115 quotes found
"No one wants a world full of the same people."
"Found the once troubled body ripe for change, and much as a lot has changed through various reforms, the transformation is not complete."
"Unlike Americans, in Africa, it is not easy to become famous within a short time. So I better focus on my businesses. I have kids and music will require so much of my time because I have to be on tour all through."
"You’ll get knocked down many times and there’ll be tears, sweat and self doubt,but dust yourself and keep moving. That’s the go-getter spirit."
"Your network is your net-worth."
"Is a quote I hear a lot and I believe it’s true."
"My strategy for everything I’m passionate about is to invest in knowing 2 to 3 people more knowledgeable than me about my area of interest and purpose to learn from them."
"Humility is knowing that there’s always someone better than you at something and that there’s always someone who wants to learn from you."
"I invest in building a strong network of people I look up to and also build a similar network of people I can help mentor."
"Through research and utilizing my networks, I create a lot of opportunities for myself."
"Technological Innovation can be a driving force in creating long term solutions for many of the issues we face in our communities today."
"My definition of innovation is finding a new way of problem solving that’s relevant, resilient and disruptive of the status quo in nature."
"When I look around me, I see many problems that need to be solved in different sectors; energy, water and sanitation, health, education."
"What’s happened over the years is that millennials are more empowered to step into the entrepreneurship and innovation space to come up with ways to solve some of the most pressing needs using enterprise and innovation."
"This space excites me a lot because the possibilities are endless."
"I’ve been involved with lots of innovations as a mentor and implementer."
"Learning that is personalized, unique and treats each child as different is key to helping children thrive."
"When children are in one big class, it’s easy for educators to treat them as equals but what you don’t realize is that each child is unique and learns differently."
"Some thrive in a group setting, some grasp the information quickly from a teacher, and others prefer to learn on their own."
"What’s important is finding unique aspects of each child’s learning ability and capitalizing on that to make them better."
"That’s why the concept of Blended learning where teaching is done partly using technology and traditional teaching methods works better for young children."
"It can be as simple as using technology and complementing that with a teacher, or adding different aspects like peer-to-peer learning, self learning and technology."
"The blended learning approach helped children learn better and retain the knowledge more easily."
"I would say the recognition from Anita Borg Institute as the Change Agent Award winner still tops my milestones."
"Helping a couple of start-ups gain a foothold and start operations."
"lending a hand in helping mentor young women in technology are other key ones."
"I was never afraid to do things."
"I did a lot of things my brothers did and choosing tech was a no brainer."
"I felt it was an open field; if boys can do it, I too can."
"I see tech as an enabler."
"I became interested in computer science around the age of eighteen when I was exposed to computers for the first time."
"But even long before that my father had always encouraged to me to study sciences."
"His dream was for me to become a doctor, but I hated chemistry and anything to do with blood so that just wasn’t going to happen."
"The two subjects I loved were physics and mathematics, so I focused on those."
"After secondary school, while waiting to decide what I would study at university, I worked at a university library which had a computer lab."
"This was where I got the opportunity to sit in front of a computer for the very first time."
"I was fascinated from day one and I remember asking the lady in charge so many questions to try and understand how computers worked."
"Every single evening after that, I found an excuse to go to the lab, sometimes not leaving until very late."
"I researched what career opportunities existed within this new world of computers that I had discovered and went on to opt for computer science at university."
"During my career I realized I loved the process of setting up new systems."
"For a while I worked for a large corporation in the telecommunications sector."
"I joined them at a time when they were doing a lot of setup work which I really enjoyed."
"When it became much more about maintenance, I grew bored."
"Having previously been with a small IT support company."
"I also found that I missed being on the front line, working directly with clients and making things happen."
"I moved on to join a startup called Solar Sister which distributes solar solutions and empowers rural women to better their livelihoods."
"This was a perfect fit because I loved the idea of using technology to make a difference in the lives of everyday people."
"I was also their first hire in Uganda and was entrusted with setting up their operations here."
"This experience made me fall in love with entrepreneurship and gave me the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of setting up a small organization from scratch. *After that I knew I wanted to start my own organization."
"We started this initiative after realising there was a gap in creative sector to empower youth and women who are engaging in making artisanal products."
"There are so many projects to skill youths and women, little or no emphasis has been put on marketing their products."
"We developed a platform to help them market the products across the globe."
"This has encouraged me because the youth and women artisans have got visibility for their products."
"With the launched e-commerce platform, the products can be easily bought."
"Arthur Kasirye is a valuable member of the WordPress community in Uganda."
"He is the leader of three communities"
"The Elementor, WooCommerce, and WordPress Community in Uganda."
"Heis an ardent polygon that has continuously supported the translation of WordPress into local Ugandan languages, mainly English to Luganda."
"I was doing digital marketing for a guy selling men’s clothes, watches, and other men’s outfits."
"I would read about the trending fashion styles and then copyright."
"I did it for some time until I thought of creating an agency to do online marketing for other businesses."
"Not only did I grow to love fashion, but I always wanted to challenge the status quo because when I was growing up, I observed people's mindset towards my mother as a fashion designer."
"People often said that tailoring is a job for the uneducated."
"I wanted to change their mindset that it is not for the uneducated but also the reason people can not walk naked."
"We need to enhance our integration in the developments and promotion of destination East Africa as one."
"The tourism sector in Uganda is growing."
"There is a lot of opportunity for growth in the sector."
"Uganda has a lot to offer in terms of different attractions and services that could bring the global community to visit here."
"We have a lot of natural endowment in the wildlife, the dramatic landscapes, the unique features like the equator, the source of the Nile."
"We have very good weather averaging 23C throughout the year which is perfect weather any time of the year. Even when it rains, in an hour’s time, it will be bright and shiny and all very nice."
"There is quite a lot to experience here about the history of Uganda."
"We have the architecture, the food, the people."
"Ugandans are a very warm people and very hospitable."
"We have a very diverse culture with 65 different tribes. *Every part of Uganda that you go through, you will experience different cultures, the way of life of the people from the food to their dressing to their dancing and singing."
"Uganda has positioned itself as a cultural destination, as a wildlife safari destination, and as a historical destination."
"Uganda is the diversity that we have as a destination and that provides a huge opportunity for development and growth in the tourism sector."
"The tourism sector in Uganda is one sector that is well positioned to transform the economy of Uganda from a developing country to a developed country."
"Some of the challenges that we have had historically are political issues."
"We are grateful that for over 30 years now we have had political stability."
"It is safe to be in Uganda at any time of the day."
"We have the challenge of investment into the tourism sector, specifically."
"There is work that we are doing now to provide the incentive to bring in as many investors into the tourism sector in Uganda as possible."
"We have some infrastructure in place in terms of hotels."
"We require more if we are going to attract more numbers into the country while meeting the needs of the different market segments."
"We still need more investment to make the tourism sector in Uganda perform to its best."
"The other challenge is to get Ugandans themselves to appreciate what we have to be able to share this with the world."
"Ugandans need to appreciate the resources available, the opportunity of investing in tourism in Uganda."
"Being part of what tourism is in Uganda, they need to experience the heritage that they have as citizens of this country."
"This is another responsibility that we are taking on right now as a challenge that we need to overcome."
"We need to get all Ugandans to appreciate and understand tourism as a sector and be part of it."
"We always say in Uganda that tourism is for everyone, so we need to bring that to reality."
"We are in our second wave but we also have the experience that we learned from the first wave of handling COVID in Uganda in 2020."
"We went into our first lockdown in March 2020 and that lasted for about two and a half months."
"The airport was closed and everything was shut down."
"We only opened the borders in October 2020."
"We came to a standstill for those several months of the year."
"By the end of the year, business started picking up and we got into the second wave in May this year."
"That has hit us very hard."
"The difference is that we are not completely shut down. *The borders are open, international tourists are allowed to come to Uganda under some strict operational procedures."
"Everyone coming in has to have their PCR test report to present."
"They need to be retested at the airport before they get to move out of the airport environment in Entebbe."
"Some of the flights have been canceled which is affecting the numbers that are coming in."
"I prefer to look at the positive side of it, the fact that we are managing these waves differently from the first one based on the lessons that we learned."
"We have organized ourselves to have the bubble tours."
"The tourists are coming in and there is a restriction on what vehicles they get in, the tour guides who have to go with them, the drivers must have their 48 hours PCR test before they go with any visitors."
"The hotels have strict standard operating procedures that they are following."
"One waiter has to deal with one client or one group of clients for the whole time in the hotel and they have to use the same tables so that there is not too much mixing of people to provide for more safety for everyone."
"It is hard and it is challenging, but the fact that we can have a few people come in is the main thing showing that we can still allow international tourists into this country."
"There are a lot of investment opportunities in tourism in Uganda. One of them, is the accommodation facilities."
"We require a lot more luxury accommodation facilities in the different parts of the country."
"We can't make a Mercedes in Uganda but we can make something fit for our local market."
"The opportunity is there, what lacks is the willingness to do it. There is a lot more discipline and constraint needed in manufacturing but in the long term, it is something that has rewards."
"Knowledge is key in the proper regulation of the electricity subsector. I possess a mix of practical experience and technical knowledge to understand what goes into the proper operation and maintenance of the electricity subsector, coupled with leadership exposure and training to balance empathy and execution."
"My most memorable moment as a woman in this sector is marrying and raising six children without it impeding my professional and career growth. A proper balance between work and family."
"When mothers are well off the entire society is well off."