Women entrepreneurs making reusable sanitary pads

Hot in the Valley this month: purses, handbags and reusable sanitary pads…

Old rags, leaves and used newspaper – just some of the crude substitutes women and girls in rural Uganda resort to in lieu of any better options when their menstruation cycle comes round once a month. At best, excruciatingly uncomfortable, and at worst, posing a serious health risk from infection, poor menstrual hygiene is the lesser known issue holding back many …

Campaign final days

Let the countdown begin…

Pinch, punch, first day of the month! That’s right, it’s the first day of September (where on earth did the summer go…?) and that means just 10 more days to #BackOurValley! #Pinchpunch happy new month! Will you #backourvalley – the new #SiliconValley? https://t.co/rVW3dgNkEu pic.twitter.com/DlxU5bw255 — C4D (@CommunitiesForD) September 1, 2016 We’ve been blown away by the incredible support from across …

Peza

Meet an entrepreneur from the Valley: Peza

As part of our interview series, Marta Zgodzinska had the honour of five minutes with one of the veteran entrepreneurs of Bulambuli Valley Community – as beautiful as she is wise, Peza not only has an extensive family to look after but overseeing the business activities of her saving group involves some mothering too… Peza, founding member of Bulambuli’s saving groups. Marta: …

Leah from Bulambuli

Meet a Bulambulian entrepreneur: Leah

Posho and greens, troubleshooting in the Valley, and the trials and tribulations of launching Uganda’s first smart milk dispenser – this week C4D’s Marta Zgodzinska goes behind the scenes for an exclusive chat with some of the key players in Bulambuli Valley’s startup community to get a glimpse of who they are, their dream business ideas and of course their favourite …

Can anyone be an entrepreneur?

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates – just some of the household names now synonymous with the term ‘entrepreneur’. But despite the strong association with the Silicon Valleys of this world, entrepreneurship is in no way innately tied to the tech industry, Western startups or Billionaireship. Rather entrepreneurship can be understood simply as the process of “recognizing and exploiting productive …

Writing Africa

Africa Writes

Who writes the narrative on Africa’s development trajectory? From the critical analyses of aid of investigative journalism, to the grassroots perspectives of those impacted in literary and travel memoirs, Africa Writes questions issues of accountability and agency, and the importance of African voices in African storytelling 1st-3rd July celebrated Africa Writes, the African literature festival held at the British Library in …

Cows&Cows: the smart milk dispenser

It’s not just a cow, it’s a business. Introducing Cows&Cows – the smart milk dispenser, the latest groundbreaking start-up to hit Bulambuli Valley. Dairy cattle for milk production and selling has been selected as the ‘income generating activity’ (IGA) by the Buwebele Savings and Loan Association group after training and careful evaluation of the business plan. The micro-enterprise has 30 members split …