Being a business owner is hard. You’re not going to get the results you want overnight. You’re going to want to give up. However, the next time you are tempted to call it quits on your business, read these five favorite inspirational quotes and get back to work. “If you
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Innovation in business and public service processes is a vital catalyst for better and sustainable economic growth. However, most Ugandan businesses and public bodies are yet to fully embrace the culture of innovation to match acceptable global standards. To stimulate innovation in business and service delivery, Brainchild Burson-Marsteller, a public
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By Godfrey Kenneth Gobba The concept of using a financial asset as an investment solution usually makes more sense to high income earners than to low and middle income earners. For ordinary people that are struggling to make a living, financial assets tend to make more sense only if they
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After graduating from Makerere University with a Bachelor’s degree in Development Policy Science and Management, Betty Namisango Nakiyuuni didn’t have to look for a job because she was already working for a top company. But her entrepreneurship spirit couldn’t allow her remain employed; she quit the job and started a
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Regional retailer, Nakumatt Supermarket has suspended more than 30 employees and threatened to sack them for participating in a strike two weeks ago to protest non-payment of salaries. The retailer has issued show-cause and suspension letters to the employees who were among those who took to Mombasa Road, Nairobi, on
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Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, plans to invest $20 to $50 billion (about UShs180 Trillion) in the U.S. and Europe by 2025, in industries including renewable energy and petrochemicals. The 60-year-old Nigerian cement tycoon aims to move into these territories for the first time in 2020 after completing almost $5
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Fifteen (15) young African entrepreneurs have emerged as finalists from a field of more than 800 applicants for the seventh annual Anzisha Prize, Africa's premier award for her youngest entrepreneurs. Supported by African Leadership Academy (ALA) in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, the Anzisha Prize celebrates and cultivates the next
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Tanzania Women of Achievement (TWA) on Thursday launched Twaa Mentorship, an online portal and mobile app designed to provide mentorship and learning on the go for girls and women in Africa. Twaa Mentorship is the result of TWA’s continued work in transformation programs for women and girls that started in
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Robert Frederick Oliver Mwesigwa Nviiri, a Ugandan has founded Vule Airways, a privately-owned Ugandan registered airline that will hit the skies come November 2017. According to available information, the objective of the new airline that was founded in March this year is to fill the vacuum in the Ugandan air
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Major supermarkets will close on August 8 to allow employees to go and vote. This is even as election jitters creep into the economy. The Standard reports that through adverts in local dailies, Tuskys and Naivas Supermarkets announced that they will not open on Election Day to give customers and
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