Does education matter in business success? This is a question many prospective entrepreneurs ask themselves. While it can be important for business owners and entrepreneurs to attain qualifications related to the running of their businesses, it’s not imperative. Some of the business world’s biggest names have only a few qualifications,
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Tycoon Tony Elumelu Tips Ugandans On Running Successful Enterprises
By Aloysious Kasoma Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist Tony Elumelu Wednesday shared his success story with Ugandans at Makerere University Main Hall. The Group Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and the founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) revealed that that as much as capital is needed in starting
Read MoreMeet The Top Five World’s Richest Billionaires
There are now a record 2,208 billionaires in the world, Forbes counted, and their combined worth is $9.1 trillion, up 18 per cent from last year. The US has the most billionaires (585), followed by mainland China (373). Here are the top five world’s richest men. Jeff Bezos Jeff Bezos
Read MoreOn March8, 2018, Uganda will join the rest of the world to celebrate the International Women’s Day. This day brings into perspective the issue of women emancipation that has been prominent in President Yoweri Museveni’s 32 years in power. While women have generally been empowered, a few occupy top executive
Read MoreMillions more people in Africa now have access to financial systems thanks to cashless systems using digital technology, and more people are seeing the benefits of mobile banking, according to Ecobank, the leading independent pan-African banking group. Ecobank is the main sponsor at the Africa Tech summit currently taking place
Read MoreVipers, KCCA And Onduparaka Are Uganda’s Most Valuable Teams
A football franchise generates money from a number of avenues but most funds are raised from sponsorships. On top of that, football teams make money from TV sponsorships, sale of merchandise like club t-shirts or scarves, partnerships, gate collections and donations. In Uganda, the economic potential has not fully been
Read MoreMeet This Youthful Entrepreneur Earning Shs1.8m Daily From Mandazi Business
Many successful entrepreneurs constantly carry out research about business they are involved in as well as other investment opportunities. It is this passion that saw a youthful Kenyan travel to Uganda to learn more about the mandazi business. KDF, the mandazi and not the Kenya Defence Forces, is one of
Read MoreDoctors at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) have successfully reattached the severed hand of 17-year-old Joseph Thairu from Kiambu County, the Standard Newspaper reports. Thairu's arm was accidentally cut off while cleaning a chaff cutter. He had just finished feeding their cows The highly delicate procedure lasted seven hours. It involved
Read MoreSomali Refugee Has Spent Shs1bn In Transforming Kisenyi Slum
Hope came in with a new sport for Kisenyi, the largest Kampala slum that has for long been notorious as a violent enclave for drug distribution and abuse, prostitution as well as all forms of thuggery. The noisy chatter, tired unplanned cribs, smelly drainage and dusty narrow roads is the signature tune
Read MoreThere are many agribusiness enterprises you can embark on to become a millionaire. Goat farming is one of them. Grace Bwogi, 38, is one of the successful goat farmers in the country promoting the business of goat farming in Uganda in order to beat the demand which is currently outstripping
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