Written by: Lilian Nansubuga For years, Grace Nabulo watched her businesses struggle. She worked hard, invested what little she had, and hoped each new idea would succeed—but the profits never came. “I always wanted to know why my business failed,” Grace shares. “I would invest and not see...
Written by: Lilian Nansubuga From January 2025 to February 2026, Street Business School (SBS) implemented Project Kunihira in Fort Portal, Uganda, in partnership with The Milanovich Family Foundation. The project explored new ways of bringing entrepreneurship training closer to communities by working with local Community-Based Trainers...
Written by: Lilian Nansubuga At just 24 years old, Justine Uwimaana is a mother of four—but her journey into adulthood began far earlier than she had planned. Dropping out of school at a young age, she was married off by her parents and soon found herself in...
By Evan Cauble-Johnson, CEO, Street Business School FY2026 was a year of strong reach, meaningful outcomes, and important innovation for Street Business School. From July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, SBS trained 6,398 people: 197 directly by SBS trainers in Kampala, Uganda; 1,682 through major...
Written by: Lilian Nansubuga When Neema Vihuto lost everything, many people would have assumed her business journey was over. At 63 years old, the refugee mother of three had already survived displacement, rebuilt her life in Uganda, and worked tirelessly selling African print fabrics. Then, in a single...
By Evan Cauble-Johnson, CEO, Street Business School As we begin a new fiscal year at Street Business School, we are also marking a meaningful transition in the life of our organization. On June 30, Torkin Wakefield and Joachim Ewechu, two founding members of the Street Business School Board of Directors,...
SBS Co-Founder and Board Member Emeritus Torkin Wakefield reflects on the lasting impact of empowering women and the ripple effects on their families and future generations. In this story, Torkin shares Josephine’s journey, an SBS graduate whose determination and entrepreneurship helped create new opportunities for her...
Written by: Lilian Nansubuga At 23, Peace Giramiya was a determined young mother of two, working hard to support her family. She sold mandazi, pancakes, and silver fish in her community, doing whatever she could to make ends meet. “I was selling some small items, but just...
Written by Evan Cauble-Johnson, CEO, Street Business School As we approach the end of Street Business School's fiscal year on June 30, I find myself reflecting on what is possible when people come together with a shared belief: that every woman deserves the opportunity to build...
Written by: Lilian Nansubuga When 58-year-old Lucy Mande, a mother of seven from Makobyo A village in Fort Portal, first heard about the Street Business School (SBS) entrepreneurship training, she was skeptical. “At first I was thinking, I’m an old woman, what can this young person possibly...
Written by Evan Cauble Johnson Like many organizations working in East Africa, we at Street Business School are closely monitoring the developing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), along Uganda’s western border. [caption id="attachment_27560" align="alignleft" width="300"] Photo from a Street Business School workshop held during the...
A look at the real micro-businesses coming out of SBS entrepreneurship training programs in the informal economy Written by Nicole Powers In Latin America, Africa, and Asia (the three regions where most SBS partners work), the informal economy isn’t a footnote. It’s the dominant economic reality for...
