Senior Managing Partner

Jackee Budesta Batanda is a short story writer, journalist and entrepreneur. She runs SuccessSpark Brand Limited, an educational company that runs writing classes and also provides ghostwriting services.  In 2019, she named among top 40 under 40 inspirational Ugandans and was the 2018/2019 continental winner- training and education category at the Women in Business and Government. She is a contributor in the New Daughters of Africa anthology, a seminal body of work that captures voices of 200 women of African descent.

The Africa Regional winner of the 2003 Commonwealth short story Competition, her stories have been performed on the BBC World service, BBC3 and radio stations throughout the Commonwealth as well as appearing in various international anthologies. She has written for publications including the New York Times, The Boston Globe, Guardian (UK), The Mail & Guardian, The Sunday Times and Sunday Independent (SA) and Al-Jazeera Magazine. She was the recipient of a 2010 Uganda Young Achievers Award, shortlisted for the 2012 Trust Women Journalist Award and named by the Times (London) in 2012 as one of twenty women shaping the future of Africa. She was named among 39 writers under 40 from Sub-Saharan Africa likely to shape the future of African literature. She has run writing workshops in the US, UK, South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Malawi. You can visit her website at www.jackeebatanda.com

Content Development and Client Relations Manager

Rachel is the client relations and events coordinator with SuccessSpark Brand where she brings a wealth of over seven years experience as a dedicated and knowledgeable client relations manager and lecturer in the banking and educational sector. She has worked with a myriad of clients both local and international. She boasts of impeccable communications, events planning, and customer liaison skills. Rachel holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Makerere University Business School. She is a lover of the literary arts and loves to read in her pastime.