About 250 eager business owners from all over Uganda went to a tough boot camp to learn how to grow their companies. The Youth Startup Academy Uganda is in charge of the boot camps. They are part of a project called an incubator that tries to help 1,000 entrepreneurs under the age of 35.
The end goal is to make Uganda a better place for startups. Small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) are the key to getting more young people jobs and starting their own businesses.
The Korea SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) provided funding for the boot camps carried out by the International Trade Centre (ITC) in collaboration with Uganda’s Hive Colab, a co-working space for young tech entrepreneurs.
Kampala, Mbarara, Jinja, and Gulu all had boot camps. During the sessions, people discussed the business model, how to analyze customers, pget to markets, and legal and tax problems. KOSME’s…
