Empower Youth In Technology on the 11th of June 2019 hosted Mr. Julius Kateega, popularly known as Kay Eyakoowa the Programs Director of Western Uganda’s only Urban Radio station, @91.2 CroozeFM, the C.E.O Techsys Autos and a mobile App; ‘Vuganda’ a one stop center for Cars on market and Spare Parts. 2 hours was all it took to ignite the innovation Spirit in young innovators. Bellow we share with you some of the lines captured in his submission..

“A Formula that has failed several times is absolutely wrong. That’s not a problem. One who chooses to keep using this wrong formula is the problem. Sadly some Youths are not even willing to try the wrong formula. You can only know the formula wont work if you choose to try it. By it failing with to work with someone, may not mean it will, with you. Cultivate the formula, it matters. Its a question of choices.”

“Globally, the thinking that you will live your best life out of just a salary is another wrong formula. The boss puts where he wants you, gives you enough to keep you around and work for him. Innovation and Entreprenuership is the THING.Create time for you. START WORKING FOR YOU!, FOR YOUR GOAL Manya Enakuyo.”

“A good concept alone is not enough. We have seen Supermarkets fall, we have also seen Kabalagala sellers grow to success. The FINANCIAL FORMULA matters a lot by the way”

This is Western Uganda’s first physical meet-up for learners who have or would want to enrol in Andela Learning Community (ALC) 4.0 program in collaboration with Google and Pluralsight. The Andela Learning Community is a network of people across Africa dedicated to learning how to use technology to solve humanity’s problems.

Through the ALC, Andela invests in communities of talented technologists across Africa. Our goal is to provide an ever growing population of aspiring technologists with the resources and environment they need to become world-class problem solvers.

The event aims to drive Andela’s commitment to the growth of the tech ecosystem in Uganda by raising employable developers and tech leaders. To that regard, the meet-up event will be a gathering of learners, facilitators, mentors and tech leaders.

The purpose of the first ALC 4.0 meet-up is to connect young tech talents and learners to physical mentors who will assist them in their learning and growing their tech skills; in order to become world class programmers.

In summary, the event will feature tutorials, coding sessions, questions & answers, tech talks, and follow up support