User:Nyesiga

Nyesiga K Dias is a Business and Economics Journalist in Rwanda. He is the Winner of Rwanda's first Ever Economy reporting excellence Award with a cash prize of over US$ 3000. Nyesiga is boosting of close to 13  years in  Journalism, 7 years in project planning  for Not for  profit organisations.

Nyesiga was  recognised for his outstanding analytical, informative and  well research  news  articles  about the country's economy.He has  written and published  several articles on Finance, economy, business  growth  among others.

He has in his efforts to boost  the private  sector  of the country  which is still fragile,  founded the BOLT MEDIA GROUP LTD (where   he  is a MANAGING DIRECTOR), which has  started  the  MOBILE BUSINESS CLINICS projects which  provide  free   business advisory services to  informal  businesses and growing micro and  Small  Enterprises.

Through his  contagious  theory of Business  which believes that  all parties in a business must be equal in both  risks, losses and profit gains, as well as ensuring that  businesses provide services  and products  under  a well  designed and structured cost  cutting approach.

During he  career  he has  covered  stories in Uganda,Rwanda, DRC, Sudan in different Domains  such as Business and Economics,War reporting, Children and Women  affairs reporting,Investigative reporting among others.

He has worked as Marketing and Sales Executive Greater African Radio,Special projects analyst-Greater African Radio,Investigative  reporter- Entatsi Publications,Reporter/Bureau Chief  at the New Vision Group-Uganda,The Red pepper, Special  correspondent- Grace radio,Kigezi Radio,co-founder Christian Power, Business and Economics reporter at New Times Rwanda, Special  business Correspondent East African Business Week, Business and Supplements Editor at Rwanda Focus.

He has also held  positions outside the Journalism  career such as Project  Manager- CORE UGANDA, Programs coordinator/ later Director- Arise and Shine Welfare Organisation, marketing  and strategic planning-Feed the street Children project- Uganda,President-Mountain  boys  project.

He is  known for  designing the  CORE UGANDA's over Ug Shs 120 million  Walk Gulu Malaria Campaign,Mobile Business Clinics,the feed street  children  campaign and the current HOUSE OF TALENT project- the first ever mobile  talent developing project for young that is providing talent  promotion  to  orphans and Vulnerable Children  from where they are as opposed to   housing or collecting them in  a center.

Nyesiga was also instrumental  in Designing the OPEN VOICE Newsletter for NEWTIMES Rwanda in partnership  with  Ministry  of Health Rwanda. His interest in media  project  design and Journalism  can be traced  was  back from  Primary when he  initiated  the VOICE FOR US, a school-notice board  newsletter for the school, the SPY during  Secondary School and  initiating the first  Magazine  for his Secondary  School in his early years of Ordinary  level.

Nyesiga is a member of  Not for Profit Organisations such  as Scouts Association, The Red Cross.