Stories
Every day we look for ways to deliver impactful solutions for grand challenges by leveraging innovation, entrepreneurship and technology.
Here are some of the stories that have inspired us.
Life in the new future of work: Where can youths…
When youths gathered for three days at this year’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Career…
Rampant Road Accidents: Innovation can contribute to the solution
On January 18, 2020, Nicole Blessing Ahumuza got onto the road like any other regular…
The Digital Economy and exploring opportunities for youths
The digital economy is slowly revolutionizing our lives and work environments. There’s an underground movement…
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…
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 conversation with Paul Kirungi, Founder, Zofi Cash
A report published by Financial Sector Deepening Uganda in April 2021 on the economic resilience…
Digital Economy key to pandemic recovery but interventions needed
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption and use of digital technologies and highlighted the prominence…
Uganda can benefit from investment in entrepreneurship post COVID-19
From the limited access to market, appropriate talent to lack of investment capital, Ugandan entrepreneurs…
A lot lost from not harnessing digital economy potential- EPRC…
Digital technologies have transformed society at an unprecedented scale over the last two decades. They…
Oil and Gas FID and areas Startups can tap into
After years of negotiations between governments and oil and gas companies, Uganda has penned the…
Startup Investment in 2022 and what entrepreneurs need to know
The global startup ecosystem is always brimming with new ideas given that emerging challenges, whether…
The Media Industry: How do we re-imagine its future?
In November 2021, Deutsche Welle Akademie (DWA), the non-profit arm of the German public state-owned…
RE-OPENING THE ECONOMY: WHAT IT MEANS FOR STARTUPS
As 2021 wound up, President Yoweri Museveni lifted the two-year lockdown of the country. In…
Schools reopen: One player’s view on Future of EdTech Innovations
Uganda reopened all learning institutions on Monday this week, bringing an end to the World’s…
17 Startups to watch out for in 2022
As we settle into the new year, we are reflecting with optimism about the months…
The year 2021 through the lens of Future Lab
Future Lab, a department at The Innovation Village, is building the largest corporation innovation platform in East…
The year 2021: UPSKILL’s in-demand skills training progresses
As the world migrates into the fourth industrial revolution, UPSKILL, a venture under The Innovation Village seeking to bridge the demand and…
2021: A year of progress in the Entrepreneurial ecosystem?
According to the Global Startup Economy Report for 2021, the global startup economy is worth…
2021 DevScape Report: What are the opportunities?
Early last week, the first ever report on Uganda’s developer community was released, sparking a conversation about technology…
Nurturing entrepreneurship in 2021: How The Innovation Village Gulu has…
In January 2020, The Smiling Panda, a popular nightclub in Gulu city, got a facelift…
Global acquisitions: The art of it all and how startups…
In 2020 Beyonic, a home-grown Ugandan startup providing digital payments solutions in five countries was acquired by MFS Africa, the largest digital payments…
The Innovation Village Jinja counts its 2021 wins
When The Innovation Village, (TIV) spread its wings to Eastern Uganda in 2020, Jinja was…
World Children’s Day: How do we use the Tech revolution…
In almost every society down to its smallest unit, children are regarded the vessels of…
Building Climate-Ready Communities: Why Science, Technology & Innovation matters to…
For the last 10 days, over 20,000 delegates from 200 countries have been at the Glasgow Climate Conference discussing…
Digital Economy is crucial to socio-economic transformation
In 2020, The Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization, Xiaozhun Yi, wrote that a digital economy…
Skilling partnerships: How a coding program is shaping careers
During the course of 20 weeks, 19 young men and women dedicated at least four…
Technology breakthroughs can fight emerging crime
Despite the challenges in 2020, Uganda got one thing right, and that was a significant…
National Payment Systems Act: Will new regulations deliver growth in…
It’s been thirteen years since the Ugandan payments landscape was disrupted by the First mobile…
Ending gender digital divide: What more can we do for…
Digital technologies have advanced more rapidly than any innovation in our history; reaching around 50…
Design hackathon empowers young innovators
Zephaniah Maxwell Anyuru is a 24-year-old Graphics designer who spent last week participating in a design hackathon organized by…