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Michael Katagaya
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
EVIDENCE AND METHODS LAB
Michael Katagaya is a Ugandan social entrepreneur and civic-tech innovator. He is the co-founder and team leader of Evidence and Methods Lab (EML). This initiative promotes transparency, accountability, and social justice in Uganda by simplifying, visualising, and sharing key legal and public finance information. He is also the founder and director of Makanila.com, an e-commerce platform that connects vehicle owners with a network of vetted automotive service providers and products. Currently, Michael is a 2025–2026 Obama Scholar at Columbia University in New York City.
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Plot 13 Kenneth Dale Lane, Kamwokya Kampala, Uganda,
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Transparency And Accountability.
We disseminate public finance and expenditure information to foster a citizen participatory culture. We pioneer the art of using data and design to simplify, visualize, share and measure the issues you should care about.
Social Justice.
We provide legal information in a format that is easy to understand by an ordinary Ugandan. Everyone deserves equal economic, political, social rights and opportunities.
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https://www.fordfoundation.org/fellows/michael-richard-katagaya/
I strongly believe that visualizing and sharing public finance data and laws can help citizens better understand government policy and advocate for the outcomes they need.”
https://evidenceandmethodslab.org/ford-global-fellowship/
Being admitted as a Ford Global Fellow means Michael will be part of a team of 72 Global Fellows who will be cracking their minds to find practical solutions to inequalities across the globe. The 72 Fellows are a pool of Fellows from two cohorts; the inaugural 2020 Fellows who are 24 in number and the remaining 48 Fellows are from the 2021 intake.
https://medium.com/@mkatagaya/ugandas-young-entrepreneurs-our-hope-and-burden-36a112c801a5
Many people are investing in unconventional parenting and education. Also tech/acceleration hubs like Hive Colab, Outbox, The Innovation Village Kampala, Design Hub Kampala etc are trying to support young entrepreneurs, and they need to be supported to do more.
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