The entrepreneurial landscape in Uganda has witnessed a remarkable upsurge, with a proliferation of startups offering innovative solutions to local and global challenges. This burgeoning ecosystem has been fueled by…
India is arguably the world’s third biggest startup ecosystem behind the USA and China. But much of India’s boom has happened within the last two decades. Between 2013-2020 Jagruti Bista…
In August 2020, Carina Juilfs founded Moho Home, a furniture startup bringing modern furniture to Ugandan sitting rooms and office spaces. Just like any business owner, she needed to hire…
Startups raise funding for various reasons that are essential for their growth and success. Firstly, funding provides the necessary capital to support and accelerate the growth of startups. It enables…
In startups, the “growth at all costs” mindset refers to a strategy where startups prioritize rapid growth and market domination above all else, often disregarding profitability, long-term sustainability, or ethical…
Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia, recently recorded strong financial growth in the first quarter of 2023. This happened under her new leadership led by Francis Dufay who became full-time CEO…
According to the Internet Poverty Index, produced by the World Data Labs and supported by the Internet Society Foundation, 31 million Ugandans can not afford the Internet or live under…
By Josephine Magoba Makuyi FCCA, CPA(U) The International Accountants Day is celebrated on the 10th of November every year; as this is the date when mathematician Luca Bartolomeo de Pacioli…
KAMPALA — HiveColab, an innovation hub and startup incubator in Kampala, has partnered with ICT Association of Uganda (ICTAU) and will in November host the much-anticipated Swarm Summit and Tech…
Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has embarked on a five year plan to revive the meter gauge railway. Charles Kateeba, the Executive Director, URC, says the US$ 340M plan to revive…
