs.

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

January 1, 2021

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