If you are a financial institution (FI) operating in Uganda, now is the time to explore Uganda Government’s medium-term priorities which your bank could position to tap into. The National Development Plan Three (NDP III) came into effect on 1st July 2020 and takes over where the NDP II left. The big audacious goal (BAG) of NDP III, which is a five-year plan, is to “Increase Average Household Incomes and Improve the Quality of Life of Ugandans.” The overall plan theme is sustainable industrialization for inclusive growth, employment, and sustainable wealth creation. I give it to our planners for always…
Winners ask good questions: prepare to ask
You cannot learn the art of listening without the art of asking informed questions. The better the questions, the smarter the answers. Do not just listen. Once in a while, fate places you in front of the top CEO or politician or a big person. How do you make use of such an opportunity which we have always been reminded knocks once? The secret is in being prepared. Do not get ready. Stay ready. Before you attend that upcoming webinar or meeting, take the time to look up the topic, the presenters, and the emerging issues about the topic. Craft…
The truth about digital marketing
2000: Digital marketing consultants are born. The proposals focused on creating mailing lists. Big ad agencies involved in designing great email footers and headers, and e-newsletters. And companies were so passionate about email. The trend everywhere was “subscribe to our newsletter”. Many people closed deals via email. Companies started boasting about the number of email subscribers they had. It was big marketing collateral. To overcome the challenge of acquiring emails, organized cybercriminals set up enterprises to harvest emails online, as well as hack companies to access contact addresses and databases, and thereafter make such emails available for sale on the…
My employer is a cheat…
I usually give time to young people to discuss their career progress and aspirations. Now with virtual interactions, I have more time to do this. With hindsight, I know several mistakes one must avoid to progress. Here are some of my standard advice: 1.If you do not have something to do, find anything to do. Just be busy. Wake up early. Work 365 days a year and do your best. Create problems so that you have something to keep your minds busy. You don’t want to be comfortable through and through. I usually ask young people to ask for something…
Which career? What would you advise your child to aspire to
Ask any young person, they have an idea of what they would want to become when they grow old. Many times, the aspired career is informed by the people around us. When you are growing up, you see the teachers smart, wearing clean clothes which many of the people only put on during big days like Christmas or Eid. Many young people at one time, fall in love with the teaching profession. As they grow, however, they change… Yet, over 80% of children do not become what they aspired to become while growing up. Why? With more information, better choices.…
Don’t try to fit on. Try to be magnetic
#mindspark Many times, the best creative thinking comes from setbacks and obstacles. You don’t chose your friends. They chose you. Keeping up appearances is never sustainable. So don’t follow that tired, commonly given advice “surround yourself with people better than you.” The fact is, you won’t find them. Even if you get into their circles, they will reject you. People need folks who belong to their ranks and levels. The worst punishment you can mete on yourself is trying to fit in a class that you do not belong. Britons have a word for it: keeping up appearances. So, don’t…
