THE VIEW FROM ABOVE: 4 Executives, 7 Days of conquering The Rwenzoris and their reflections on life and leadership In an effort to among many other reasons, promote The Rwenzori Mountains as an undiscovered mountaineering gem, on this side of our world, four business executives- Anthony Natif, Paul Ikanza, TMS Ruge and Maren Bjørgum joined a team of other business executives, led by renowned Ugandaholic and a man of many seasons, Robert Kabushenga as well as serial tourism entrepreneur, Amos Wekesa, to summit Margherita, the highest of the over 10 peaks on Africa’s 3rd highest mountain. Anthony Natif is an Oncologist, Founder and Director of Guardian Health Pharmacy while TMS Ruge is the founder and CEO of Raintree Farms, an agriculture export business and cofounder of Hive Colab, Uganda’s first technology hub. Paul Ikanza, is the Head of Technology, Vision Group, Uganda’s largest multimedia conglomerate while Maren Hald Bjørgum is the Communications Lead at Laboremus Uganda & Emata. Laboremus delivers technology for banks and fintechs in Uganda, and East Africa, while Emata is a fintech that is revolutionizing farmer financing through data science-driven digital loans. CEO East Africa Magazine, interviewed the four executives on their experiences of the mountain, what motivated them to take on The Rwenzoris and most importantly, their life lessons from the #Rwenzori2022 challenge. Here below, in their own words is what they had to say:
ANTHONY NATIF: Mountaineering is a team sport—just like in ordinary life, no man gets to the top of the mountain by themselves.
I’ve been to several mountains. I’ve never been in mountain ranges that are so incredibly, challenging and spellbinding in equal measure. There’s no mountain on the African continent that will give you a mountaineering challenge as tough and exciting as The