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March 3, 2020 0 comment
A voice from the just ended 2nd Kampala Strategic Leaders’ Summit
The Second Strategic Leaders’ Summit that was held at Sheraton hotel under the theme: “Digital Innovation and Corporate Governance for SMEs in the New Market Frontier,” brought together SMEs operators, policy makers, business mentors, bankers, innovators, tax experts among others. One of the highlights of the Summit, was a special round table discussion on the […]
February 24, 2020 1 comment
Are your networks helping your business & career to grow?
What kind of business or professional networks do you belong to? Are your associations worth the name and time to keep? Did you know that your net worth as a business or a professional, is determined by your networks? Are your networks adding value to you and your strategic objectives or derailing you from achieving […]
February 19, 2020 3 comments
Managing a family business: Key success factors to know
Most of the Small, Medium -Sized Enterprises (SMEs) that grace the African entrepreneurial world are set up and managed as family entities. On top of the usual challenges that entrepreneurs face, owners and managers of family businesses have their own hurdles that they confront on a daily business. In different interviews with experienced business coaches, […]
February 17, 2020 1 comment
The ABCs of Second Strategic Leaders’ Summit 2020. Date: 27/02/2020
Simple guide to this year’s Second Strategic Leaders’ Summit. High-profile Policy dialogue focusing on Discussing policy Issues on how to leverage Technology and Good Corporate Governance to enable SMEs take advantage of the opportunities provided by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. This segment is in the morning of the 27th of February at 9am […]
February 11, 2020 1 comment
Are you operating in a digital world with analogue mind and skills sets?
Today, with a smart phone and internet, you virtually have the whole universe in your hands. From being able to purchase online, transfer money, order a taxi or a motor cycle, commonly known as “okada” or Boda boda in some parts of Africa, technology has reshaped how we live and do business. Coupled with the […]
February 6, 2020 0 comment
Entrepreneurial Leadership: the key for success or failure of any enterprise.
To say Africans, have an eye for business would be an understatement. Several research findings have named the continent as one budding with entrepreneurs and enterprises. Sadly, a walk around the streets of the capitals would drive you to the realities of skeletal remains of the hitherto budding business brands. These business brands were indeed […]
February 4, 2020 1 comment
Living in Uganda but shopping in China: How AfCFTA is set to change the Trade Game for SMEs in Africa.
Kiwanga, a small trading center in Mukono town is where Fred Isiko operates a mini-supermarket, trading in a range of products including farm produce. A close scrutiny of many of these products, however, bear labels indicating their country of origins as; China, India, Pakistan but very few from Uganda or even Africa. My curiosity was […]
January 28, 2020 1 comment
How EAC can sustain Foreign Direct Investments and help SMEs grow
Efforts to attract Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) by East African community leaders and technocrats seem to be paying off. In 2019, for example, according to Attractiveness Survey 2019 report by Ernest and Young (EY), trillions of shillings have flowed to the community which has resulted into the creation of thousands of jobs. That is good […]
January 23, 2020 99 comments
From Kigali to the rest of Africa. The wheel of wealth creation opportunities
History was made. It was March 2018 in the Rwandan Capital, Kigali. That year, 52 African heads of states and Governments converged with the sole purpose of signing a pact that would allow an estimated 1.2 billion people to trade amongst themselves with ease. That pact came to be known as The African Continental Free […]
January 21, 2020 0 comment
Four ways good corporate governance can help your enterprise survive the digital storms
The wheel behind every successful organisation is its internal governance system, says Mr Japheth Katto, a corporate governance and financial services regulation consultant. Unfortunately, in Africa, that wheel, Mr Katto says, is either not developed in most of the enterprises or at worst, non-existent explaining the rampant business collapse or underperformance of most of the […]