Museveni Wants MPs Audited over Shs20m, Terms their Act Morally Reprehensible
Day: April 28, 2020
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…
Read MoreWarner Music Group to enter many African markets through Investment in African Music Company Africori
The deal gives Warner Music’s ADA division access to Africa’s largest catalogue and A&R network, as well as enabling WMG to establish a presence in many African markets for the first time. ADA will work closely with Africori to distribute and promote its artists internationally through Warner Music’s global network. It will support Africori’s distribution activities on its existing catalogue…
Read MoreMore satellites grow viewing channels to over 40 African countries.
A Multi-year contract using Eutelsat’s dynamic 7° East neighbourhood means RCS Ghana can provide capacity for the broadcast of quantitative quality viewing. RCS will use Ku-Band band capacity on EUTELSAT 7B to broadcast its fast growing free-to-air DTH bouquet comprising SD and HD channels to the Ghanaian market and over 40 other countries in Africa. The Chairman and CEO of…
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