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From Banker To Baker: Lessons For Entrepreneurs On How Basemera’s Rising Brand Is Penetrating Top Fuel Stations With Quality Snacks

BusinessFocus Reporter June 17, 2025June 17, 20250

Victoria Basemera, founder of Extreme Little Stars Limited, credits the dfcu Rising Woman Initiative as a transformative experience In Uganda’s high-failure SME landscape, where most small businesses don’t make it past their fifth year, Victoria Basemera, founder of Extreme Little Stars Limited, has not only survived, but grown a snack

Peter Rwabunyegera: Mbarara Distributor Reaches New Heights Through Partnership With Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda

BusinessFocus Reporter June 10, 20250

Peter Rwabunyegera (Left) with Coca-Cola team Peter Rwabunyegera, an Official Coca-Cola Distributor (OCCD) with Coca-Cola Beverages Uganda (CCBU), is celebrating a remarkable journey of growth and resilience as he marks a decade of operation in Mbarara. Peter’s distribution journey began in October 2013 at Kizungu Market, Mbarara. What started as

Banking Entrepreneurship Success Story

One Trader’s Success Story With dfcu Bank & The Transformative GROW Loan Initiative

BusinessFocus Reporter November 19, 20240

Siddy Latabu is earning big from fish trading business For the past nine years, Siddy Latabu has been trading in fish, supplying silver fish and smoked fish in Kitgum Main Market to sellers in Kitgum and neighboring districts including Pader, Agago, and Lamwo. But it wasn’t until she discovered dfcu Bank’s

Entrepreneurship Success Story

Hardware World: How Simon Ssekankya Built East Africa’s First Hardware Supermarket Empire

BusinessFocus Reporter June 10, 20240

There can’t be too many bankers who choose to leave the hallowed halls of banking for the dusty and gritty world of concrete factories and stone quarries but that’s exactly what Simon Ssekankya, founder of Hardware World, did in 2001! The Rise of Hardware World: A Landmark in East African

Banking Success Story

How Sgt Phiona Asiimwe Studied on Police SACCO Loan, Set Up NGO

Francis Otucu March 20, 2024March 21, 20240

Sgt Phiona Asiimwe A number of Ugandans have different experiences when it comes to loan servicing. Some experiences are positive while others are purely negative. For Sgt Phiona Asiimwe, it is a positive one, having benefited from the Police Exodus SACCO. "I have been a member of Police Exodus SACCO since my

Agribusiness Success Story

How Hoima Farmer Turned Stony Murram Land into Best Coffee Farm in Bunyoro

Taddewo William Senyonyi November 15, 2023November 15, 20234

Kaahwa has turned a rocky area into a fruitful coffee farm Coffee can easily grow on any soil type in Uganda if Good Agronomic Practices (GAPs) are applied. That’s a quick conclusion you will make after visiting Geoffrey Kaahwa Byalelo’s coffee farm which is located approximately eight kilometers east of

Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Success Story

Former Fisherman Earns Big From Beans, Banks On Coffee & Cocoa Farming To Secure His Future

Taddewo William Senyonyi November 6, 2023November 6, 20230

Kajoba expects over 3 tonnes of beans from five acres Abdul Rahman Kajoba,50, was a fisherman (omuvubi) in Kalangala Islands for 20 years. However, when the palm oil project came up, people in the area were sensitized about other income generating activities including coffee. This is the time Kajoba contemplated

Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Success Story

How 30-Year Old Ugandan Doctor Defied Odds To Settle Into Poultry Farming

BusinessFocus Reporter October 19, 20231

Dr Masaba is earning big from farming About 5 years ago, fresh from the medical school and employed as a medical doctor, Dr. Daniel Masaba, had the idea of a side business. He wasn't sure what it would be. The search for "what" took him to greenhouse farming. However, an expert

Education Success Story

Makerere’s Saudah Namyalo Shares Her Journey On Becoming Second Female Muslim Professor In Uganda

BusinessFocus Reporter August 14, 20230

Associate Professor Saudah Namyalo Birabwa during an interview in her office at Makerere University. Dr. Saudah Namyalo Birabwa has broken through the proverbial glass ceiling to become the second Muslim female Associate Professor in Uganda. With her promotion last month, Professor Namyalo, who is the Dean of the School of

Agribusiness Analysis & Opinions Success Story

A Ugandan Success Story Of Promoting Local Coffee Consumption On The Farm

Taddewo William Senyonyi July 31, 2023August 1, 20230

A Farm barista buying coffee beans and ground coffee for farm coffee shop from the farm Uganda is the eighth largest coffee producer in the world and Africa’s largest Robusta coffee producer and number one coffee exporter. Despite a rich history of coffee production for decades, Uganda has predominantly had a