"My take home is about Shs21m. That is after tax, so it cannot be 46m with taxes inclusive. Because people are so used to saying I get 46m, maybe someone should give it to me."

"I don’t know why Ugandans congratulate people on government jobs."

"We have received a lot of interest from other municipalities in Uganda."

"We are already a role model."

"Rural-urban migration is going to continue to be a challenge, as long as the other urban centers in the country are not providing similar opportunities."

"It was more like a transit point for other parks of Uganda."

"The idea is to make Kampala attractive, which it wasn’t before."

"We are working on making Kampala an attractive destination in and of itself for business, for tourists, and for people living and working in the city."

"We hope that by government working with other agencies will be able to address this."

"We are also working on social issues, such as the welfare of the people in the city. We are looking at creating jobs for low-income families and we are looking at improving household nutrition through agriculture programs."

"We have been creating workspaces, building markets and creating jobs. We’ve set up an employment services bureau for the youth."

"Our target is to plant a million trees within the next five years."

"When the law was changed and the KCCA was created, it was done with the intention of addressing the challenges the city was facing."

"The government is already looking at placing industries outside Kampala."

"Our mandate was to transform the city and resuscitate it. *For the last so many decades, the city had degenerated in service delivery, in infrastructure, in basically every area because of poor administration."

"The working population is attracted to these alternatives."

"We came in to put Kampala back on its feet."

"We hope to foster a more inclusive financial landscape that supports sustainable growth and economic resilience for all, thereby playing a role in unleashing a new generation of solid and sustainable economic development in Africa."

"Through technology, we could streamline operations, enhance customer experience, and offer a comprehensive financial ecosystem that addresses diverse financial needs."

"Life is about connecting with people and how can we do that? These 3 abstractions connect every human being on earth love, time, and death. We long for love, we wish we had more time, and we fear death.” I think if we all lived our lives with this in mind, we would move forward in so many ways."

"I was the only female in most of what I did at the time. I've never been afraid of it, but it's apparent that it wasn't good with so little awareness around gender balance and diversity,”"

"started really thinking about what I wanted to do and how I could best impact other people’s lives. I concluded that telling my story about racism issues I have dealt with as well as providing support to other people experiencing MS challenges would be a great start."

"we invested in secure, scalable platforms and leveraged local talent to ensure our solutions were reliable, user-friendly, and adaptable to our customers’ needs."

"In a complex world with a lot of uncertainty, leaders have to embrace what seems to be opposing traits to succeed. On one hand, they have to act like heroes, exuding confidence, while on the other hand, they have to be humble, be able to take advice, and change course. In sum, they have to be humble heroes"

"we decided and declared that we would not put anybody on temporary or permanent leave despite the fact that we lost revenue in the beginning. This made employees realize that we really wanted to be in this together.”"

"Being a good listener is about creating a situation where people feel comfortable telling you things. A lot of that has to do with demeanor. The best listeners project openness, patience, and a sincere curiosity to hear the other person’s story. You need to ask the right questions, pick up on little Easter eggs hidden in the conversation, and also detect subtle, nonverbal cues about how the person is feeling or what they may be holding back. I go into detail about how to accomplish this in my book"

"It was shocking at first, we also had a huge drop in our revenues at the beginning which has since picked up very nicely. It’s hard to remember now, but there were a lot of uncertainties back in the spring of last year. We didn’t know how long it would last, how deep we would fall.”."

"leadership is a team play”, and it is crucial to build trust, focus on how people perform together, and empower them with confidence and autonomy."

"But listening is a skill, and like any skill, it takes practice. Some may have more natural talent for it, like playing a sport or musical instrument, but we all can, and should, put serious effort into getting better at it. Your effectiveness and happiness depend on it. Good listeners are not only good doctors, they are good human beings."

"I believe I was quite brave and dared to do new things. I wanted us to be the best at developing and, not least, adopting new technology. I have contributed to get us to where we are on the subsea realm – including developing a complete subsea factory [at Åsgard] many years before anyone else. When you ask me to look back at my time in Equinor, that’s something I am proud of,""

"Then I got to talk to most of the people there. That was very important to me. I don't miss the all-consuming job, but I miss the people. I get quickly attached to people around me. I am still in touch with many of my former colleagues and employees,”"

"I remember feeling a distinct sense of unfairness at the fact that many hardworking people, especially women and small business owners, were excluded from the formal banking system because of factors out of their control."

"I have been motivated by a desire to enact a change and to create pathways to financial independence and stability. In time, this led to my professional journey into finance and the birth of eShandi."

"Do not settle; instead, take the time to learn from the valuable information the market is telling you, adjust your products or your approach, reiterate over and over and over again, and most importantly, do not give up until you get the breakthrough you believe is possible. https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2024/4/14/thinking-bigger-a-pitch-deck-formula-for-women-who-want-to-change-the-world-by-sarah-dusek"

"“If this business was going to last and build something of value, significance, and impact, we had to go big or go home.” https://africanbusinessstories.com/sarah-dusek-co-founder-mp-enygma-ventures-scaling-visions-from-startups-to-venture-capital/"

"I am building a company because I want to invest in saving the planet, and I want to take people on magical adventures as a sideline. https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraannaparker/2024/08/14/few--fars-visionary-co-founder-sarah-dusek-is-pioneering-a-female-first-sustainable-travel-movement/"

"Women are often afraid to fail. Yet to succeed in entrepreneurship, we must recondition our minds to embrace the concept of failure. How do we now wrap our arms around the concept of failure as not only a requirement for innovation but the pathway guiding our journey toward success? https://www.lionessesofafrica.com/blog/2024/4/14/thinking-bigger-a-pitch-deck-formula-for-women-who-want-to-change-the-world-by-sarah-dusek"