{"id":43337,"date":"2019-10-07T15:44:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kfm.co.ug\/?p=43337"},"modified":"2019-10-07T15:44:08","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T12:44:08","slug":"ugandas-innovation-community-meets-in-kampala-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/ugandas-innovation-community-meets-in-kampala-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda&#8217;s innovation community meets in Kampala next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Prossy Kisakye<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The push for innovation in Uganda has received a boost from Start-up Uganda which has organized the Kampala Innovation week for key players in the start-up ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>The chairperson of Start-up Uganda, Mr.Richard Zulu tells KFM that Kampala Innovation Week which kicks off on 16<sup>th<\/sup>-18<sup>th<\/sup> October will see many innovators showcase what they\u2019re doing and share knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>The three-day initiative is focusing on cooperation of entrepreneurs across East Africa in order to come up with the common goal of developing and promoting younger entrepreneurs in specific business entities.<\/p>\n<p>Zulu urges entrepreneurs to participate in Kampala innovation week to widen their business perspective and also use this opportunity to exhibit their innovations.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the speakers lined up for the three-day event include <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Robert Skidmore<\/span><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Chief of Sector and Enterprise Competitiveness Section, <\/span>UN International Trade Centre (ITC), <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Seanice Lojede<\/span><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Group C.E.O &amp; Co-founder <\/span>Blu Flamingo Digital Africa, <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Peter Ndichu<\/span><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Senior Market Engagement Manager, <\/span>GSMA Ecosystem Accelerator and <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Toddre&#8217; DaLaura Monier<\/span><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Producer\/Host, <\/span>Off the Beaten Path.<\/p>\n<p>Others are <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Susan Nsibirwa<\/span><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Partner, <\/span>Urge Uganda as well as <span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-2 text-medium text-uppercase text-white\">Martin Labb\u00e9<\/span><span class=\"display-block font-family-alt letter-spacing-1 text-small text-uppercase text-white\">Tech Sector Development Coordinator &amp; NTF IV programme manager, <\/span>UN International Trade Centre.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n<div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n<div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n<div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\">\n<div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">\n<div class=\"ease height-100 padding-2 position-absolute position-top position-left show-on-hover width-100\">\n<div class=\"bg-base-color height-100 width-100\">\n<div class=\"display-table height-100 width-100\">\n<div class=\"display-table-cell no-padding-tb padding-11 vertical-align-middle\">\n<div class=\"margin-6 no-margin-bottom no-margin-rl text-medium text-white\">Start-up Uganda is an initiative spearheaded by key players in the Ugandan Startup Ecosystem who, with the support of the UN Capital Development Fund, aim to consolidate and connect the activities of all it&#8217;s stakeholders.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Prossy Kisakye The push for innovation in Uganda has received a boost from Start-up Uganda which has organized the Kampala Innovation week for key players in the start-up ecosystem. 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