In 2016, I got an opportunity to travel to Dubai for a talk about strategy. For some reason, as an African, I tend to have an inferiority complex – the feeling that I do not belong at certain tables or levels especially when I travel to do business as a consultant in developed markets. The fact that we tend to get several rejections for business opportunities from fellow Africans in Africa, makes it all worse. The general feeling that an African operating in a very small market in Uganda lacks the leadership and strategic insights to speak to business leaders…

Uganda is registering successes in the fight against #covid19. President Museveni has made calculated moves that have helped to ‘scatter the dry grass’ to avert the fires. The coronavirus is the fire. The people are the grass. You scatter the grass by enforcing social distancing measures. Love or hate him, Museveni has a mastery of the language, especially how to use analogies and anecdotes to get his message across to everyone. The majority of Ugandans are small scale farmers. They know what it means to scatter the grass to prevent the fire from catching their crops and houses. Many people…

The Easter holidays are always the highlight of the first half of the year. Four days of uninterrupted festivities – from Good Friday to Easter Monday. Regardless of your employment status, or affiliations religions or otherwise, it is difficult to miss the Easter holidays.  Many believers in Jesus Christ fast for 40 days, which are followed with heightened festivities and celebrations on Easter Sunday for the risen Lord – the foundation of Christianity. Usually, the celebrations are so intense that all hotels get full bookings. And the nightlife is at its peak – very loud music blaring in the highest…