Joachim Ewechu

Co-Founder & CEO @SHONAGroup, Co-Founder @AngelsIniatvz , EA @Acumen Fellow-class of 2013, 2017 AVF Fellow

[The Chronicle of Philanthropy @Philanthropy]

Opinion: Could a new model for public support of the arts serve as a playbook for other nonprofit sectors rattled by today’s increasingly uncertain funding environment? https://t.co/12W9gFtOho

Brett Egan is the president of the @DeVosInstitute of Arts and Nonprofit Management.

[Joachim Ewechu @ewechu]

@QCompounding Send

[Joachim Ewechu @ewechu]

@LPWhisperer Access

[SHONA @SHONAGroup]

We are delighted to be taking part in the #AfriFOODlinks consortium meeting on Transforming Africa’s Urban Food Systems, currently ongoing in Kisumu 🇰🇪.

Linking 26+ diverse partners to influence change through food in 65+ cities from #Africa & #Europe - learning, sharing & co-creating solutions to transform urban #foodsystems.

As part of our business development services, SHONA actively engages in initiatives to address these challenges. Our most recent endeavor is the newly launched @TheNeycha Accelerator & Fund to support agroecological enterprises in #Uganda🇺🇬 and #Kenya.

We are also currently collaborating with @RooticalBuilder to support Ugandan entrepreneurs to help them build and own regenerative agri-food companies.

[SHONA @SHONAGroup]

We are excited to embark on an exciting journey 🚀with the @FrenchEmbassyUg collaborating to implement @rooticalbuilder to help build regenerative agriculture businesses.

This partnership🤝 will cultivate opportunities for youth in Uganda by creating new jobs and supporting them to build successful Good Businesses.

[SHONA @SHONAGroup]

📢Our team of industry experts holding interactive sessions with some of our AWE Alumni 👩‍🎓 community members to share valuable insights 💡 and experiences.

🔖The interactive sessions are on proposal writing, branding and advertising, financial planning and budgeting, sales & marketing strategies, and raising capital.

The Business Clinic is designed to empower the ladies with the knowledge 📚 and strategies they need to overcome challenges and drive their businesses 📈 forward.

[PELUM Kenya @PelumKenya]

@SHONAGroup & @Futureforall are excited to announce the @TheNeycha Accelerator & Fund to
partner with Agroecological Enterprises in Uganda and Kenya, providing them with the capacity, capital
& connection to grow. Learn more - https://t.co/1uqQ7Bq1tc #AgroecologyWorks

[Banks Benitez @BanksBenitez]

Too many leaders focus on making better decisions when instead they should focus on designing better decision-making processes.

Design the process, decentralized the decisions.

[Banks Benitez @BanksBenitez]

We have choices:
1. be likable in our silent agreement (people-pleasing fear)
3. be respected in our courageous disagreement (courageous action)

One optimizes for ego and reputation, the other optimizes for the truth.
One optimizes for the short-term, the other for the long-term

[Banks Benitez @BanksBenitez]

Action produces information.
Inaction produces speculation.

We have the choice to be either guessers or learners.

[Banks Benitez @BanksBenitez]

In an age of ubiquitous information, a premium is placed on contextual knowledge.

When you can access everything, all the time, the advantage accrues to those who can:

1) curate ubiquitous knowledge into signal vs. noise

2) apply the right/best knowledge to the context

[Banks Benitez @BanksBenitez]

I've always been struck by how upstream of the best strategy, analysis, and positioning, most decisions are a function of personality, posture, and stories of self of those in leadership.

Upstream of strategy, there is always psychology.

[Joachim Ewechu @ewechu]

@GeorgeBakka Agreed. Everything intoxicates though - too much of anything is bad.

[Lilian Katiso, CFO-on-Call @LilianKatiso]

The 5day #KampalaInnovationWeek 2021 #KIW2021 #KIW21 started today.

I was on the @SHONAGroup panel discussing 'How Ugandan #Entrepreneurs can Identify and Maximise Business #Opportunities Amidst Turbulent Times'

I shared #lessons from running both @ZaddockAssoc & @MauaAndMore

[Uganda Innovation Week @uiw_official]

Kentaro: Networking is very important. You do not have to meet people physically but you can join online entrepreneur communities.

@ewechu @kentarohandmade @liliankatiso @mandelaivan @DesignHubKla @EnabelinUganda @StartupUganda_ @KasUganda @UNCDFdigital @TheVillageUG

#KIW2021

[Uganda Innovation Week @uiw_official]

Ivan: Innovation goes beyond digitization. We also have to think about the physical infrastructure.
@ewechu @kentarohandmade @liliankatiso @mandelaivan @DesignHubKla @EnabelinUganda @StartupUganda_ @KasUganda @UNCDFdigital @TheVillageUG

#KIW2021

[Uganda Innovation Week @uiw_official]

Upnext: Do not miss out on this discussion hosted by @SHONAGroup .

@ewechu @kentarohandmade @liliankatiso @mandelaivan @DesignHubKla @EnabelinUganda @StartupUganda_ @KasUganda @UNCDFdigital @TheVillageUG

#KIW2021
#KIWLive

[Uganda Innovation Week @uiw_official]

Kentaro: We as entrepreneurs should strengthen relationships with clients and retail outlets like supermarkets.

@ewechu @kentarohandmade @liliankatiso @mandelaivan @DesignHubKla @EnabelinUganda @StartupUganda_ @KasUganda @UNCDFdigital @TheVillageUG

#KIW2021

[SHONA @SHONAGroup]

Join our conservation on Monday as we discuss how Entrepreneurs can identify Business opportunities Amidst Turbulent Times like Covid’19 & market exit of incumbents.

#KIW2021 #KIW21