Damali Ssali #IdeationCorner

He started his first business selling software and video games at the age of fourteen. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration in 2019 and has over four years working experience.

Away from that, he is the founder & Chief Executive Officer of Charge Ko Technologies which is making owning and operating electric vehicles and mobile devices more convenient and affordable.

On this episode of the Ideation Corner, I hosted Ian Muhimbise Rumanyika.

Ian is a seasoned communications and marketing specialist with experience spanning over a period of twelve years, in public relations and marketing.

Away from the academics, Ian is also the Managing Director of Node Group.

Node Group is a consultancy firm that focuses on digital media management, public relations management, research, strategy development and training

On the 15th episode of the Ideation Corner, I host Tony Okao Otoa.

Tony is the Executive Director of the Stanbic Business Incubator. The Stanbic Incubator is mandated to support the development of small and medium sized enterprises in Uganda.

In his role at the Stanbic Incubator, Tony designs strategies, manages and implements activities to support entrepreneurs in an incubator setting.   Prior to this, Tony worked with Total as both the National Content Manager as well as the Public Affairs Manager.

Also, Tony has worked in civil society both in the United Kingdom and Uganda, focusing on the oil and gas sector in the East African Region.

Innocent Kawooya is a nominated aspirant for Kampala Lord Mayor position 2021 to 2026.

I hosted him on the 14th episode of the Ideation Corner to hear his plan for transforming Kampala.

While this is a non-partisan platform, Innocent Kawooya made it here because he was our first guest for the Ideation Corner. 

Kanzu Code Ladies won the first of its kind Women in FinTech Hackathon held in Kampala between 12th to 17th September.   

On this podcast, I talked to Patricia Atim, the team leader of Kanzu Code Ladies at the sidelines of the Women in FinTech summit held on 18th September, 2020.   

She explains how they managed to develop this B2B product and what they believe it can do.

I delivered the keynote address at the 2020 Women in FinTech summit. My topic of discussion was Financial Technology - the case of Uganda.

The Women in FinTech summit was a culmination of the week long Women in FinTech Hackathon that attracted over fifty (50) participants and had fifteen (15) women led teams.   

The Women in Fintech Hackathon was organised by HiPipo under its Include Everyone Programme in partnership with ID8, Crosslake Tech, Modusbox, Mojaloop Foundation and Level One Project.

#WomenInFinTech #LevelOneProject #HiPipo #FinTech 

Women in FinTech Hackathon and Summit Mentorship session by Damali Ssali.   

The Women in Fintech Hackathon attracted over fifty (50) participants and had fifteen (15) women led teams.  

The Women in Fintech Hackathon was organized by HiPipo under its Include Everyone Programme in partnership with ID8, Crosslake Tech, Modusbox, Mojaloop Foundation and Level One Project.

#WomenInFinTech #LevelOneProject #HiPipo #FinTech 

Laura Nakigozi is a 27-year-old founder and CEO of Cloverdale Farm, located in Kitemu, along Masaka Road.

Laura ventured into poultry farming in 2017 with 50 birds, and has since then expanded to current 22,000 birds.

Through her farm, Laura, is also providing training to her fellow youth who want to start a poultry farming but have limited capital and limited space.    She trains them on how to use low-cost high-quality bamboo cages to start poultry farming.

Through this training program she aims to positively impact on the lives of young people through the creation of jobs and employment.

Paula Mugisa is a Business Development Consultant,  Founder and Team Lead at Teesa Advisory Services.

Teesa is a non-traditional management consultancy firm for micro, small, and medium sized enterprises in Uganda.

Through her company, Paula has over the last 10 years, helped set up and grow several businesses in Uganda.

She partners with businesses to, strategize, plan, and implement business activities to and catapult business growth.

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Gerald Katabazi is the founder and CEO of Volcano Coffee; a Ugandan specialty coffee cafe.

Gerald is very interested in changing the brewing behavior and the coffee roasting culture in Uganda.

He is also passionate about developing the skills of ghetto kids, in urban and rural areas, so that they can gainfully participate in the coffee value chain.