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Nakate Expanded: What’s Next for me in East Africa.
I’ve been busy! We’re looking to expand this season, and I’m looking for a couple qualified, passionate individuals to help me do so on the ground in Uganda and Kenya. Here’s a little bit about my...
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There Must be Reciprocity of Culture, and 9 Other Things I’ve Learned Since...
It was just me and Malbec, on Tuesday, washed up in a tiny bar south of Houston. I was in SoHo catching up with myself. I do it best in new pockets of the city, surrounded by strangers. Everything is...
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Nile Gold, @echwalu and African Spirituality
If you aren’t spiritual, Africa will send you running to something bigger than yourself in an hour’s time. Just what you need, on time, when you need it the most – like your own baby miracle, on a...
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Jazi, Expansion and The Heart of the World Speaking
If I could give you a piece of Africa, I’d give you color. Great, big, popping bananas off the side of my veranda and searing blue sky – clear like Lake Tahoe. Except the African sky goes to straight...
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What’s a Living Wage in Uganda? My Initial 30 Day Cost Survey
In August, Florence and I set out to determine how much our average worker needed per month in order to accurately provide for her family. I can ballpark payment for a skilled worker – someone living...
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What’s a Living Wage in Uganda? Post II: A Look at Current Local Salaries:
In my first blog post on calculating a living wage, I shared the results of a 30 day survey I did on the ground with the artisans I work with at Nakate Project. Quick context: Nakate is an accessories...
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What’s a Living Wage in Uganda? Post III: Entertainment, Clothing and Education
I’ve been calculating an accurate living wage in Uganda since the summer of 2013. The goal: To build out a manufacturing facility in Kampala that pays its workers a wage calculated based on cultural...
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I Prepared & Memorized my TEDx Talk in These 6 Steps
In December, I had the privilege of presenting a 12 minute TEDx presentation at Microsoft. The experience was nothing short of elating – it was all kinds of magic to spend the day in a room of driven,...
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Why #BirthdayDrinks Matters to One Ugandan Photographer
My name is Onyait Odeke. I am a Ugandan documentary photographer and entrepreneur. I first met Shanley in 2011 via Twitter where we shared with each other what we do and why we did the things we do. A...
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An Open Apology Letter: Why I Quit Writing
Hello, after a lapse in time, to those of you who have been following my writing for a long time now. To those of you that just joined me – hello to you, too. This is an odd place for us to start, but...
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