For two days I was privileged to be part of the program designed to tackle the Establishment of an Immersive Corporate Venture Capital Ecosystem in Uganda. The Uganda National Council of Science and Technology and Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation in collaboration with Startup Reseau created a three pronged program that combined Online and Physical events in a phased arrangement. In this episode I share some of the insights from one of the main speakers covering what makes CVC such a necessary investment and direction step for Corporations. He also describes the overall goal of the interaction that took place in the last few weeks. Those who may not have had access to the training materials will also appreciate his in-depth discussions and practical examples such as the exploration of local champions who have successfully navigated the change into CVC such as Naspers, Azam of Tanzania and Chandaria of Kenya. Azam for example started off working in milling and then pivoted into media and TV eventually going into payments realizing the advantage they had and the trust that they had already established in the space. Other conversations center around why it is so challenging to infuse entrepreneurial thinking in corporate organizations as well as how to gauge or measure innovation.