John Walugembe

 

John Kakungulu Walugembe yazaalibwa 11 Ogwekkuminogumu 1981 munnayuganda akulira bizinensi, omukugu mu by'enfuna, muwandiisi, omusuubuzi era munnasayansi . Ono ye mutandisi wa Oxford International Development Advisors Ltd (OXIDAL) era omu ku baatandikawo ekibiina kya Oxford Green Partnership, Better Livelihoods Inc. n’ekibiina ekigatta abasuubuzi b’amazzi n’obuyonjo ekya Uganda (WASEU). Ye Executive Director wa nnakyewa mu Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises - Uganda (FSME), eyali Dayilekita omukulu ow'ekibiina ekigatta amakolero amatono ekya Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA) era akulira enkulaakulana ya bizinensi mu kibiina ekigatta abasuubuzi n’amakolero mu ggwanga ekya Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI).

Obuto bwe n’okusoma

Walugembe yazaalibwa Ntinda, ekitundu ekirimu abagagga mu Uganda mu 1981 eri Emmanuel Ludovic Ndawula ne Rebecca Ndawula. Muganda mu kika, wa Lulyo Olulangira mu Buganda (ekika kya Balangira).

Yasomera mu Busoga College Mwiri ne King’s College Budo okusoma siniya n’oluvannyuma n’agenda mu yunivasite y’e Makerere, gye yafunira diguli ya Bachelor of Science ey'eddaala erisooka mu 2004. Mu 2016, yasomera mu University of Oxford mu Bungereza, gye yafunira diguli eyookubiri mu by’obusuubuzi (MBA) ng’asoma ebyensimbi n’ebyenfuna mu Saïd Business School . Mu Oxford, yali mmemba wa Wadham College era nga yafuna sikaala ya Skoll Scholarship for Social Entrepreneurship. Era yaweebwa diguli ya MPA (Development Economics and International Development) okuva mu yunivasite ya Harvard mu ssomero lya Harvard Kennedy School .

Walugembe mutendesi ey'akakasibwa mu by’ensimbi entonotono mu World Bank Institute, omutendesi ey'akakasibwa mu kitongole ky’ensi yonna ekivunaanyizibwa ku by’abakozi mu nkulaakulana y’abakyala (WED), omutendesi mu kusomesa eby’ensimbi ne GIZ / Bank of Uganda era abadde mu kutendekebwa okuva mu bitongole eby'enjawulo nga KOICA, JICA ne UNDP .

Emirimu

Walugembe yakola ng’akulira ekitongole ekikola ku by’okwebuuza ku bantu mu kitongole ekikola ku by’okukulaakulanya bizinensi mu kibiina ekigatta abasuubuzi n’amakolero ekya Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UNCCI) okuva mu 2005 okutuuka mu 2012. Mu kiseera ekyo, yatumbula enkola y'okutandikawo olukiiko lwa Turkey-Uganda Business Council, South Africa-Uganda Business Council ne Iran-Uganda Business council. Era yaliko omukwanaganya w’ekibiina kya IGAD Business Forum (IBF) okuva mu 2009 okutuuka mu 2012. Mu 2012, yalondebwa nga Dayilekita omukulu ow’ekibiina ekigatta amakolero amatono ekya Uganda Small Scale Industries Association (USSIA). Ekifo kino yakikwata okutuusa mu 2016. Mu 2017, yafuuka Executive Director wa nnakyewa mu Federation of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises - Uganda (FSME).

Walugembe yaliko ssentebe w’akakiiko akakola ku nkola, okuteekateeka n’okunoonyereza mu kitongole kya Skilling Uganda era nga yali aweereza nga mmemba ku kakiiko akafuzi akakola ku nnongoosereza. Yali ssentebe w’akakiiko panel of judges ak'omugenzi Prof. James Mulwana Awards for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, omulamuzi wa ICCO Agri-Business Innovation Challenge, era nga y’omu ku balamuzi b’empaka z’abavubuka eza Pakasa Youth Awards 2016.

Yaliko omuwabuzi w’ekirabo kya African Entrepreneurship Award era nga omuwabuzi mu by’obusuubuzi mu kkampuni ya TechnoServe, eyalondebwa ku bwaminisita mu kakiiko akatendeka amakolero (ITC) ak’ekitongole ekivunaanyizibwa ku kutendeka amakolero (DIT) Uganda era n’ayongera okuweereza ng’akulira enkulaakulana ya bizinensi mu kitongole kya Water For People Uganda ne Rwenzori Urban Sanitation and Waste Program (RUSWP) ekya gavumenti ya Budaaki mu Uganda. Lumu yaliko omukugu omukulu mu kukulaakulanya ebimera ebibisi mu kitongole kya Global Green Growth Institute .

Walugembe yaweerezako ku lukiiko lw'abadayilekita ne/oba omukungu oba akakiiko akaddukanya aka: the Federation of Young Entrepreneurs Uganda (FYEU]); aka Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU); aka CIPE-UMA Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative; aka Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Uganda; the Minisitule y'ebyobusuubuzi, amakolera n'ebibiina by'obwegasso (MTIC) ne mu Uganda WASH Alliance.

Ye mutandisi wa Cardiff International College of Business and Vocational Studies wamu ne Balcon Credit Limited, kkampuni ekola ku by’ensimbi entonotono era nga ewola abakozi ba gavumenti n’abakyala b’omu byalo. Ekirala, mmemba wa Rotary Club eya Kampala era nga yaliko omukulembeze wa KOICA Club of Uganda (KOCU).

Ebisingawo

• "NBS Just asking - John Kakungulu Walugembe". July 2, 2014 – via YouTube. 
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• "Personal Finance: Importance of succession planning for small businesses". NTV Uganda. March 28, 2016 – via YouTube.