I was thrown into the deep end of the ocean when I could not swim
Aug 07, 2013
Women whose husbands die and leave thriving enterprises behind seldom rescue the businesses. Grace Sekassi is one of the few exceptions. In 2001, her husband, Jimmy Sekassi, the founder of the Jimmy Sekassi Institute of Catering, was killed by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels.
Women whose husbands die and leave thriving enterprises behind seldom rescue the businesses. Grace Sekassi is one of the few exceptions. In 2001, her husband, Jimmy Sekassi, the founder of the Jimmy Sekassi Institute of Catering, was killed by the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels.
Then six months pregnant and with little knowledge about her husband’s business, Grace was faced with the challenge of steering the business on. Over the past 12 years, she has proved sceptics wrong by not only growing and expanding it to different parts of Uganda, but also diversifying into other businesses, with minimal support from banks.
How has she managed? She talked to Claire Namanya
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