The founder’s vision

For much of the 1980s I grew up with my family in Kumi District, in eastern Uganda. As a child, immersed in rural Ugandan life, I experienced first-hand the wonderful generosity of the local community and the trials and tribulations of day-to-day life. The experience also gave me a real passion for the natural environment and for community development.


It also sowed the seeds for a conviction in the power of business to help tackle poverty and drive sustainable socio-economic development in the world’s poorest countries. This conviction has guided my career as a sustainability professional and ultimately is why I founded Kumi.

My childhood experience is a metaphor for what I want clients to experience with Kumi Consulting. Heading through Kumi District to the town of Kumi, the largest town in the district, I remember those car journeys where we would spend the first 10 miles slowly bumping along a rough dirt road until we reached Kumi where we would join the highway that would take us to Soroti, Mbale and the rest of the country.

It was only once we reached Kumi that the journey would really get going and we would progress towards our destination with real pace and purpose.