Many a time people who do not travel tend not to understand people like us who suffer from wanderlust- that strong and insatiable desire to travel. Well, sometimes, we too don’t understand ourselves, but at least one thing we know, or at least I know, nothing beats that feeling of discovering something or a new place and then the immediate subsequent desire to tell the discovery to the world. And as that desire is waning, another desire sets in to travel somewhere else rises, like a fresh wave- and that is how we ended up at Mutuumo Island Resort. As…
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Looking back, this could be attributed to the relentless effort across the numerous production value chain of Movit from manufacturing to marketing that were both very innovative and aggressive that earned the brand the reputation it had on the shelves in stalls and in homes. For this to happen, there was a restless mind that pushed for all this to happen, Simpson Birungi. Simpson’s story is one like many other billionaire stories in Uganda. He built Movit from scratch. His is a story nothing short of resilience. A young man in his early twenties, Simpson dreamt of building a homemade…
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It was an evening of action-packed testimonies and a powerful presentation. Kampala Serena Hotel was burning with optimism following Dr Robert Burale’s breathtaking talk on personal and career transformation. It was a spice of his life story and lessons therefrom. The sold-out event was a sign of the thirst there is when it comes to personal development. The event was organised by Pepe Minambo, an organisational culture transformation consultant at The Motivation Hub. Here are the 9 lessons I picked from the flamboyant pastor, speaker, author and actor. Timing is everything The time you check in onto earth and the…
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The entire decade of the 90s was not any kind to Uganda in matters of health. It was the height of the HIV/AIDS scourge and the many diseases related to it. There was a very high mortality rate among children dying of killer diseases, not to mention malaria among others. The previous decade of the 80s had been marred with a lot of political uncertainty that hit the healthcare system pretty hard. There were not so many hospitals to write home about. There were not many facilities that could easily help with availing medication to the sick. Medication was hard…
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In 2017, Vaolah Amumpaire was working as a sales agent for a wheat making company. One of her roles was to increase the distribution network for the company in places where it had never been. One afternoon, she found herself chasing an endless road in the Albertine region in what seemed to be a very deserted place. For hours, it was just her and the driver. She wondered what would befall them in case their car broke down. Where would they find help? Who could come to their rescue? Was the nearest garage where they were headed or behind them?…
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Bashir Semakula is the first Ugandan to summit Mt Everest Base Camp. Together with a group of 15 other mountain climbers, they were able to scale 8,848 metres in a period of five days. Bashir is a cybersecurity professional based in Brisbane, Australia. He is the co-founder and security advisor at Cyberlastic, a company that offers cyber advisory to businesses and governments in Australia and across the world. He is the firstborn of 16 siblings born to two retired secondary school teachers from Butambala, Uganda. Before relocating to Australia, Bashir lived in Uganda with his parents. He attended Kibuli Secondary…
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Qn: Whenever you are talking to businesspeople, you speak with a lot of passion, what drives you? RM: At Enterprise Uganda, we work with people in business; those starting and those continuing. This is also one of our big pain points in our society. Many young people are struggling to get an income and the last option is to start a business. They call it the hustle. The problem is real and it exists. On the other side, the rules of success also exist. What we do is to relate the experiences the entrepreneurs have on a daily basis with…
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His name is not new on the legal scene. As a partner of one of Kampala’s top law firms, Kampala Associated Advocates, Elison Karuhanga’s name has dominated headlines not once or twice following a number of landslide victories of the big cases that have made it to national headlines. The calm lawyer prefers to introduce himself as an ordinary man trying to find footing in the oil and gas sector. But don’t let that deceive you, Elison Karuhanga is a partner at Kampala Associated Advocates. He specialises in Oil and Gas, Energy, Electricity and Infrastructure, Public Procurement Law, Administrative and…
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(This story is an adaptation from a conversation Petua Kateeba and Joseline Kateeba had with Akaego Okoye, for her African Business Stories Podcast) At least 70% of all small businesses that start in Uganda are said to fail in the next 3 to 5 years. There is therefore no prize for guessing that there are not many businesses or playbooks to read from when it comes to managing intergenerational succession in family-owned businesses. As such for Petua Kateeba, the matriarchal head of Crest Foam Limited, a family-owned manufacturer of mattresses in Uganda, there was no rule book to read from…
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Chimpundu Lodge! So Unforgettable. Located at the heart of one of Uganda’s tropical rain forests called Kibale National Park, the lodge sits quietly, but in a loud way, sits amongst some of this region’s oldest trees, some as old as 200 years and standing over 55 metres tall. Chimpundu is a compound term derived from two words: chimp and mpundu (a Runyankore word for chimpanzee). The lodge neatly unfolds in the middle of Kibale National Park staged by the Fort Portal—Kamwenge highway to usher you into a state-of-the-art sanctuary deserving of guests who love tranquillity, nature and luxury in…
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