The 2020 Labour Day celebrations was celebrated “scientifically” according to President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Mbarara Municipality was this year’s venue but due to presence of novel coronavirus in the country, the “scientific celebrations” took place at State House Entebbe. Speaking as the guest of honour, Mr Museveni said “laying off workers during this crisis is not a good idea especially…
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Young people wake up and take on the challenge – Amos Wekesa.
There has always been a concern amongst a certain section( not everybody of course) of the tourism fraternity, why do they pick on Amos always? To be honest, I also struggle with it and I wish more people came forward so we get a variety of opinions regarding tourism at a higher level. I actually tell people, look for other…
Read MoreAbsa bank flies high in 2019 as revenues grow by 19.4%
Absa Bank Uganda has announced a 19.4% growth in revenue to shs 405 billion, up from shs 339 billion in 2018 in the results released. The bank since last year rebranded from Barclays indicated that its net profits jumped from shs 68 billion with a return on equity of 16.9% “We saw steady growth in the bank’s balance sheet and…
Read MoreCorona and businesses – Amos Wekesa.
The post of yesterday talking about National budgeting for reasons had a lot of attention and am still being engaged about it up to now. That post was shared in very many forums so am told, including some circles in the ministry of Finance which is good. That piece got me engaged with one of the top 10 guys in…
Read MoreNational Budget: I think as a country we need to take money management/growth as a serious part of our lives- Amos Wekesa.
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…
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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