Uganda Innovation Week Day 3
The focus of the last day was a discussion on Investment and Funding. The Team From JICA facilitated the bulk of the discussions that took place in the earlier part of the morning. There was a focus on the NINJA program or what is fully known as the Next Innovation with Japan. The event was created at first to foster intergovernmental cooperation between the Government of Uganda and that of Japan. The emphasis was on the creation of partnerships and the possibility of building a stronger Ugandan Ecosystem. It was noted that there is great possibility in partnerships between Ugandans and the Japanese with Uganda’s young population (80% below the age of 25) and Japan’s rapidly ageing population. JICA is in 150 countries out of the 195 that make up the world. So far therevhas been a global support of about $15 Billion. About $750 Million to Uganda. The key word in JICA philosophy is Trust. It was noted with great delight that Uganda was second place in in terms of...