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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
BREAKING NEWS: Our small valley in East Uganda is going head to head with the start-up world to get support for their projects. Through pitching new ideas such as Chicken™, the 3D Egg Printer and Chair&Co, the human charging station, the people from Bulambuli Valley are sending a message to the world via an Indiegogo campaign: don’t just back Silicon …
More than 2 billion people in the developing world are ‘financially excluded’ On Friday, C4D attended the 16th African Diaspora and Development Day (AD3) in London – since first being piloted by AFFORD in 2000, the event has focused on understanding how the African diaspora can be better connected with development on the continent. This year’s event focused on the …
Since the inauguration of its first savings group, Communities for Development has been able to see its method develop and its benefits reach increasing numbers of people in the region. No two groups are the same and with the creation of each new group we encounter diverse circumstances and learn to overcome new challenges. What is common however is the …
8th of March marked International Women’s day and I’d like to tell all young women around the world to remember: ‘No one can make you feel inferior without your consent’ as Eleanor Roosevelt said. Throughout history, women have made extraordinary contributions to their societies. Some are well known, some less so but there’s no doubt that in light of the …
