Film Paid Me More Than 20 Years in Corporate | Matthew Nabiswo | Uganda Edition
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April 28, 2026 · 1h 11m
About this episode
Matthew Nabiswo shares his journey of leaving a corporate career to build a film production company in Uganda.
What does it actually look like to walk away from stability and build something of your own?In this Uganda edition episode, Matthew Nabiswo breaks down a journey that most people never see clearly until it is too late to turn back. After two decades in corporate, rising from a $100 salary to $1,000 a month, he found himself pushed out at a moment that could have easily defined the rest of his life. Instead, it became the turning point.We get into the uncomfortable middle. The year where income dropped to almost nothing. The pressure of debt, expectations, and visibility. The quiet decisions that do not make headlines but determine outcomes. And how he and his wife built a film production company from the ground up with no safety net, just relationships, consistency, and a deep understanding of who actually pays.This is not just a story about film. It is a masterclass in positioning. Why NGOs became his first real clients. Why government contracts nearly broke momentum. Why professionalism, not talent, became the differentiator that unlocked $20,000 and $40,000 deals.We also get into the structural realities of Uganda’s film industry. The distribution bottleneck. The gap between…
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Guest: Matthew Nabiswo
Topics covered
- entrepreneurship
- film production
- corporate career
- financial struggles
- Uganda's film industry
- NGOs
- government contracts
Keywords
- entrepreneurship
- film production
- Uganda
- corporate career
- financial struggles
- NGOs
- government contracts
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Places: Uganda
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