Casso-Agro Processing Limited
Casso-Agro Processing Limited will buy surplus cassava and process it with solar dehydrators into cassava flour. The venture will employ teenage mothers in Amuca Cell, Lira Northern Uganda.
Simon Peter Walugyo
Simon Peter is currently a student of petroleum engineering and geosciences at Makerere University, Uganda. He is the founder and head of technical operations at Plastoils Uganda, a social venture startup aiming at combating plastic pollution in the country. He has been notably recognized by the directorate of community-based services in his community for his […]
Lucy Nguna
Lucy is currently a graduate holding a bachelor’s degree in development economics majoring in economics and she is an alumna of Makerere University, Uganda. She is the head of finance and planning at Plastoils Uganda. Her expertise lies in financial modeling, business proposal designing and financial management. She has been notably engaged in several capacity […]
Gloria Ayesiga
Gloria is a Makerere University Uganda graduate in Library and Information Sciences. On the Plastoils team, she is in charge of monitoring, evaluating, public relations and information management. Because it introduced her to the world of service delivery for the benefit of communities, her education experience has served as the cornerstone of all her ambitions. […]
PlastOils
Plastoils aims to introduce a self-sustained method that will help do away with the problem of plastic pollution. This procedure involves heating plastics back to their original state as fuel, mainly diesel and kerosene.
William Lloyd
Remit
Remit is a money transfer rate comparison tool. Like Hotels.com, it will compare the hundreds of different remittance services available and direct clients towards the one offering the lowest rate. This simple redirection tool could put an extra $28 billion in the hands of at-risk citizens annually
Moses Eteku
Moses eteku hails from Soroti district which is located in the eastern part of Uganda. He is finalist student at the Makerere University in Uganda pursuing a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering. He is the founder of the social venture known as the Farmpawa, a social enterprise that aims at connecting the Ugandan local farmers […]
Farmpawa
Farmpawa is supporting smallholder farmers in Uganda by providing them with supplemental income through pig rearing and access to the necessary training, market access, and capital from investors. This will help them increase their capacity and better compete with commercial farms.
Education Equity Foundation
The Education Equity Foundation aims to address education inequality in Jamaica by providing access to tablets and data for students to access learning remotely.
