Voices
Many businesses don’t know if they are making profits or losses
In his recent Daily Monitor commentary, our Co‑Founder and Managing Director James Katumba highlights a critical truth: many entrepreneurs do not actually know if they are making profits or losses and that uncertainty limits growth. Read the full piece here
2026 World creativity & innovation day
In national media, our Head of Partnerships and Development, Barbara Atukunda, made the case for youth-led innovation and the missing piece that turns bright ideas into thriving enterprises.
Improving employment outcomes for returnee migrants.
Wezesha Impact, through its partnership with the ILO’s Better Regional Migration Management programme, has supported 420 returned migrants across Uganda to rebuild their livelihoods through entrepreneurship, equipping them with Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) and financial literacy skills to launch and grow sustainable enterprises. Wezesha Impact’s Otim Richard Thompson (left) shares his experience supporting returned migrants to rebuild their livelihoods through entrepreneurship. Watch the full story here
Wezesha Impact is championing youth entrepreneurship through a vocational pathway, challenging perceptions around success and opportunity in Uganda. While academic achievement is often celebrated, vocational excellence remains overlooked. In his New Vision op-ed, James Katumba, Managing Director, calls for a shift in mindset to recognise skilled trades as equally valuable pathways to employment, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. Read the full piece here
Uganda must celebrate Vocational excellence
2025 Wezesha Awards: Youth Urged to Innovate to Beat Unemployment
The ministry of gender labour and social development has commended Organizations like Wezesha Impact for bringing young innovators together to improve on their skills through training and supporting them with capital. The Assistant Commissioner for Youth and children’s affairs in the ministry of gender, labour and social development Mondo Kyateka is optimistic that involving more young people in innovation will help to curb unemployment.
Ugandan Young Innovators Awarded UGX 1.7 Billion In Seed Capital
The National I-UPSHIFT Youth Social Innovation Summit 2025 took place in Kampala, culminating in a major award ceremony where over UGX 1.7 billion in seed funding was awarded to outstanding youth-led ventures. The awards supported the most innovative social enterprises developed through the i-UPSHIFT program, empowering young people to create sustainable change in their communities. Read more
Over 400 returned migrant workers were trained in business.
A total of 420 returned migrant workers have been trained and graduated in business and entrepreneurship skills to facilitate their reintegration into society and enable them to achieve sustainable livelihoods through wage or self-employment. Read more
At least 420 Ugandan returnee migrant workers have achieved business/entrepreneurship skills to facilitate their reintegration within society from their return from the Middle East. The 420 are part of the International Labour Organization(ILO)’s Better Regional Migration Management (BRMM) program implemented by Wezesha Impact, using the ILO's Start and Improve Your Business (SIYB) methodology, with a focus on sustainable livelihoods through self-employment or wage employment.
Over 400 migrant workers get business skills
Empowering Girls: Wezesha Impact's vision for the future
2024 Cohort One of the I-Upshift Program
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….
Thriving or Just Surviving?
Wezesha Impact 10 years of Impact!
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