LegalTech has become an increasingly intriguing topic of discussion in Uganda’s mainstream Legal industry today. Every day, lawyers and entrepreneurs are developing tech innovations for the legal sector. Whether it's streamlining operations for law firms ...
Cosmonauts, Innovation Village unveil Future Lawyer Week Africa
London, December 2022: Cosmonauts and the Innovation Village present Future Lawyer Week Africa, taking place at the Innovation Village in Kampala, Uganda between the 21st and 23rd February 2023, bringing the latest in legal innovation to in-house departm ...
Breaking Barriers to High Impact Innovation in Uganda
In Uganda today, approximately 24 patents only have been registered by the Uganda Registration Services Bureau. An assessment conducted by Quinn and Cameron, (2013) on Innovation in Uganda found that Ugandan innovators are generating an abundance of idea ...
TRANSFORMING STARTUPS THROUGH FORMALISATION
Entrepreneurship in Africa has gained traction and is gradually being fronted as the solution to Africa’s development challenges. In Uganda, Startups play a vital role in creating employment opportunities, enhancing production and supply chains, value ad ...
Life in the new future of work: Where can youths start?
When youths gathered for three days at this year’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Career Expo organized in partnership with The Innovation Village at MoTIV in Kampala, three words were words on everyone’s mind. Explore. Engage. Experience. ...
Rampant Road Accidents: Innovation can contribute to the solution
On January 18, 2020, Nicole Blessing Ahumuza got onto the road like any other regular passenger. In her 16 years alive, she’d exhibited leadership skills, she had friends, she cared for people with empathy and compassion. But on that day, a tragic acciden ...
The Digital Economy and exploring opportunities for youths
The digital economy is slowly revolutionizing our lives and work environments. There’s an underground movement slowly growing which embraces the future of work and that is the job skills that are currently needed in the labour market. According to a ...
Intellectual Property: How to protect your rights while fostering innovation
Today, most entrepreneurs or creatives rely on creating bright business ideas, great brands and eye-catching designs but forget to protect these ideas from being exploited by others. In September 2010, the Parliament of Uganda passed the Trademarks Act, 2 ...
Time is ripe for bridging gender divide in ICT
On April 28, 2022, we joined the rest of the World to celebrate International Girls in ICT (Information, Communication Technology) Day 2022 under the theme, “Access and Safety.” International Telecommunication Union (ITU) states that “The digital gender g ...
In conversation with Paul Kirungi, Founder, Zofi Cash
A report published by Financial Sector Deepening Uganda in April 2021 on the economic resilience of Ugandan households during COVID-19 indicates jobs returned by September 2020 but 73 per cent of respondents reported lower incomes compared to 2019. Two ou ...