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Q and A with Luke Sheehan an experienced Copywriter

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1.What are your names? Luke Christopher James Francis Sheehan. Why so many? Because a Catholic tradition (that we just about held on to) was that each parent could choose a middle name – and I chose an extra one at Confirmation. That was Francis. 2. Where did you go to school? Any amusing highlights from your Alma Mater? I went to Gonzaga College in Ranelagh and to Trinity College, Dublin, and University College Dublin. Trinity is extraordinary, located right in the centre of the city. It turned into a rich source of memories for me. I now write interviews for the TCD Alumni magazine, so I actually spend quite a lot of time encouraging other graduates to go over their own recollections of the place – I just interviewed the college Registrar while he was doing a 12-hour cycle marathon on a stationary bike. He was warm and funny. The place easily leaves a strong nostalgia in people. 3. What did you study? In Trinity and UCD, theology and philosophy, and history. Nothing to do with tech,
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Interview With Jonathan Ntege Lubwama of Benue Capital

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This interview was conducted and contributed to TechCabal by  Luke Sheehan , chief editor and copywriter at  CrossFund , an investor collective focused on emerging markets. Jonathan Ntege Lubwama  is a young Ugandan with a challenging mission to build Ugandan startups to maturity. During a nine-month gap before starting university, and just a few years before the COVID crisis, he started reading about tech startups. Around the time he commenced his own studies, he founded a food delivery company for students. As with many first tries, it crashed after initial success, but he was not deterred. He moved on to his next idea: online real estate. That play received a grant but was impacted by the COVID lockdowns. He moved on from that, too, joining Kampala’s  Digest Africa  as a writer and editor. The journalism skills he developed in media would teach him how to carry out due diligence with founding teams. Lubwama’s focus now is building  Benue Capital , which launched on March 31 this yea
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Conversation with Jimmy Ouni of TISA and TRUISM.

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 1. What are your names?  Jimmy Ouni 2. Where did you go to school? For my tertiary educations I took mainly distance education, Business Studies at University of Greenwich, then commerce and information systems at Ssikim Manipal University.  3. What did you study?  I studies commerce and information systems, & PMP.    Undertake a number of in agribusiness and management.  4. Tell us about what you do? I am an operation specialist, coordinating and optimizing various processes. My Current role at Truism, an agribusiness firm working with over 1000 smallholder farmers in the northern, west Nile and eastern regions of Uganda, we focus on the production and promoting consumption of dry pulses (legumes), the most undervalues super food, As the general Manager, this involves streamlining workflows, overseeing resource allocation, and implementing efficiency improvements to ensure smooth and effective business operations and profitability.  5. What are some of the major influen
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Interview with Nicholas Kyanda of Hope First Enterprises, Intersection Magazine and Intersection Magazine Podcast.

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  1. What are your names? Nicholas Kyanda   2. Where did you go to school? Good Shepherd Nursery School. Kilimani 2 then changed to Milimani Primary School. H.H Aga Khan Academy (O and A levels). 3. What did you study in University? Did you go to University?  In 1998 i moved from Kenya to the U.S to the State of Texas where i attended a school called World Ministry Training Center where i was part of an intensive practical ministry training with a correspondence course with Berean College. The courses were certificaitons to become a Minister under the Assemblies of God as well as the licensing training after which you became a minister. While in the U.S i also started studying for Cisco Training Modules by reading books at Book Stores in the America. Later i took the test but did not get the desired score that let you get certified. Later on I did my SATs with the intent of joining an American College. On returning to Uganda, I restarted the Cisco Training this time at a midnigt to 6AM
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