Makerere University Alumni

"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."

"I love to feel that when I wake up in the morning, and I go to work, I’m going to make a difference."

"I’m going to add value to the company."

"That’s why my previous work stints were all three years, until I got to Vision Group where I surprised myself by lasting eight years."

"I guess why I survived eight years, so to speak, is because I kept re-inventing my role such that by the time I left, my role had grown by leaps and bounds as I kept re-inventing it and adding responsibilities and finding new ways to keep myself challenged."

"My career path has really been one where when I look back, intentional, and yet not intentional by my standards."

"I honestly see the hand of God leading and guiding me and placing me in different institutions and I doing my bit and and always giving my best."

"I’ve always pushed myself no matter what task I’m given, to give my best and I think that remains one of my principles."

"That work ethic hasn’t changed and right now I’m trying to teach it to my team at Urge Uganda."

"That work ethic where nothing is impossible and you can do all things."

"I learned that work ethic while I worked at Scanad."

"My first gig at an advertising agency, two years fresh out of university."

"I was like, ‘Whoa what is this?’ Because we were working hard and burning the midnight oil."

"I guess this was the same at even my university because we would be up at midnight, you know, typing work and everything."

"People would hand in written work but Mass Communications’ students even before the age of computers."

"We were typing and that really taught us to stay up late, work hard, you know, burn the midnight oil."

"So, just those two first years of my career after university really taught me the work ethic that enabled me now to excel in these different places that I went to."

"I had hit the ceiling. Even when I chose not to renew my contract, it was really because I had done everything that I had been tasked to do."

"Who would have thought so many years ago that as the only girl-child of four siblings my path would lead to Uganda’s electricity distribution utility and managing such an important public service."

"I realised that the company could do with new energy that would then take them to the next level."

"I needed to find other ways to pour out, to use my knowledge."

"I also felt that it could best be expressed in starting a company of my own. So that’s really why I left."

"What I loved about Makerere was the sports."

"It facilitated my interactions with a number of people."

"I was the Hockey Captain for Mary Stuart Hall."

"I was swimming, playing basketball and squash."

"In the mornings, the guys would come round, pick us and we would jog around the university while singing mchaka mchaka songs."

"In the market place now, a lot of people will relate to you simply because you went to Makerere."

"My feel is that there are presently few graduates who are able to think critically and hold valuable conversations."

"We understand the need to employ young people, but their skill, knowledge, eye for detail, and commitment to excellence isn’t there."

"It’s dragging us back! I could make the byline as an intern."

"The guys in the newsroom are struggling because they spend hours rewriting and editing stories."

"I would be lying if I said I planned my career."

"To change and adapt to the Mass Communication field and go with what it offered me was divine guidance."

"God has opened doors for me to have experiences that now serve me in this role."

"I have questioned moves like leaving MTN for Commercial Microfinance because moving from corporate to downtown opposite Owino was a mind-boggling experience."

"I had reached the areas where I felt the company should be going to, and I had kind of like stalled."