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🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 We host @xcenneth from KTA Advocates an expert in IP, tech, media, telecoms & dispute resolution — to tackle a sharp question: What does it take for innovation to drive national development? @Startup_Uganda . Watch via youtu.be/1KU9DVfo7jU?si…

“Why do you ‘kuyiya’ outside the system?” 😂 “Be formally innovative, not in informal economic activities.” Prof. Nuwagaba continues the conversation in Part 2. Listen via podcasts.apple.com/ug/podcast/gra… or wherever you get your podcasts. #grabacoffeepodcast #podcast #innovation

I was a guest on a podcast with @GrabACoffeePod as part of Uganda Innovation Week, and the conversation went exactly where it needed to go. The session, hosted by @qataharraymond and @kasyate , was built around a sharp question, what does it actually take for innovation to contribute to national development, not just in theory, but in practice, at scale? Uganda has innovators. That is not the problem. The gap is structural. Promising products never reach the market because the people behind them cannot access finance, cannot navigate the path from prototype to mass production, and have no framework for protecting what they have created. Intellectual property is not a footnote in that story. It is the missing foundation. Not just a legal technicality, IP is an economic instrument. A registered innovation is a bankable asset. A protected product is a scalable one. Without that layer, Uganda's most inventive minds remain vulnerable to being copied, undercut, or simply left behind. The Uganda Registration Services Bureau has a critical role here, and so does government more broadly. The question is whether national development planning, including the instruments under the National Development Plan, treats IP infrastructure as a growth enabler rather than an administrative function. That distinction matters enormously. For young practitioners in IP and technology law, this is the work. Not just advising clients on registration, but building the connective tissue between legal protection, innovation finance, and industrial policy. The sector needs lawyers who understand what it means to take an idea from a workshop in Kampala to a market in Nairobi. Uganda's innovation ecosystem will not scale on talent alone. It will scale when the regulatory environment, the financing architecture, and the IP system operate as a coherent whole. The conversation was a reminder that we are still building that whole, and the urgency is real. @kta_law

“Cryptocurrency is not secured by anybody. If you’re using it, you’re using it at your own risk ⚠️.” Y’all enjoyed Part 1, so we’re back with Part 2 from our session with Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, Deputy Governor – @BOU_Official Watch via youtu.be/bFr5LeaEyKU?si…

“I will do it later” is one of the most expensive habits we keep. ​Learn to schedule your assignments. You can use Google Calendar or other digital tools. Putting a task on a clock transforms a vague intention into a concrete commitment. ​ Happy New Week! #GambaWithJ

@GrabACoffeePod Very true. As Jim Rohn once said : "Each person's income is determined primarily by their philosophy, not by the economy. Once I understood that, then I said—I don't have to go to work on the economy. You only have to go to work on yourself, to make yourself more valuable".

Brutal honesty at play!

“The government cannot do everything for you 👀👀” Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba Deputy governor - Bank of Uganda didn’t hold back during our live recording — from money management to the role of the central bank, he laid it all out. Listen via podcasts.apple.com/ug/podcast/gra…

🚨NEW EPISODE OUT 🚨 From our live recording series,We grabbed a coffee with Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, Deputy Governor @BOU_Official to unpack how central bank policies shape your daily finances,interest rates, loans, digital payments and more Watch via youtu.be/ElO_Hdyf90g?si…

Hey, Santo, from my kwetolola today, I have met @StartupUganda_ who are holding the Uganda Innovation Week. The good folks @GrabACoffeePod have more information

@GrabACoffeePod @uiw_official @EnabelinUganda @StartupUganda_ A great discussion!

#LIVERecording : Conversations on Brewing The Future For Sustainable Innovation in Uganda in collaboration with @uiw_official @EnabelinUganda @StartupUganda_

decided to join the @GrabACoffeePod gang this afternoon 👌🏿

#GrabACoffee The 1st episode off the last ‘Live Audience Edition’ drops Friday March 27,2026 shortly after sunset! Load your weekend to the ready! @GrabACoffeePod @AugustusNuwagab @BOU_Official @qataharraymond @BrianMulondo @mandyug @EndiroCoffee #IpigogobyMonix

The @GrabACoffeePod will be recording three interesting podcasts on Innovation this Friday. We have space for some guests in the audience. If you're keen, forms.gle/tzc5uSh7EbH6He… Follow the link, register. We have limited slots. Also, you know what we do for our audience 😉

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We had so much fun with this live recording! The Episodes drop - starting this Friday!

Just a little throwback to our live recording ☕🎙️ If you were there, you know… ☕ And if you weren’t — don’t worry. Episodes dropping soon. 👀 #Grabacoffeepodcast #Podcast #LivePodcast

In this snippet, @DavidAWandera shares his journey to becoming the Managing Director of @AbsaUganda From where he started to leading one of the country’s largest financial institution. 🎧 Watch the full episode via youtu.be/azpCbcmsJRc?si… #Grabacoffeepodcast