Ground Up

In this episode our Solution Panel host, Ham Namakajjo, moderates the topic "Evolving Business Development Services (BDS) in Uganda" with Solution Panel guests Susan Lubega (African Management Institute), Ronald Mukasa (Enterprise Uganda), and Richard Zulu (Outbox Uganda). The panel debates and discusses themes like the role and significance of BDS, current BDS gaps, driving quality of BDS, as well as the fears and commercial viability of BDS standardization.

Key themes:

• Role & Significance of BDS
• BDS Gaps
• Driving quality of BDS
• Fears/Negative effects on standardization & Commercial Viability of BDS

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In this season's finale of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Teddy Ruge, Founder and CEO of Raintree Farms. Teddy talks about his entrepreneurial journey, environmental sustainability, the state of the ecosystem, collective action and more.

Visit www.raintreefarms.com

Key themes:

• The entrepreneurial journey
• Environmental sustainability
• The state of the ecosystem
• Collective action and the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your hosts Ham Namakajjo and Fay Kakai from UEEI sit down with Peter Nyeko and Alex Theran of Mandulis Energy to talk about Peter's entrepreneurial journey, renewable energy, the state of the ecosystem, and collective action.

To find out more about Mandulis Energy, visit mandulisenergy.com

Key themes:

• The entrepreneurial journey
• Renewable energy
• The state of the ecosystem
• Collective action and the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Richard Zulu from Outbox Uganda. Zulu shares insights on Business Development Services (BDS) sustainability, Investment Readiness, as well as lessons from working with other organisations for collective action.

Find out more: outbox.co.ug

Key themes:

• Intro/About Outbox
• Ecosystem Challenges
• Collective Action/Partnerships /Collaborations
• Success and the Future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Dr. Noeline Kirabo from Kyusa. Dr. Noeline shares insights on how Kyusa has used Argidius’ SCALE for effective enterprise development, as well as lessons from working with other organisations for collective action.

Find out more: www.kyusaug.org

Key themes:

• Intro/About Kyusa
• BDS Sustainability/Lessons/SCALE
• Collective Action/Partnerships /Collaborations
• Success and the Future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Ronald Mukasa from Enterprise Uganda. Ronald shares insights on how Enterprise Uganda has used Argidius’ SCALE for effective enterprise development, as well as lessons from working with other organisations for collective action.

Find out more: enterprise.co.ug

Key themes:

• Intro/About Enterprise Uganda
• BDS Sustainability/Lessons/SCALE
• Collective Action/Partnerships /Collaborations
• Success and the Future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Emmanuel Ediau from Oxfam Uganda. Emmanuel shares insights and lessons learned on investment readiness, Business Development Services (BDS) sustainability, and collaboration with networks.

Find out more: uganda.oxfam.org

Key themes:

• Intro/About Oxfam
• Ecosystem Challenges/Lessons
• Partnerships/Collaboration
• Success and the Future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your hosts Ham Namakajjo and Fay Kakai from UEEI sit down with Mary Mwangi from Argidius Foundation. Mary shares insights on Argidius' work in Uganda, lessons learned from ecosystem building work, Business Development Services (BDS) sustainability, and collective action.

Find out more: argidius.com

Key themes:

• Intro/About Argidius
• BDS Sustainability/Lessons/SCALE
• Collective Action/Partnerships /Collaborations

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Sheila Agaba from Stanbic Business Incubator. Sheila shares insights on supporting mature Ugandan enterprises, the oil and gas sector service industry, access to finance, and more.

Find out more: stanbic.co.ug

Key themes:

• Intro/About Stanbic Business Incubator
• Ecosystem Challenges
• Collective Action
• Success and the Future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Barbara Mutabazi from Hive Colab. Barbara shares insights on Circular Agribusiness, Business Development Services (BDS) sustainability, Investment Readiness, and more.

Find out more: hivecolab.org

Key themes:

• Intro/About Hive Colab
• The O'Farm Program
• Ecosystem Challenges
• Collective Action
• Success and the Future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your hosts Ham Namakajjo and Fay Kakai from UEEI sit down with Rachel Crawford and Makena Odongo from Village Capital. Rachel and Makena share insights on Business Development Services (BDS) sustainability, investment readiness, and other lessons from over a decade's work with Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneur Support Organisations.

Find out more: vilcap.com

Key themes:

• Intro/About Village Capital
• Providing Business Development Services (BDS) to Entrepreneur Support Organisations (ESOs)
• Collective Action
• Future of Work Africa 2022
• Success & the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Dr. Joyce Tamale from Capital Solutions. Dr. Tamale shares insights on social entrepreneurship, financing bottlenecks and how they can be navigated, and collective action for impact.  
Find out more: capitalsolutionsug.com

Key themes:

• Intro/About Capital Solutions
• Focus on Social Enterprises
• Ecosystem Challenges
• Collective Action
• Success & the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Najimah Katete, Founder/CEO of Go5 Packaging, to talk about environmental sustainability and social responsibility, as well as her entrepreneurial journey and the need for collective action in the eco-friendly packaging industry.

To find out more about Go5 Packaging, visit go5-packaging.business.site

Key themes:

• The entrepreneurial journey
• Environmental sustainability and social responsibility
• Collaborations and partnerships
• Success and the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Diana Ninsiima Kibuuka from Business Networking International (BNI). Diana shares insights on why networking is important for small businesses, the entrepreneurial successes and challenges faced, as well as the need for more partnership and collective action.

Find out more: bni.com

Key themes:

• Intro/About BNI
• Why networking is important for small businesses
• Ecosystem challenges
• Collective Action
• Success & the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your hosts Ham Namakajjo and Fay Kakai from UEEI sit down with Dr. Davis Musinguzi, CEO of Rocket Health, to talk about transformation of medical services through telemedicine, the startup financing journey, talent acquisition, and collective action.

To find out more about Rocket Health, visit rockethealth.africa

Key themes:

• The entrepreneurial journey
• Challenges, growth, and financing
• Talent acquisition in telemedicine
• Collective action/collaboration
• Success and the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Aéko Ongodia from Xeno Investment. Aéko shares insights from his entrepreneurial journey and discusses investment, the common misconceptions that people have, how Xeno has used technology to make investment services more accessible to everyone, as well as how he has navigated skilling and financing challenges as a Ugandan startup.

To find out more about Xeno, visit www.myxeno.com

Key themes:

• The entrepreneurial journey/About Xeno
• Ecosystem challenges
• Collective action/Collaboration
• Success and the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Ham Namakajjo from UEEI sits down with Paula Mugisa from Teesa Advisory Services. Paula shares insights on the role of technology in supporting entrepreneurs, challenges faced as a local ecosystem actor, collective action, and doing business differently.

To find out more, visit www.teesa.co.ug

Key themes:

• Intro/About Paula and Teesa
• The role of technology
• Challenges faced as a local Entrepreneur Support Organisation
• Collective Action
• Success and the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Primera Muthoni from Project Girls 4 Girls Uganda. Primera shares insights on the organization's focus on young women, the impact of mentorship, challenges faced, and how the program supports womenpreneurs.

To find out more, visit www.projectg4g.org
 

Key themes:

• Intro/About Project Girls 4 Girls
• Focus on young women
• Impact
• Focus on womenpreneurs
• Challenges
• Collective Action
• Success and the future

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Allen Asiimwe from TradeMark East Africa. Allen shares insights on the African Continental Free Trade Area and its implications for small businesses, collective action, as well as the leadership and mentorship work she does with young women at Project Girls4Girls.

Find out more:
www.trademarkea.com
www.projectg4g.org

Key themes:

• Intro/About TradeMark East Africa
• African Continental Free Trade Area and its implications for small businesses
• Collective Action
• Project Girls for Girls
• Conclusion

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In this episode of Ground Up, your host Fay Kakai from UEEI sits down with Carolyne Kirabo from M-Kyala Ventures. Carolyne shares insights on investment finance, gender equality, and financial inclusion for African women.

Carolyne Kirabo is the founder and CEO of M-Kyala Ventures a specialized consulting firm that designs gender strategies to enable organizations to better integrate gender across their decision making to increase support to women entrepreneurs. Carolyne set up her practice after gathering 15+ years of experience in investment finance , management consulting and social innovation where she had a front-row seat to the disproportionate nature of the challenges faced by women entrepreneurs. Carolyne’s vision is to see an entrepreneurship ecosystem that fairly represents and supports women and to see financing reaching women where they are already being successful.

To find out more, visit www.mkyalaventures.com

Key themes:

• Intro/About M-Kyala Ventures
• Focus on Women
• Financing
• Challenges
• Collective Action
• Success and the future

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