I don’t know how many of you take time to analyse our national budgets but I do. Last week, our parliament passed a 45.5 Trillion budget for the year 2020/2021. I think as a country we need to take money management/growth as a serious part of our lives. We need to make sure our children learn about budgeting at a…
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Prenatal programming and voice – Rosey Sembatya.
When the mother talks to her child in the womb, the child is able to hear her. When the mother does not talk to her child, she will still be able to hear other sounds that come from the outside. It is said that from about the second trimester, the child in the womb is able to hear the mother…
Read MoreHow Ugandan Publishers can Monetize Their Blogs With Adsense.
Ever thought of making money from the content you put online, great this article is for you. Running a blog is expensive most especially if you don’t earn a penny from it. You spend money on buying domains, hosting, graphics, and maintenance other than making it back. You might have tried out a lot of techniques but none worked for…
Read MoreMuseveni Wants MPs Audited over Shs20m, Terms their Act Morally Reprehensible
Give your website a face – Dickson Mushabe.
In Kampala today, it is very easy to find a client who needs a website. You can do a pitch and in less than an hour you have all the deal in your hands. But this was not the case before. It is the NGOs that promoted the use of websites in Uganda and that was mainly due to the…
Read More_Humanitarian Appeal for the people of Sudan, Eritrea and Zimbabwe. – Strive Masiyiwa.
As many of you on this platform know, I have been at the forefront, for several weeks, in asking for Debt Relief and Economic Impact Stimulus, on behalf of the African continent. In making these appeals, those of us who have called for these measures have used as our benchmarking, those measures that have been taken in the US, Europe,…
Read MoreLearn to pivot, to survive (Part 3) – Strive Masiyiwa.
_Let’s get practical, now! So far no one has asked me yet exactly what I mean by the word “pivot” in the title of this series. You might think you know, and you may, but let’s get practical now. Pivoting takes preparation. To pivot is not simply to jump into the #Digital Age without proper research, learning and very often, upskilling. If…
Read MoreEmpowering Youth in Africa- Employment and Entrepreneurship in the Food Sector. -Strive Masiyiwa.
Generation Africa: Celebrating Africa’s young agripreneurs __Case studies: Moving from pitches, to prizes, to profits! Today I wanted to share this video from Davos in January and also to update you on some of the exciting achievements of our young finalist #agripreneurs since the GoGettaz Agripreneur Prize Finale Pitch contest last year in September in Ghana. These young entrepreneurs are the future of our…
Read MoreDo you do business with the wealthiest African nation? (Part 2) – Strive Masiyiwa.
__How to develop a product for @DiasporaNation. As I wrote last week, there are an estimated 50m+ Africans working and living outside their home countries today. We generally refer to this collection of communities as the “Diaspora,” so I coined the phrase “@DiasporaNation”. According to official statistics, these guys send home about $65bn per year. If this is 10% of…
Read MoreMany Ugandan ‘experts’ seem to be very good at identifying what can’t work. – Amos Wekesa
Meanwhile, thank you all for the overwhelming birthday wishes on the 22nd April. I tried to read all but eh, I failed…Mwebale! Well, that’s not the main reason am posting something on my timeline today, Nedda! Something has been making me very mad. In the last 2 months, I have been engaged in very many meetings mainly on Zoom. These…
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