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MTN Uganda CEO Mazen Mroue’s Three Keys for Your Career Success
The recent MTN Business training sponsored by MTN Uganda for entrepreneurs in Eastern Uganda was a huge success. The training attracted 152...
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How to succeed in 2016?
Make priorities, not resolutions, because change is a fact of life! a) First, do not make resolutions. They are abstract. Make a list of...
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WinningMindset: Education
What kind of message do you tell them as they go to school? Be careful with what you say to your children, it may end up becoming true....
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Succession planning: easy to say, tough to do
“If you don’t have a successor, you are very poor indeed.” 1. Succession planning is a tough call in Uganda, as it is elsewhere 2. Even...
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Coping in a tough economy
Mustapha met one-on-one with Charles Bwogi of NTV Uganda on the economy. Charles is in bold, below: The Uganda Economy is said to be...
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Kick ass insights: no bank loan is free
E2. Managing loans in a slowed down economic environment as is today -Should one/a business take a loan today? “No loan is free. The costs...
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Crossing the ethical line: the four, M.R.C.O, stages of fraud
‘‘Judge me, O Lord, according to my . . . integrity.’’ Psalms. 7:8 Running any organization requires a dedicated team of capable people....
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Budgeting insights?
E1. Lessons households and businesses can pick from government's budgeting process. If you don’t budget, you cannot monitor your incomes....
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Crossing the Ethical Boundary: The Four Steps Model, M.R.C.O
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Managing any business requires having a dedicated team of professionals. The minimum quality of a great...
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The role of the Board of Directors
The board of directors is the topmost decision making body, appointed by the shareholders (for a listed company or public entity) or owner...
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Making an impact
Are you are leader or top executive? To make impact, you need to master two critical skills – public speaking and awareness – general...
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Invest your savings wisely
Let’s set the record straight – you must invest money in order to succeed. Your choice of business and entrepreneurial acumen will...
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How to remain relevant
You probably spent over US $3,000 in 2015 alone feeding your stomach. How much did you spend on your brains? The food for the brains are...
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Social network era: how safe is your information assets
Below is part 1 of the presentation I made at Infosec2014 seminar on 20th August 2014 at Hotel Africana Kampala, about the risks posed by...
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Cyber security facts and fiction, issue 1
Issue: A lawyer in Uganda is said to be threatening Facebook for meta-data and user registration details of one TVO; who has made several...
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Cyber security facts and fiction: part 3
Issue: A new ransom-ware, Locky, is up and about, crawling the Internet for the next prey. It is brilliant. It's persistent. And it won't...
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Pride MicroFinance myPride indeed
Step 1: You produce your savings card Step 2: You place your middle finger on the biometric reader Step 3: You inform teller what you need...
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Facts and fiction: mobile money innovation
Issue: Telecom companies continue to send to my inbox bulk emails of my bills for my data use. It's inconveniencing and absurd. Some of...
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Life. It's full of trials. The story of the limbless girl
My barber is a quiet man for a reason. When I asked him "how is your family? How many children do you have? Are they ok?" He opened up and...
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3 lessons from Man U’s failed succession planning
Football is a game of goals. Scoring is the team’s key result area (KRA). Things like possession; kilometers covered, fouls committed,...
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Unmasking your partner online: Read his “LIKES” carefully
Thanks to social media, folks can now gain 100% access into their partner expectations of them by just following what they 'like' online....
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2015 Christmas in the village, part 1
The journey to the village on 24th December 2015 was a great one. Despite some poor planning on my part the previous day, we were finally...
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The Paul Ethical Dilemma: What would you do?
On 28th October 2014, I was asked to speak to a group of 210 staff about ethics and integrity. So, how do you effectively teach over 210...
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Why this Mbarara Hotel may not be breaking even yet!
I am in Mbarara for two day, business. Usually, I give myself the best since I must be comfortable to work optimally. After a swift three...
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