Celebrating 2023 International Youth DAY
Instructor Experiences on the Wezesha Impact Programme
ARE YOUTH-OWNED ENTERPRISES THRIVING OR JUST SURVIVING?
In 2017, Uganda was proudly ranked as the world’s most entrepreneurial country by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), recording the highest number of Youth Entrepreneurs with 55.6% of the youth population involved in new or established businesses.
According to the Guardian, while almost 10 per cent of Ugandans started a business in the last year, a fifth of individuals aged 18 to 64 discontinued business….
KALEMA THRIVING ON VEGETABLE GROWING
Emmanuel Kalema earns a living from growing vegetables such as beetroot, eggplants, tomatoes and sukuma wiki.
Kalema, who owns Emma and Sons Vegetable Farm Producers, located in Kamuli district, says the reason he started the vegetable growing business is that there was a need to create employment for youth in his community. Read More
UGANDA HAS 12 MILLION UNUTILIZED ARABLE LAND – HON. KYATEEKA
The Assistant Commissioner of Youth & Children at the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development, Hon Mondo Kyateeka, has said that Uganda has 17 million hectares of arable land, but only 5 million hectares are utilized. He said that 80% of Uganda’s land is arable, but only 35% is being cultivated hence shortage of food in the country. Read More
YOUTH REFUGEE BEGINS MANUFACTURING MOSQUITO REPELLENT
Baraka Patience 23 years together with his sister, fled from DR Congo in 2016 owing to political instability and settled in Nakivale Refugee Settlement camp in Isingiro district.
After years of seeking of being a refugee, Baraka realized a rampant increase in Malaria cases. Read More
WEZESHA IMPACT AT THE GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK 2019.
We highlight our participation in the Global Entrepreneurship week as partners within the Global Entrepreneurship Network.
USE PROBLEMS, DEMANDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO CREATE JOBS
The senior education officer in Ministry of Education, Samuel Bagombeka has asked youth to get employment opportunities from the problems and demands that are in their communities. "If the youth use the problems and demands in their communities to create their own jobs, the problem of unemployment among youth will be reduced. Read More
NAKANJAKO, THE TEENAGE SWEATER-MAKING WONDER OF NAMA
Martha Nakanjako, 19, a nursery school teacher in Nama sub-county, Mukono District, had a passion for making sweaters since she was a child.
However, she was constrained by lack of resources to acquire the requisite training. But lady luck shined on her when Mentor Coach Empower Uganda (M.C.E Uganda). Read More
Empowering communities with Rhislux Power and Technology!
Introducing Walusimbi Rhidah Daniel, a budding entrepreneur who embarked on his journey in 2019 following his graduation from Lugogo Vocational Institute, a partner Institute with Wezesha Impact. His turning point came during the LCA entrepreneurship training sessions conducted by Wezesha Impact where he identified a gap in his community—expensive solar systems and a scarcity of affordable capacitors and batteries. Read More