e-commerce in Uganda Archives

Explainer: Tech Startups are Built to Grow Fast. So Why Are the Likes of Safeboda and Copia Global Retreating from Markets?

Jonathan N. LubwamaAfrica Company News Fintechs ICT Industry & Analysis News & Analysis Startups The Big StoryMay 5, 2023September 18, 2023

Paul Graham, the founder of the highly influential Y Combinator accelerator program penned arguably his most famous essay in September 2012. In this essay, titled Startups = Growth, Paul Graham…

The story of Ron Kawamara, Uganda’s ‘father’ of e-commerce

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & Analysis Q + As The Big Story Thought LeadershipDecember 12, 2022December 12, 2022

For starters, who is Ron Kawamara? Where does your story start? Ron is a husband and a father to a 4-year-old daughter. I was born in Fort Portal to a…

Who is who on Uganda’s e-trade association leadership

Nelson NambooleNews & AnalysisOctober 5, 2022October 5, 2022

On September 23, 2022, e-commerce firms in Uganda commissioned their umbrella, E-Trade and Startup Association of Uganda, in a bid to help them unlock the potential of e-commerce with one…