Cross Roads

1. What are your names?  Donald Maasa 2. Where did you go to school?  - Bachelor of Laws - Makerere University - Diploma in Legal Practice/Post-Graduate Bar Course - Law Development Centre - Post-Graduate Diploma in Leadership (candidate) - UONGOZI Institute & Aalto  University. 3. What did you study?  Answered in 2 above 4. Tell us about what you do? I am a lawyer, entrepreneur, and ecosystem builder passionate about governance, innovation,  and African entrepreneurship. I am a Co-Founder and Team Lead at Founders’ Lounge  Uganda, the country’s largest community of startup founders dedicated to growing the  Ugandan startup ecosystem through vibrant networks, mentorship, and access to funding.  I also serve as Managing Partner at Summit Advocates, a law firm specializing in technology,  innovation, and corporate law. 5. What are some of the major influences in your past that are determining what  you are doing now?  Growing up i...

 Questions for Lawrence Mawanda of Araknerd 1. What are your names? Mawanda Lawrence 2. Where did you go to school? St. Theresa Girls Secondary school masaka. Girls school? Explain We were taken to study with the girls because we performed well in P7, so our job  was to boost the academics, we studied like teachers no uniform, and we stayed out  of school like anywhere so that how I got chance to work at a very early age 3. What did you study? I studied computer science and robotics engineering ( mechatronics engineering Even though I have a certificate from Harvard university, am self taught programmer 4. Tell us about what you do? What is Araknerd? Araknerd is a tech company that focuses on designing custom software and  hardware https://araknerd.com 5. What are some of the major influences in your past that are determining what  you are doing now? I abandoned a huge job at a big finance company. It was because of work politics, I  decided to create my ow...

1. What are your names?   My name is Endre Vestvik. 2. Where did you go to school and what did you study?  My background is in film and TV production. I studied filmmaking and has been  working in the film and TV industry in Norway for 20 years, before moving to Uganda and  going into coffee. 3. Tell us about what you do? Having looked at your LinkedIn profile you seem to be  in the coffee sector?  That’s correct. I am the founder of Wild, a Ugandan coffee company. I left Norway  and my career there when I got involved in a coffee farm in Uganda and discovered the deep  structural unfairness of the coffee industry.  While the coffee-growing countries, like Uganda, grow this very valuable crop, they  seem not to benefit much from it. Most coffee-growing countries happen to be some of the  poorest countries in the world. Yet, coffee generates billions of dollars every year. I started wondering: Does it have to be this way? Or can the ...

1. What is your name? My name is Roland F. Ganafa. I'm the Co-Founder and CEO of AI Studio Uganda, and I also serve as Developer Community Lead at Africa's Talking Uganda. 2. Where did you go to school? I studied at Makerere University Business School here in Kampala. But honestly, a lot of my real education happened outside the classroom, in developer communities, in government offices, and in the field deploying technology where it's actually needed. 3. What did you study? Business Computing. It turned out to be the right mix for what I do now, enough technology to build, enough business to understand why you're building and who pays for it. Most of the AI-specific knowledge came later, through self-study, community, and doing the work. 4. From your LinkedIn we learned that you have been working in AI. Tell us more about AI Studio Uganda? AI Studio Uganda is an applied AI innovation studio. The key word is applied . We don't do A...

  1. What is your name? My name is  Daaki Joshua . I am a Ugandan project manager, brand and communications specialist, and entrepreneur with more than 11 years of experience. 2. Where did you go to school? What did you study? I studied at Busoga University in Uganda, where I completed a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. I also completed a Program Diploma in Innovation Management from the International Business Management Institute, which strengthened my understanding of innovation processes, business model development and how organizations can turn ideas into viable solutions. Although I am widely known for design, communications and project management, my academic background is fundamentally in business. That has helped me approach design and marketing as commercial tools rather than purely creative activities. 3. What do you do? My work cuts across project conceptualization and management, brand identity design, communication campaigns, web desi...