by Oryema Jimmy Martine | Oct 20, 2021 | Latest News
The Butterfly Events logo Our reporter in Uganda, Jimmy Oryema Martine recently interviewed three dynamic, young entrepreneurs in Gulu, Uganda about the work they are doing in the hospitality sector. Butterfly events started in March 2020, right at the verge of the...
by Oryema Jimmy Martine | Oct 15, 2021 | Latest News
What most people don’t know about me is that I’m a fully trained engineer, but I veered off that path to pursue that which sets my heart on fire – working with underprivileged children in the slums of Nairobi. I studied telecommunications and information engineering...
by Oryema Jimmy Martine | Oct 12, 2021 | Latest News
Meet Douglas Rubangakene, a Ugandan social entrepreneur or as he says “I am a young go-getter, fully determined and inspirational.” He grew up and lives in Uganda in the town of Kitgum district (once a war zone area) and loves loves sports and Music. Douglas...
by Oryema Jimmy Martine | Oct 12, 2021 | Latest News
Interview with Molly Kendall, Coop Federation “Sorry about the rooster in the background” Zoe chimes into our Zoom call from her parent’s farmhouse on the Darling Downs, Queensland. Zoe has taken time from her busy life as a new Mum, full time vet and...
by Oryema Jimmy Martine | Oct 11, 2021 | Latest News
In the 1980s you could be forgiven for thinking that all that mattered was money. To many that was exactly it – the eighties symbolised greed. In 1988 in the UK after much controversy one of the UK’s longest standing social enterprises, Rowntree Mackintosh, was taken...