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Inspiring Growth, Shaping Outcomes in East Africa.
Not just a communications agency.
A Development Intelligence & Growth Platform for East Africa.
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Urge Communications
Urge is a Development Intelligence & Growth Platform dedicated to helping organizations navigate East Africa's evolving development, policy, and business landscape.
Through intelligence, insight, and strategic advisory, we help organizations understand what is changing, why it is important, and what actions to take next.
Our purpose is to help decision-makers identify opportunities, build the right partnerships, manage emerging risks, and achieve greater growth, influence, and impact across the region.
What We Do
Delivered for:
GIZ · FSD · ICGU · ORYX · ODPC · CTPH · FLMH · UMI · EAMV·
Team Up · Stanbic Bank · Uganda Parliament · Huawei · Airtel · Montrose · Save the Children· Team Up.
From Development Intelligence, Strategic Communications, to Upskilling
We don’t just tell stories, we help shape outcomes.
Business. Policy. Health. Education. Humanitarian action. Sustainability.
We connect across sectors, turning information into knowledge, and ideas into actionable strategies.
Our Belief
"Vision shapes perception, and perception defines reality".
Our Promise
Innovate. Inspire. Impact
COMMUNICATIONS FOR IMPACT ?
“The art of communication is the language of leadership”- James Humes. Organizations that communicate effectively and get through to their audiences are the leaders.
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Innovate. Inspire. Impact
Our Platforms
Urge- Intelligence
Urge- DevWire
Urge Skill-Up
Meet Our Leadership
Daniel has 18 years of experience across the East African region, working with multinational brands, MSMEs, and development partners. He leads regional operations and strategic partnerships, driving product innovation and sustainable business growth.
At Urge, we believe sustainable growth is driven by investing in people. That principle shapes our work, we design and tailor solutions that empower individuals and strengthen communities.
We anchor our progress, success and sustainability on human potential and innovation that truly matters
Daniel Ssembogga
Group Managing Director
daniel@urgecommunications.com
Our team is composed of experts in different fields of communications, strategy, public relations, media planning and buying, events planning, project management, and creative.
We work with a strong network of consultants that include tech experts, freelance creatives, seasoned writers, animators, documentary film producers, photo and video journalists.
We are committed to inspiring daily growth by sharing knowledge that helps to build a better world, through continuous learning, growth, and creating opportunities.
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Community
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men." – Herman Melville.
We believe in using communication as a powerful tool to tackle social challenges, to inspire and improve the livelihoods of our communities.
Urge Communications is a key partner to social and economic transformation, partnering with organizations to enhance impact through strategic communications, events, training, media, and on-the-ground implementation.
Among our key social development partners is Conservation Through Public Health (CTPH), an award- winning organization dedicated to gorilla and wildlife conservation.
CTPH champions the health of wildlife, ecosystems, people, and livestock in and around Africa’s protected areas.
Urge has consistently demonstrated exceptional commitment in their work with us. Very professional in planning, organizing and managing our events. We are always pleased to collaborate and work together with their dedicated team.
Happy Client
Our brand development and go- to market strategy was provided by Urge and it was top-notch.
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