Entrepreneurship

Young entrepreneurs who own small and mediums enterprises have demanded that government scraps Internet tax to enable them compete on this digital era. They argued that OTT tax and cost of acquiring applications is too costly hence scaring off small businesses from embracing technology in delivering cutting grass edge services. “every thing has gone digital you embrace it or perish ...

In a bid to build world class entrepreneurs and address unemployment, Enterprise Uganda is set to roll out  Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) management skills training clinics for the next 3 years. According to the agency Director Ocici the objective is make them become the main vehicle for expanding production, providing sustainable jobs and enhancing economic growth. He said the vision ...

It seems the new dream is to be your own boss, as a recent study has shown that more than 32% of the workforce has undertaken some kind of freelance work in the past year with a steadily increasing year-on-year trend, however there are greater opportunities to be discovered according to multi-millionaire entrepreneur, Matt Buchel. According to Upwork – the ...

Uganda women entrepreneurs are set to benefit from $3million (11billion) finance courtesy of Development Finance Institutions partners consortium to bolster women entrepreneurs in East Africa. Leading financiers announced the development at the launch if Invest 2 Impact challenge initiative for women business competition in Kampala. Annie MarieLévesque Gender Specialist from Finn Dev Canada said business competition aims to support the ...

In the spirit of  entrepreneurship, Resident Director of International University of East Africa (IUEA) has offered  to mentor young entrepreneurs and give them seed capital to boast  innovation projects. Hassan Alwi says students projects will be incubated and nurtured from establishment to that  stage where they have grown into fully fledged Small Medium Enterprises. “In a drive to support innovations ...