Andrew Mupuya: 16 yr-old turns $13.40 into successful environmental company

Saturday, May 11th, 2013 by Raluca Besliu

In 2008, the Ugandan government imposed a ban on the use of polythene plastic bags.  Sixteen year-old Andrew Mupuya perceived this  as a great market opportunity to start a business of environmentally friendly paper bags. He named his company Youth Entrepreneurial Link Investment (YELI).  At that time, his parents had become unemployed and the young […]