Garage48 Kampala is proud to present mentors for Garage48 Kampala event. Some of the mentors that can be seen and heard at Garage48 Kampala event are listed below. Mentors from Google and Nokia and Garage48 team will be added soon.
Ragnar Sass - mentor and host
Ragnar is Garage48 founder and been in internet business for over 15 years. He is founder of Pipedrive and right now they are participating one of the worlds best incubator in San Francisco Angelpad - this is incubator for advanced technological startups.
Ragnar has been connected with tons of different startup companies over past years, either as a founder or a mentor and supportive person.
Ragnar has been connected with tons of different startup companies over past years, either as a founder or a mentor and supportive person.
Ragnar is idea driven and has always believed team behind the idea is the most important thing.
He lives by "Screw it, let's do it!"
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ragnarsassSimon Kaheru - mentor
Simon Kaheru is a Communications Professional and new age media
enthusiast based in his home town of Kampala, Uganda. He started out in
journalism at a very early age and spent over fifteen years as a
journalist with leading media houses in Uganda and a number of global
publications, before going into Public Relations management. He has
worked with the Government of Uganda, and British American Tobacco.
Simon now works with SMS Media, a New Age Media and Mobile Phone Value
Add Services company with offices in Uganda, Rwanda and Zambia, and also
runs Media Analyst, a Communications firm in Uganda.www.mediaanalyst.co.ug
Michael is an IT Strategy and Management Lecturer and Consultant. He also doubles as the Head of Corporate Relations Office, Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. Michael holds an MBA from MsM and ESAMI Business School. As an academic he is interested in areas of IT Strategy and Management, and ICT for Development. He is an Adjunct Lecturer with the ESAMI Business School. Michael is a consultant /trainer in a wide-range of areas in the both business and IT but specifically he is passionate about digital/cyberspace branding and visibility, IT Strategy and Management and IT optimization. Michael has a passion for inspiring the youth to unleash their potential and currently runs life skills and mentor seminars for university students as part of his social responsibility. Michael
recently participated in the HumanIPO48 Nairobi event as an online mentor and is currently providing
mentorship for the IPO48 Copenhagen Event.
http://mniyitegeka.blogspot.com/
http://ug.linkedin.com/in/mniyitegeka
Michael Niyitegeka - mentor
Michael is an IT Strategy and Management Lecturer and Consultant. He also doubles as the Head of Corporate Relations Office, Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. Michael holds an MBA from MsM and ESAMI Business School. As an academic he is interested in areas of IT Strategy and Management, and ICT for Development. He is an Adjunct Lecturer with the ESAMI Business School. Michael is a consultant /trainer in a wide-range of areas in the both business and IT but specifically he is passionate about digital/cyberspace branding and visibility, IT Strategy and Management and IT optimization. Michael has a passion for inspiring the youth to unleash their potential and currently runs life skills and mentor seminars for university students as part of his social responsibility. Michaelrecently participated in the HumanIPO48 Nairobi event as an online mentor and is currently providing
mentorship for the IPO48 Copenhagen Event.
http://mniyitegeka.blogspot.com/
http://ug.linkedin.com/in/mniyitegeka
Paul Bagyenda - mentor
Paul is a Computer Scientist by training and inclination. Educated at Princeton University and the University of Cambridge, Paul co-founded and has run Digital Solutions (www.dsmagic.com) for the last 13 years. Digital Solutions builds and deploys Internet and Mobile applications, and has enjoyed a geographically wide usage of its products.
Paul also taught computer science at the Faculty of Computing, Makerere University for over ten years. He started and maintains two open source projects, and is a contributor to a number of others.
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