Daily Monitor
Saturday January 09 2021
A random search of music schools in Uganda will quickly land you on Esom School of Music as one of the top results. Founded 15 years ago, owners say it generates more than Shs500m annually from their services.
Rewind to April 2006: Eternity Source of Music (Esom) was founded by Daniel Innocent Kiyega on a trial and error basis with an initial investment of Shs700,000. He knew what he wanted to do but was not sure of how to do it.
“Looking back, I cannot imagine I have come this far,” Kiyega says.
Firstly, the school needed a leader, who could bear the vision of teaching music aligned with international innovations in music teaching. Kiyega, who had just returned from South Africa where he had obtained a Diploma in Music, had two money-making options on his mind to open a restaurant or follow his dream of a music school.