Joram Ndagga

During my early career, I had the extraordinary privilege to work with female innovators in the Canada Africa Innovation Fellowship (CAIF) and Mastercard Foundation Scholars at Makerere University to provide venture coaching and training to really early stage entrepreneurs where I provided business modeling skills training to 30 social ventures to design, build and pitch their solutions to raise funding from the program partners. My current professional position is with the Future Lab Studio at the Innovation Village where I’m serving as venture builder and company builder with a focus on working with innovators who are using technology to commercialize a product or service for a specific customer segment. I’ve additionally served in business advisory capacity with the Stanbic Business Incubator, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Hi-innovator Program, the catalyst and Growth Fund in partnership with Youth Challenges International where I reviewed and scored applications for fund applicants and provided venture building and coaching sessions for program applicants.

I am an entrepreneurial enthusiast and meticulous venture builder. I’ve worked with several MSME’s where I’ve provided consultancy and business advisory services to early stage start-ups to get them investment ready and additionally create systemic change with their impact hypotheses. I’m currently on a path that supports building an Eco-system that empowers innovators and social entrepreneurs to design, build and grow financially sustainable business models.

I think that my work is very relevant for the future Africa because it helps entrepreneurs identify key areas to focus their energies in-order to go to market. I collaboratively work within a team through a pathway that enables startups build scalable and sustainable business models. My key areas of expert support include financial modelling for investment readiness, coaching on social venture development, developing go-to-market plan, liquidity planning, pitch decks, raising funds and team building support.

I am an experienced community mobilizer with a strong perseverance to contribute to the development of poor societies through enterprise development and community service. I founded Bussi community solutions- a non profit organization that supports schools in resource constrained communities develop sustainable school feeding programs that enable students have daily nutritious meals which has illustrated my capabilities to put developmental ideas and plans into practice. I value loyalty and possess a great work ethic that values team work, healthy lifestyle, continuous professional growth, diversity of opinion, transparency and productivity over long working hours.