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.
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.
Charlyn
Kentaro Otim is a young Ugandan entrepreneur who is very passionate about
natural hair. She founded the Kentaro Handmade Organics while she was still
working full-time in legal research.
Kentaro
today, is an award-winning maker of organic handmade products which are free of
chemicals. These products range from shampoos, hair treatment, moisturizing
creams and oils. She uses local Ugandan ingredients such as cocoa butter, shea
butter, avocado, cow ghee, hibiscus and mujaaja extracts.
Charlyn,
with her Kentaro Homemade Organics, has received international recognition from
CNN, All Africa, and She Leads Africa.
Aggrey
Mugisha is the Chief Executive Officer of YOTV Channels; a Ugandan mobile and
web solution that aggregates local media content.
With over
50 local channels, YOTV allows you to access this content directly through any
mobile device such as a smart phone, a tablet, or a laptop.
With your
mobile device, you will access local TV stations, radio stations, videos on
demand and movies. Currently YOTV is delivering local media content to over
150,000 customers across the country.
On this week's episode of the #IdeationCorner is John Mark Ssebunnya, a Fintech Platforms Architect.
He breaks down the role of #Fintechs in financial and
digital inclusion across Africa as well as the impact they have on the
attainment of the #SDGs.
Sharon Tumusiime is the co-founder of PALIT, a carpentry workshop that makes creative woodwork and furniture. PALIT makes furniture from Ugandan natural wood for homes, offices and for special projects. In this episode, she breaks down what it takes to thrive in the carpentry sector.
