{"id":1318,"date":"2025-09-18T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/?p=1318"},"modified":"2025-09-18T17:24:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T17:24:58","slug":"young-ugandans-using-art-and-innovation-for-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youthtimes.news\/index.php\/2025\/09\/18\/young-ugandans-using-art-and-innovation-for-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugandan Youth Entrepreneurs Building for Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1318\" class=\"elementor elementor-1318\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db2f15 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6db2f15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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pressing social challenges.<\/p><p data-start=\"2368\" data-end=\"2397\"><strong data-start=\"2368\" data-end=\"2395\">Featured Entrepreneurs:<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=\"2398\" data-end=\"2711\"><li data-start=\"2398\" data-end=\"2561\"><p data-start=\"2400\" data-end=\"2561\"><strong data-start=\"2400\" data-end=\"2421\">Ritah Kawooya, 26<\/strong> \u2013 Founder of <em data-start=\"2435\" data-end=\"2449\">AfriPads Hub<\/em>, a social enterprise that produces reusable sanitary pads while employing young women from rural communities.<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"2562\" data-end=\"2711\"><p data-start=\"2564\" data-end=\"2711\"><strong data-start=\"2564\" data-end=\"2584\">Isaac Mugume, 24<\/strong> \u2013 Created <em data-start=\"2595\" data-end=\"2606\">Solar Tek<\/em>, a startup that installs affordable solar kits in off-grid schools and health centres in Western Uganda.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"2713\" data-end=\"2875\"><strong data-start=\"2713\" data-end=\"2732\">Why It 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Uganda\u2019s entrepreneurial youth are turning obstacles into opportunities.<\/p><p data-start=\"2877\" data-end=\"2965\"><em data-start=\"2880\" data-end=\"2965\">Know a young founder making a difference in your area? Reach out and nominate them!<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t<style id=\"core-b8e81cf-core-block-supports-inline-css\"><\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ugandan Youth Entrepreneurs Building for Change In the face of unemployment and limited resources, young Ugandans are rising as entrepreneurs building innovative businesses that not only create jobs but solve pressing social challenges. 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