Speaker: Mr. Benjamin Byarugaba (Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration and Management, Uganda Martyrs University)
Email: bbyarugaba@umu.ac.ug, Mobile: +256-777-704760 / +256-750-885589
Seminar topic: “Not Just a Salary: Unlocking Entrepreneurial Potential Beyond the Paycheck.”
Date : May 28, 2025
Objective of the Seminar
The purpose of this seminar is to provoke a mindset shift among university staff and students—from dependency on monthly salaries or parental support, to actively exploring entrepreneurial opportunities as a practical, sustainable path to additional income and self-reliance. The session will equip participants with both inspiration and actionable insights for applying entrepreneurial creativity within and beyond campus life.
Target Participants
The seminar is open to all university staff and students, with special emphasis on: Postgraduate students, and Final-year undergraduate students, who are at a critical point of transition into the working world or graduate life, and for whom entrepreneurial readiness can be transformational.
Benefits to Participants
- Learn practical approaches to identifying and developing income-generating ventures;
- Understand how to creatively leverage their academic skills, personal interests, and social networks for entrepreneurial success;
- Gain insights into balancing institutional roles or academic workloads with entrepreneurial pursuits;
- Be encouraged to adopt a proactive mindset toward opportunity creation and financial independence.
About the Speaker
I am Benjamin Byarugaba, a Lecturer in the Faculty of Business Administration and Management at Uganda Martyrs University. I am currently a PhD candidate in Management and Innovation at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy, and also a PhD finalist at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, awaiting the defense of my dissertation titled:
“Need for Achievement and its Effect on Entrepreneurial Alertness and Business Venture Survival in Kampala Capital City Authority.” I bring over 30 years of experience as a practicing entrepreneur, combined with more than 25 years in higher education, research, and institutional leadership. My expertise spans entrepreneurial education, social innovation, impact investment, youth and women enterprise development, curriculum design, project planning, and organizational capacity building. Throughout my career, I have secured over $2 million in grant funding, supervised more than 100 postgraduate research projects, published in international peer-reviewed journals, and trained thousands of youth and women in entrepreneurial leadership. My approach blends academic rigor with hands-on entrepreneurial insight, making me passionate about empowering staff and students to unlock their full income-generating potential. I believe this seminar will contribute significantly to cultivating a culture of innovation, resilience, and economic independence within our university community.
