Impact Stories
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.
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 migrant workers get business skills
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.
Empowering Girls: Wezesha Impact's vision for the future
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.