Gerald Otim
Chief operating officer and co-founder of Ensibuuko, Uganda
Chief operating officer and co-founder of Ensibuuko, Uganda
Biography
Otim represents a generation of leaders in Africa that are using entrepreneurship to impact communities and foster inclusion. Before moving to serve in a full-time role as COO at Ensibuuko, which seeks to equalise access to financial services through online banking, Otim worked with Educate! – a not-for-profit organisation working to influence education systems in Africa to foster practical entrepreneurship training in schools.
Articles
Digitising farmer cooperatives to improve efficiency
by Marc Ghislain Bappa Se , Gerald Otim , Elias Gossaye Biratu and Ken Lohento
Few people in sub-Saharan Africa use traditional banks and bank accounts, since these are typically urban-based and serve a narrow market.
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Seeking investment: tips for start-ups
by Gerald Otim
African start-ups are the least funded in the world; 80% of funding goes to Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa with most directed to FinTech (financial technology) start-ups. Ensibuuko, a Ugandan company providing mobile finance services, received financial and incubation support as winner of CTA’s AgriHack programme in 2013.
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Jan 23
Social Good Summit
The SGS Geneva promotes a stronger engagement of the private sector to achieve the SDGs, advocates for increasing the mobilization of private capital for development and creates the conditions for effective partnerships around the SDGs between Swiss, European and developing countries entrepreneurs, impact investors, large comp… -
Jan 23
Brussels Briefing 49 - Youth in agribusiness: shaping the future of agriculture
The next Brussels Development Briefing no. 49 on “Youth in agribusiness: shaping the future of agriculture” will take place on 18th May 2017 from 9:00 to 13:00, at the ACP Secretariat in Brussels, Belgium. This Briefing will be co-organised by…
