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Irene Ikomu

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Founder & CEO, @MuyiGroup | Impact Strategy & Investment Advisory | Lawyer + MBA | Guiding Philanthropy & Responsible Business in Africa

 Uganda
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Joined June 2009
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Just because something is hard, does not mean you are failing.
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Ronah Kyokunda on tech’s impact on the communications industry. Read the insight 👇 lnkd.in/dvzqWxU3
Ronah Kyokunda on tech’s impact on the communications industry. Read the insight 👇 | Irene Ikomu

Ronah Kyokunda on tech’s impact on the communications industry. Read the insight 👇 | Irene Ikomu

Ronah Kyokunda on tech’s impact on the communications industry. Read the insight 👇

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Loved listening to this episode and the focus on designing for problems in your context. So many gems on how building and scaling business in Africa is different from other parts of the world. lnkd.in/eUvUBVTe
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Meet James! James is among the millions of Ugandans required by law to acquire a national ID card. Let’s follow along his journey through the application process! Have you applied for a national ID? What was the process like for you? Let us know below! #civicedug #citizenship
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Excited to have this conversation tomorrow. I decided to get into consulting in 2019 by growing my business and it has been a bumpy ride. Oladoyin and Melissa have grown their own ventures as well so there will be a lot to learn from them.
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I am excited to talk to two impressive entrepreneur CEOs Oladoyin Oladapo and Melissa Kiguwa on Wednesday next week at 7 PM EAT on Twitter Spaces about business evolution- from growth to continuous development into various opportunities and the women behi…lnkd.in/eT69j-ck
I am excited to talk to two impressive entrepreneur CEOs Oladoyin Oladapo and Melissa Kiguwa on...

I am excited to talk to two impressive entrepreneur CEOs Oladoyin Oladapo and Melissa Kiguwa on...

I am excited to talk to two impressive entrepreneur CEOs Oladoyin Oladapo and Melissa Kiguwa on Wednesday next week at 7 PM EAT on Twitter Spaces about business evolution- from growth to continuous...

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@AFP9 Mar 2023
VIDEO: Kenya widens the rollout of the groundbreaking malaria vaccine to its lake-endemic region, where many children under the age of five are killed by the mosquito-borne disease.

'Close to 400,000 children' have received new malaria vaccine in Kenya

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Reading @tejucole ‘s Known and Strange Things. So this Sunday’s reading list is some of my favorite essays from the book. #Sundayreads
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3. Wangechi Mutu: under the skin of Africa (Also check out @MutuStudio) theguardian.com/artanddesign…
Wangechi Mutu: under the skin of Africa

Wangechi Mutu: under the skin of Africa

Grotesque and seductive, Wangechi Mutu’s art embraces everything from Tina Turner and cyborgs to rotten milk and war crimes. As her new show opens, the artist talks to Teju Cole about skinning snakes...

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4. Portrait of a Lady nytimes.com/2015/06/28/magaz…
Portrait of a Lady (Published 2015)

Portrait of a Lady (Published 2015)

A picture of a woman is often made for the pleasure of others; in the work of photographers of modern Africa, it is for her.

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Nanjala Nyabola (@Nanjala1) profile pictureNanjala Nyabola@Nanjala129 Nov 2022
Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global Pandemic, (Hurst, London) UK pub date: December 8, 2022 US pub date: Feb 1, 2023 Available wherever you buy books. Support independent booksellers by ordering through your nearest bookshop or bookshop.org
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The new winners and losers in business economist.com/business/2022/… from @TheEconomist economist.com/business/2022/…
The new winners and losers in business

The new winners and losers in business

Which American companies have thrived or dived in a testing economy?

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#Sundayreads 1. How to trust your body. psyche.co/guides/how-to-trus…
How to trust your body to boost mental and emotional health | Psyche Guides

How to trust your body to boost mental and emotional health | Psyche Guides

Your heart, lungs, abdomen and gut are trying to tell you something. Learning to tune in can significantly boost your health

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3. C.S Lewis on True Friendship themarginalian.org/2014/09/0…
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4. An autistic man was surfing the internet on his dad’s sofa. Then the FBI turned up economist.com/1843/2022/11/2…
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The Citizen Report (@CitizenReportUG) profile pictureThe Citizen Report@CitizenReportUG23 Nov 2022
For the month of November, we took a closer look at immigration in Uganda. How did we come to rank in the top 5 countries in the world, as far as hosting refugees? Who, for that matter, is designated a refugee, migrant settler, or an internally displaced person?
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Enjoying the Kigali Car Free Day with family and friends. This is a livable city.
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#Sundayreads 1. A Blue Diamond Affair: the Geopolitics of a Heist (For the diplomacy&international politics nerds, a Thai gardener stole $20m worth of Crown Jewels from the Saudi royal family) brianklaas.substack.com/p/a-…
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2. Just 10years ago, Indian GDP was the eleventh largest in the world, now it’s surpassed UK to become the 5th largest economy in the world. #Sundayreads indianarrative.com/economy-n…
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3. Postcards from a Tuscan island where an unhurried pace is a way of life psyche.co/films/postcards-fr…
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