Samuel Tebandeke

I'm a content creator & producer. 🎬
Founder & CEO @kiasitv, Platform for African Short films, web series & docus.
Living within my next big adventure.

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@NVoitenkov @speedrun I am co-founder of Kiasi, a fintech platform building regulated equity crowdfunding infrastructure for Africa’s creative economy. We are currently building our MVP and looking ahead at what could be a challenge for us.

[Alan Kasujja @kasujja]

In 2022, my BBC team and I were travelling across the continent to popularise my podcast, Africa Daily, when we met Samuel and Esteri Tebandeke.

Ester was battling kidney failure and was being treated by the excellent team at Mulago Hospital.

What a powerful story of love it turned out to be.

Ester needed a kidney transplant, and Sam offered to donate his.

I teared up during the interview because of Sam’s deep commitment to his wife.

I saw their quiet determination to ensure that Esteri — an accomplished actor who had appeared in the acclaimed film Queen of Katwe — would pull through.

He loved her. She loved and deeply appreciated him.

They had raised half the money they needed and were struggling to find the rest — about $40,000.

I promised I would mention their case to President Museveni, whom I was due to meet a few days later.

When I met Mzee, I told him about them. Without hesitation, he instructed his then PPS, Kenneth Omona, to ensure Esther received the money she needed.

The cash was delivered. They travelled to India for the operation, and at first it seemed everything had gone well.

I stayed in touch with them, regularly checking on Esteri’s progress.

Yesterday, Sam sent me a voice note to say that his Esteri had passed away.

I am gutted.

Esteri was young, beautiful, and immensely talented. I wish she had lived much longer.

May she now rest peacefully after such a difficult few years.

I pray for Sam — one of the greatest men I have ever met.

May God grant him, and Ester’s family and friends, the fortitude they need to navigate these painful times.

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@MBU There's also a need to build the capacity of creative enterprises, entrepreneurs and practitioners to build sustainable and investable entities. This means guiding them in financial management, strategic planning, audience design and engagement etc.

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@MBU Esteri here. Using my husband's account

[Producers Guild of Uganda @pgu256]

🚨 OPPORTUNITY ALERT
Animation Producers Lab
✅ Fully funded (travel, stay, meals, training)
🔗 Apply: https://t.co/eltp3mL3V0
Co-organised by Kiasi Productions, @annecyfestival’s MIFA Campus & @le_cnc’s DEENTAL-ACP with @europeanunion & African Caribbean & Pacific States.

[Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab @GreatProducers]

We’ve extended the deadline for all calls – Documentary, Fiction, and the Francophone African Producer application! The new deadline is the 18th July 2025! Looking forward to receiving your submissions!

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

Learn the story behind "Binti Film Festival: Celebrating Women in Film" and help us meet our goal. @indiegogo https://t.co/OMbT9mjxNC

[Patience @officialtwinny]

Give Tshidi Madia her own farm!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@speedrun I'm trying to refine my application before I submit

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@nwscug there's a burst pipe in Kitikifumba off Franklin road. What's the reporting procedure?

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@UmemeLtd please stop punishing the people of Pader. The power cuts are unbelievably consistent and disruptive. You can do better
#UmemeCanDoBetter

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@roketelkomug, your service is atrocious. I paid for your monthly plan, which is meant to be at 10mbps, but I'm looking at speeds of 1 sometimes 3mbps. What is going on? I'm frustrated with your Internet. My work is being affected as a result. Please do better.

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@UgandaFilm @DRKilimbe congratulations on your win. @UgandaFilm how do they claim their prize?

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@UgandaFilm, who won the Best International and East African film categories?
@UCC_Official

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

CALL FOR FICTION FILM PRODUCERS!!! Exciting News! Calling all feature fiction filmmakers from Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ethiopia for the 4th Edition of the Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab! Deadline: June 30th, 2024. Apply now!
Link: https://t.co/IVwncoU0yI

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

CALL FOR DOCUMENTARY FILM PRODUCERS!!! 🎬🎥Calling all feature documentary filmmakers from Uganda, Kenya, Burundi, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Ethiopia for the 4th Edition of the Great Lakes Creative Producers Lab! Deadline: June 30th, 2024. Apply now!
Link: https://t.co/eAAAc3lKUv

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

This is so true. Building a start up feels like raising a child. You cannot go through the experience and remain unchanged.

[Saba Karim @sabakarimm]

You’re not just building a startup. The startup is also building you.

Here are 7️⃣ pieces of advice you won’t hear often but will realize as you grow.

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

@ikonawards @UNESCO @HubSautiplus @HumNabimanya @nbstv @sanyukatv @reachahand @SAUTIplusTV @cinemaUGApp @atsevents_ug Honoured to be put up against some really great storytellers. May the best one win.

[Van Jones @VanJones68]

Very proud to be included in this powerful podcast series! Hope you will check out my episode — and subscribe to the whole, hopeful series!

[Samuel Tebandeke @samluta]

I believe that simple problems are hard to solve because they have become such an ingrained part of our daily existence that they are almost invisible. They are right under our noses and we can discover them by looking closer.
#innovation #entrepreneurship #startups #africa #tech