You look at the results of this poll (majority marketplace and pay-per-use) so far and you wonder if African Entrepreneurs have given up on selling to enterprises. Excluding banking solutions like Interswitch, I can't name a VC funded traditional SaaS focused on big companies in…

Godfrey Kuteesa’s insensitivity is glaring. True maturity involves understanding when to speak, not just what to say. In the face of the two girls' demise, his flippant comment about being careful next time feels hollow. There is a growing trend among some men to use rudeness and…

10 words or less for 5 cities I have visited in the last 12 months

Kampala: Too much potential for that...

Kampala has it all: Amazing weather, the Lake, great people, green everywhere, amazing nightlife, a festive and laid-back vibe, etc. Too bad the execution is often…

People might be putting the pieces together as to what I am cooking based on my Twitter questions but which business personality would you like to see live for a talk in Uganda? Answer in comments

Let's say anyone below the category of BEYONCÉ and Elon Musk is fair game..

Reporter: Mr President, you seem to be stressing more on foreign investors. Local investors are frustrated that you personally come in to help the foreign investors and not them also.

Yoweri K Museveni: But if they don’t complain how do I know? Because I have helped many local…

Something African entrepreneurs should read...

Family is everything! To many more decades with mzei Anthony Natif :)

I don’t know about “praying for you” but still being able to go to Seeta, chill with our octogenarian dad, listening to his hilarious stories and wise counsel is a huge privilege we don’t take for granted.

You can't have a healthy society unless you have healthy companies that are making a profit, that are employing people and that are growing.

-Michael Porter

Therefore it's often the case that profit is impact.

Signs you are getting old:

'What did you do for your birthday?'
'I had a pizza with madam and we watched a BBC documentary about migrants from Ethiopia. I also had ice cream...'

What are the best pan-African business Twitter accounts you follow? For me:

Tinashe M is great! I remember following him in the early days and the storytelling has been on-point. We don't hear enough about Southern Africa from where I sit and it's a lost opportunity...…

If Mzei Yoweri K Museveni had waited an extra day to publish his post, I would have thought he wrote it as a birthday gift.

I'd argue that Uganda being landlocked and surrounded by 'more landlocked' countries (South Sudan, Eastern Congo, Rwanda) is a competitive advantage,…

Dubai is run like a tech startup.

Quote of the day: 'You can either cry in the storm or dance in the rain' Perspective my friends, perspective...

When I talked about Constraints of Growth in my previous post, this is definitely initiatives like this that I had in mind! Well done Odrek Rwabwogo and PACEID. Now the big task ahead should be teaching the SMEs how to maximize on this new coordination and information