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When is the Founders Nexus retreat?
From June 11th to June 14th, 2026, an intimate group of top-tier corporate executives and foundational thinkers will gather at Nagalaale Country House for “The Founders Nexus,” a collaborative think tank explicitly designed to dismantle the operational walls that typically separate commercial businesses from non-profit organizations.
Presented by Founders Pack, the three-day residential gathering drops standard lecture-heavy conference layouts in favor of an immersive peer-to-peer workspace. With participation strictly limited to an elite cohort of 30 institutional builders, Kampala Edge Times will be on-site, participating directly in the retreat to cover the high-stakes collaborative blueprints emerging from the sessions.
What is the Founders Nexus event happening in June 2026?
The Founders Nexus functions as an elite residential retreat and collaborative think tank configured to bring together exactly 15 revenue-generating CEOs or entrepreneurs alongside 15 high-impact NGO founders. The baseline objective of the gathering is to challenge the traditional, isolated model of execution where leaders carry the entire structural, operational, and psychological weight of their organizations completely alone.
Rather than sitting through passive presentations, the selected 30 participants will interact directly to brainstorm the creation of the “Founders Pack”—a proposed collective alliance designed to replace individual survival with structured, shared resources, real-time intelligence, and cross-sector institutional resilience. The event is engineered to merge the distinct strengths of market-driven commerce with purpose-driven social impact.
What is the theme of the Founders Nexus 2026 retreat?
The official guiding theme for the 2026 retreat is “Building Institutions at the Intersection of Enterprise and Social Impact.” This focus addresses a long-standing structural divide within the regional economic ecosystem: mainstream entrepreneurs routinely build highly optimized, financially efficient businesses that lack deep or lasting social value, while non-profit and NGO leaders build vital, high-impact missions that lack the commercial muscle, unit economics, and financial autonomy to scale sustainably.
To bridge this divide, the retreat focuses on driving a major transition toward becoming “Hybrid Institutionalists.” Participants will work on business and institutional models that embed explicit social outcomes directly into commercial sales pipelines, while simultaneously teaching non-profit directors how to apply strict entrepreneurial unit economics to their social operations. The goal is to help leaders evolve from being simple profit-seekers or grant petitioners into architects of sustainable, self-sufficient public movements.
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What are the core learning objectives of the Founders Nexus think tank?
The operational curriculum of the retreat is split into four distinct, measurable objectives designed to give both corporate and civic leaders actionable toolkits for growth:
- The Soul of the Machine (For the Corporate Entrepreneur): Moving past basic, surface-level Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to build true Integrated Impact business models. Founders will design systems where every individual unit of sale automatically funds or triggers a measurable social outcome, a strategy that increasingly attracts next-generation conscious capital and top-tier global talent.
- The Engine of the Mission (For the NGO Founder): Helping non-profit leaders transition from a “petitioner” to an “architect” mindset. Participants will learn how to borrow commercial mechanisms, including automated workflows and unit economics, to build independent financial autonomy and systematically reduce long-term grant dependency.
- Narrative Mastery and Scale (Shared Pillar): Addressing how growth marketing and strategic storytelling function as primary engines of institutional visibility. The sessions will tackle how impactful institutions can scale their narratives effectively, moving from being entirely invisible in a crowded market to becoming completely indispensable.
- Defining the Pack Collective: Brainstorming the long-term vision, governance, and structural framework of the collective alliance, gathering direct field ideas on how a unified community can protect the leader’s personal well-being while preserving the institution’s multi-generational legacy.
Who are the main facilitators at the Founders Nexus retreat?
To guide the high-trust storytelling and strategic planning sessions, Founders Pack has secured an elite panel of veteran institutional leaders, global health advocates, and brand strategists to lead the tracks:
- Humphrey Nabimanya: Celebrated social entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of Reach A Hand Uganda, bringing extensive expertise in youth-led mobilization, regional narrative strategy, and cross-sector partnerships.
- Dr. Moses Mulumba: Acclaimed legal scholar, institutional builder, and the Director of Afya na Haki (Afya na Haki), specialized in health equity advocacy, legal frameworks, and structural policy scaling.
- Robert Kitenda Gobii: Veteran marketing strategist, media expert, and lead coordinator at Sauti+ Communications, focused on growth marketing, experiential production, and master storytelling platforms.
- Solome Nakaweesi: Renowned pan-African social justice activist, institutional development specialist, and leadership mentor with decades of experience structuring transformative social movements.
- Myriam Sidibe: Global public health pioneer, author, and the founder of Brands on a Mission, globally recognized for her work driving large-scale behavioral change partnerships between multinational corporations and public health initiatives.
What is the format of the retreat at Nagalaale Country House?
The entire flow of the 3-day residential retreat is curated to leverage the natural environment of Nagalaale Country House to foster un-siloed, open-air thinking. The key activities are broken down into distinct interactive modules:
- Power Talk Provocations: Sharp, highly direct insights delivered by facilitators to challenge conventional wisdom and spark immediate debate.
- Nexus Circles: Small-group brainstorming and strategic problem-solving sessions hosted across dedicated garden breakout spaces.
- Garden Walk & Talks: Structured, pre-paired 1-on-1 pairings during nature walks through the Nagalaale farm properties, designed to facilitate deep peer-mentorship and direct resource sharing.
- Fireplace Conversations: High-trust evening storytelling sessions for raw, heart-to-heart discussions regarding leadership burnout and building the foundational case for the collective safety net.
- Blue-Sky Sessions: Open-air interactive mapping to design the future operational mechanics of the cooperative network.
How much does it cost to attend the Founders Nexus and how do you register?
The residential retreat operates on a premium tier to maintain a high-impact environment. The standard investment is broken down into two registration options:
- Early Bird Admission: $800
- Late Registration Fee: $1,200
The investment package covers premium lodging, organized transit logistics to and from the venue, and full-board catering across the entire duration of the retreat. The event is heavily backed by prominent structural partners, including Reach A Hand Uganda, Sauti+ Communications, Afya na Haki, Opportunity Collaboration, era92 Group, and Brands on a Mission. Institutional builders and executives looking to claim one of the highly limited slots can apply directly through the official registration pipeline at bit.ly/Founders_Pack.
