Dear kinsmen and kinswomen, Praise be to God Almighty who has kept us alive amidst this raging covid-19 pandemic. On a sad note, I commiserate with those who’ve lost their loved ones or friends to this invisible enemy. Its tough.In addition, I pray for quick recovery for the sick and patience for those taking care of their loved ones. Covid-19 has brought to surface the long standing challenge of high cost of healthcare in Uganda. For the last 20 years, since abolition of user fees in public hospitals, discusssions have been ongoing on how to bring down the cost of…
Case Name 01/2021: Intellectual Property Crimes
The increasing uptake of virtual working and service delivery has created opportunities and challenges for all. For the cybercriminals, more doors and attack vectors have been opened. At Summit Consulting Ltd and the Institute of Forensics & ICT Security, we shall be highlighting some of the common cybercrime cases to watch out for. Due to client confidentiality, we shall use pseudo names and make references to international cases, where possible. In the following cybercrime series, we shall highlight actual cases with real victims. In this first case, we highlight how cybercriminals steal intellectual property and monetize it. According to the…
Revisit your business model from software to ecosystem
“… I am tired of this institution. I am moving on. I do not care how many years I have been here. They are no different from money lenders. I want a financial institution that will be a business partner and make my life easier… grow my wealth”. The banking industry is under pressure: Today’s customers want more! Every bank must re-invent and offer more bespoke value-adding solutions. As a financial institution leader, you have a choice — let your customers switch to a competitor OR transform your offerings by giving customized value-adding services that customers adore using an ecosystem…
Post budget talks: noise or value-adding events?
The primary objective of the post-budget talks is to deepen the public understanding of the budget. The role of the public in the journey. Why then do we spend a lot of time talking and talking? Why not just communicate the budget. Going forward, I think the focus should be on the pre-budget. Our budget analysis should be proactive in guiding the government of the priority sectors where money should be put instead of waiting to discuss a budget after it has been passed. The exercise becomes another non-value adding activity since the budget is never adjusted to respond to…
First work hard, then pray.
Prayer works when you first define your target/ objective, put your mind (work smart) and muscles (work hard) to it. So many people pray daily. However, without action, progress is limited. We read that God works in mysterious ways. And I am sure He listens to folks who do something about what they are praying for. A case in point If you are a candidate about to sit for your end of year exams, do you just wake up and pray? Or you say a short prayer before going to class. A prayer before revision. And a prayer before a…
Homily for Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time year B
I came across a saying of Saint Francis Xavier recently that caught my attention, “Be big in little things.” It is one of those sayings that invites reflection. One of the ways of hearing that saying is that we are to do the small, ordinary, tasks of life with a loving and generous heart. This was very much the spirituality of Saint Therese of Lisieux, her ‘little way’ as she referred to it. She died very young and lived most of her short life in a Carmelite convent. Yet, she did her tasks there with an extraordinary love for the…
