CK JAPHETH: A MoTIVated and Innovative Villager changing Uganda, one entrepreneur at a time!  On his LinkedIn page, Japheth Chiko Kawanguzi⏤ well, everyone calls him CK Japheth, describes him selves as a dot connector and ecosystem builder for missionpreneurs at The Innovation Village and is inspiring a nation of makers MoTIV as well as investing in bold entrepreneurs at The 97Fund. But for this interview, he simply chose to describe himself as an “accidental entrepreneur”. After completing his Bachelor in Arts (Economics) degree from Makerere University, the then very optimistic CK Japheth came face-to-face with reality, after writing over 80 job applications and there was still no job. He settled for teaching Economics and Entrepreneurship at ….. Then one day, one of his students challenged him on the applicability of his entrepreneurship class theories and on whether he had ever started any business that gives him the authority to preach about entrepreneurship. Again, reality hit home. He went back to the classroom to pursue a Master’s degree in Human Resources, again at Makerere University, after which he, in November 2012 landed a job at Umeme as a Talent & Skills Development Specialist as well as Talent Manager until June 2017. Again the reality of youth joblessness hit him hard. “On average, we would get up to around 700 job applications every month, and most of these never got any job because there were non”, he recalls. “That is how I start to develop this initiative on how we can begin to change this situation. But most importantly doing it through innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, as well as building businesses, because businesses will grow to employ several other young people, to solve some of the problems we face as a country to pay taxes”.