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Brenda Ntambirweki

25 episodes

6 months ago

Our final episode of our second season features Nicholas Opiyo, the Founder and Executive Director and Lead Attorney at Chapter Four Uganda, a civil rights organization providing pro bono legal representation for marginalized and underserved communities in Uganda. Since 2005, Nicholas has been at the forefront of championing civil rights and political freedoms for underserved communities in Uganda. For his work, Nicholas has received several awards including the German Africa Prize in 2017, V...

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Our final episode of our second season features Nicholas Opiyo, the Founder and Executive Director and Lead Attorney at Chapter Four Uganda, a civil rights organization providing pro bono legal representation for marginalized and underserved communities in Uganda. Since 2005, Nicholas has been at the forefront of championing civil rights and political freedoms for underserved communities in Uganda. For his work, Nicholas has received several awards including the German Africa Prize in 2017, V...

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Entrepreneurship

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Nicholas Opiyo on Renewing Commitment to the Rule of Law

Our final episode of our second season features Nicholas Opiyo, the Founder and Executive Director and Lead Attorney at Chapter Four Uganda, a civil rights organization providing pro bono legal representation for marginalized and underserved communities in Uganda. Since 2005, Nicholas has been at the forefront of championing civil rights and political freedoms for underserved communities in Uganda. For his work, Nicholas has received several awards including the German Africa Prize in 2017, V...

2 years ago

25 minutes

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Dr. Nataliey Bitature on Leadership, Gender Bias and Empowerment

Dr. Nataliey Bitature is the Chief of Staff at the Simba Group, an East African group of companies spanning hospitality, energy, telecom, real estate and a foundation, where she oversees operations, impact and partnerships across these sectors within Uganda. She is also the founder of Musana Carts, a social enterprise building solar-powered street food vending carts and HER, an online mentorship platform with over 3000 young African women. Nataliey has been recognised as a business leader and...

2 years ago

24 minutes

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Michael Niyitegeka on Bridging the Tech Skills Gap in Uganda

Michael Niyitegeka is the Program Director, Refactory at Clarke International University in Uganda and the ICDL Africa Country Manager for Uganda. He has over 20 years' experience in the ICT sector and has worked with several government, private, regional and international institutions. Michael is passionate and devoted to human capital development for the ICT sector in Uganda. Under Refactory, his flagship project, he has trained over 250 junior developers with an 80% placement rate in the e...

2 years ago

28 minutes

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Muthoni Waigwa on African Creatives and African Content Production

Muthoni Waigwa is a Kenyan creative entrepreneur with over 12 years’ experience in the media and entertainment industry. She is a digital content producer and creator and the co- founder of a graphic design and audio-visual production company, Nifty Works Plus Limited, which has been in operation for over 8 years. Muthoni is also a podcast producer and the host of Moments with Nderru Podcast which was launched in March 2020. On this episode, Muthoni speaks about creating and producing Af...

3 years ago

16 minutes

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Aga Sekalala Jr. on Cross-Generational Family Businesses

Aga Sekalala Jr. is a Ugandan entrepreneur, investor, business executive and innovator. Aga is the founder, former CEO and executive chairman of Radio Simba, one of Uganda’s most popular radio stations. He is also the Executive Director of Ugachick, a major poultry operation in Uganda, a former Board Chair of KCB Bank and a former Board member of the Uganda Investment Authority and the Uganda Export Promotion Board. Aga is currently the Vice Chairman of the Uganda Manu...

3 years ago

38 minutes

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Nshuti Lucy Mbabazi on Cashless Economies as a Tool for Financial Inclusion

Nshuti Lucy Mbabazi is the Lead for Africa Advocacy & Partnerships at the United Nations Better than Cash Alliance, tasked with ensuring that digital payments reach and work for every African. Nshuti holds several advisory roles with a number of organizations such as Girl Effect, Girls in ICT Rwanda, Leo Africa Institute, BBOXX Rwanda and RICTA Rwanda. Nshuti previously worked with Rwanda Development Board, Visa Inc. and Ecobank Group. On this episode, Nshuti breaks down the mi...

3 years ago

28 minutes

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Benjamin Rukwengye on Mentorship

Benjamin Rukwengye is a thought leader in the education and professional development space in Uganda and the founder and CEO of Boundless Minds, a mentorship social enterprise focusing on soft-skilling as a pathway to accelerate school-to-work transition for students. He is the founding chairman of 40 Days Over 40 Smiles Foundation, a leading local philanthropy movement, a Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur, a KAS Youth4Policy Fellow, a Young and Emerging Leaders Project Fellow and has been name...

3 years ago

34 minutes

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Juliana Kagwa on Marketing in the Digital Age

Juliana Kagwa is the Director of Corporate Relations at Uganda Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of Diageo in Uganda. Juliana has had quite the career, having risen through the ranks at Diageo, from a graduate trainee to her current role in management. She has over 15 years' experience in marketing, strategy and innovation in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. More recently, Juliana has taken on the Public Policy and Regulatory Affairs function at Uganda Breweries L...

3 years ago

24 minutes

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Season 2 is Coming - 8 April 2022

Listen to a sneak peek of Season 2 of Viewpoints with Brenda. New episodes with our incredible guests will be dropping from 8 April 2022 onwards. Do not forget to follow the podcast on Instagram and Twitter @viewpointsbybn for updates. Happy listening!

3 years ago

5 minutes

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Emuron Alemu on Navigating the Advertising Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa

Our final episode for our first season features Emuron Alemu, one of the most recognizable faces in advertising in Sub-Saharan Africa. Emuron is a multiple award-winning advertising creative who has created campaigns across a range of categories and disciplines. Presently, Emuron is the Chief Creative Officer at Betika.com and has won several Loeries, African Cristals Awards, MSK awards and Cannes Lions.Emuron speaks about his journey in advertising from his agency days at Ignition in Uganda ...

4 years ago

50 minutes

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Isaac Fokuo Jr. on Post-Pandemic Investment Prospects for Africa

Isaac Kwaku Fokuo Jr. is the Founder and Principal of Botho Emerging Markets Group, an investment and strategy advisory firm with offices in Nairobi, Dubai, and Chicago and the co-founder of the Amahoro Coalition, an initiative convening private sector firms in Africa to accelerate the economic inclusion of refugees. With two decades of experience working in 20 markets across North America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, Isaac has an extensive and successful track record in invest...

4 years ago

27 minutes

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Flora Katusiime on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Flora Katusiime is a New York based global communications and diversity and inclusion strategist. She has a global and diverse background working with several organizations in the private sector and with non-profits to create equitable and inclusive spaces. Flora has had considerable success in shaping policies and initiatives that drive engagement and advance organizational transformation to ensure that those with varied cultural backgrounds are more easily noticed, recognized, appreci...

4 years ago

17 minutes

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David F. K. Mpanga on "The Politics of Common Sense"

David F.K. Mpanga is the Deputy Chairman at Bowmans, a top tier Africa-wide law firm, and co-founder of top tier law firm, A.F. Mpanga Advocates (now Bowmans Uganda). He is a barrister of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple and an advocate of the courts of Uganda with almost three decades of experience. David is also the Minister for Special Duties in the Buganda Government, an institution headed by the Kabaka of the Kingdom of Buganda. David is also the author of The Politics o...

4 years ago

42 minutes

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Paul Lwiindi on why Africa's Extractives Sector Requires a Multi-Sectoral Approach

Paul Lwiindi is a Zambian industry expert in the extractives sector with a career spanning over 20 years. He has held senior roles in Glencore’s Africa operations, national roles in the UK’s Network Rail Infrastructure Limited and a pan-European role at Coca Cola Great Britain & Northern Ireland, among others. Paul’s particular focus in the roles he has had is on operations and transformation and change.Paul speaks about why a multi-sectoral approach by the government and private sector n...

4 years ago

14 minutes

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Angelo Izama on the History and Social Impact of Oil Exploration in Uganda

Angelo Izama is a Ugandan journalist, writer, analyst and frequent contributor on current affairs for local and international publications and broadcasters. Angelo’s interests have spanned national and regional security, political economy and international organisations as well as rights associated with free expression. He is presently researching a book on the political economy of decision-making in Uganda’s oil sector and is a co-founder of a Ugandan think-tank, Fanaka Kwa Wote. As a ...

4 years ago

23 minutes

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Nomsa Nteleko on Embracing Artificial Intelligence in Africa

Nomsa Nteleko is an award-winning entrepreneur from South Africa with 15 years’ experience in the ICT space. She is the Founder & CEO OS Holdings Ltd, and the Chief Commercial Officer at Amathuba AI. Nomsa’s experience is specifically in business and financial management systems, primarily assisting organizations in automating their business processes from HR, Payroll, Supply Chain and Municipal Standard Chart of Accounts. In this episode Nomsa speaks about the limitless possibilitie...

4 years ago

18 minutes

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Robert Kabushenga on Transitioning from the C-Suite & his Passion for Coffee

Robert Kabushenga is one of the most prolific C-Suite executives from East Africa. Until his recent retirement from the corporate world, Robert was the chief executive at the Vision Group in Uganda, which, under his stewardship, progressed from a print media house into the media conglomerate that it is today. At present, Robert, a self-described obsessive farmer, is the owner and administrator of Rugyeyo Farm, a coffee and banana farm located in Central Uganda. Robert speaks about ...

4 years ago

32 minutes

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Raymond Mujuni on African Media Covering Africa

Raymond Mujuni is a journalist and the Head, Current Affairs at the Nation Media Group in Uganda. He has 10 years' experience covering Sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.Raymond chats about the stereotypical coverage of Africa in the media globally and what African media can do to tell a more balanced African story. Raymond also talks about the democratization of media sources on the continent and how digital technologie...

4 years ago

20 minutes

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Stone Atwine on Enhancing Financial Inclusion with Digital Financial Services

Stone Atwine is the Co-Founder of Eversend, an African neobank and multi-currency wallets platform which provides currency exchange, merchant payments, and other digital financial services. Stone discusses how he got the founding idea for Eversend, the challenges Eversend has faced in its quest to provide affordable and accessible digital financial services on the continent. Stone also discusses his experience with access to funding as a black founder of an African star...

4 years ago

24 minutes

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Pamela Birungi on Transforming the African Business Landscape with 5G

Pamela Birungi is a senior technology executive and the Senior Manager, Technology Strategy and Performance with the Zain Group, a leading telecommunications group in the Middle East and Africa. Pamela has over 15 years of experience in managing and delivering assurance and transformative ICT solutions in telecommunications companies in Africa, Europe and the Middle East. At Zain, Pamela is responsible for developing the technology strategy and roadmap and overseeing implementatio...

4 years ago

25 minutes