With a background in the underground rave and free festival scenes of the UK and Europe, David has worked in higher education and media in Uganda since 2007.

David worked at Cavendish University (Kampala) from 2008 and Kampala Film School from 2010. He established Tilapia Cultural Centre (Kampala) in 2010, a venue hosting live music and performing arts, and a counter-cultural hangout space.

After being deported from Uganda in 2013 for “media crimes”, David set up an events company in Nairobi (Kenya) and conducted research in the media sectors of Rwanda and Tanzania. David returned to Uganda in 2015 and was one of the founders of Nyege Nyege International Music Festival. In 2017, he established East African Records (EAR), a recording studio and music distribution company, which is active up to today. EAR has partnered with UK distributors, Ditto Music, to provide free digital distribution to local artists. EAR provides free/discounted studio services for local musicians who use the distribution service. EAR also provides free consultancy in: promotion & marketing; copyright & legal issues; creative development; and developments in the online music industry. EAR studio is partly funded through commercial work for the private and NGO sectors.

From 2017-20, David and his team co-produced their first feature film, Imperial Blue, which goes on general release in early 2021.