#2ONMarketing: The Innovation Village's ecosystem model with Samantha Niyonshaba.

<h3><em><strong>Uganda is one of the fastest-growing working age population with the most entrepreneurs per capita in entire world,&nbsp;according to </strong></em><a href="http://www.approvedindex.co.uk/" target="_blank"><em><strong>Approved Index</strong></em></a><em><strong>.</strong></em></h3> <p><em>We have </em><em><strong>Samantha Niyonshaba</strong></em><em> to talk to us about a coherent STRATEGY for start ups as the </em><em><strong>Future Lab Lead. She</strong></em><em> has experience and skills in Innovation Strategy, Research &amp; Development with strong insights in promoting Uganda’s start-up community and shares her thoughts on;</em></p> <p><em>&nbsp;- The state of Uganda’s over </em><em><strong>emphasised level of innovation.</strong></em></p> <p><em>- The </em><em><strong>priorities</strong></em><em> for organisations to strategise.</em></p> <p><em>- Weather </em><em><strong>programs hubs</strong></em><em> are providing build sustainable and scalable businesses to facilitate the growth and development.</em></p> <p><em>- The Innovation village's </em><em><strong>ecosystem model</strong></em><em>. &nbsp;</em></p> <p><em>- Deep </em><em><strong>structural issues</strong></em><em> that need to be tackled to achieve higher productivity.</em></p> <p><em>- What </em><em><strong>hinders the ecosystem</strong></em><em> growth.</em></p> <p><em>- and lastly, GOLD is what she thinks it will take </em><em><strong>to achieve a middle income status</strong></em><em>.</em></p> <p><em>If you’ve listened to our previous episode with Anne Whitehead, you know by now that STRATEGY comes after Research.</em></p> <p><em>Resources</em></p> <p><em>*The Innovation Village - Future Lab https://innovationvillage.co.ug/the-future-lab/</em></p> <p><em>*Motiv - https://motiv.africa/about/</em></p> <p><em>* CDA - https://cda.co.ug/1944/qa-with-enterprise-ugandas-ronald-mukasa/</em></p> <p><em>*World Bank - Vision 2040 https://consultations.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/materials/consultation-template/materials/vision202040