Entrepreneurship is often an in-born phenomenon though the training schools specialized in entrepreneurial development claim that only formal training can hone the skill for creating a successful enterprise. Marwari community in India is dominated by business people and they are the symbols of naturally borne entrepreneurs. It does not mean that natural entrepreneurs do not exist in other communities also though the relative proportion may be less. Here is an example from Uganda.
"Kampala gets more crowded by the day and life has become more demanding; a disturbing combination of events if one has to keep up with life's quicker pace. This same nerve wracking mess however inspired one man's business sense, yielding an idea that won him $50,000 from the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) in the Start Your Business Competition (SYBC) last year. SYBC is an initiative of the Uganda government started last year, being implemented by PSFU with support from the World Bank. Attracting business proposals for innovations in forms of new products, business or location, and small innovative businesses that have been running for less than 24 months, the debut edition of the competition last year attracted about 400 competitive ideas. Only Herbert Asiimwe's idea took home the ultimate $50,000 prize".
The business started successfully in Uganda involves a delivery service for food grocery materials based on pre-received orders. Of course this happens in many towns and cities in India where door delivery is a common phenomenon. What is notable is the way it is organized and the efficiency achieved by the entrepreneur. The scheme by the Ugandan government in unearthing native talents in entrepreneurship is unique and has the potential to bring to surface unheralded but potential business folks and develop them further into owners of successful enterprises. May countries like India can learn some thing from the experience of Uganda in unearthing motivated entrepreneurs in different areas of business including food processing.
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