I cannot tell you if I am a modern prophet, but the fact of the matter is that in 2014 I told a high profile Ugandan investment convention in London in 2014 that “every business is a digital business”. The Vice President, Edward Ssekandi was there as guest of honour but I don’t know if he heard me. There were many MPs (like Aida Nantaba), dignitaries and so were prominent business representatives. I believe BMK (of Hotel Africana) and Wafula Oguttu...

There is a hotel in Japan — Hoshi Ryokan — that has been run by the same family for approximately 1,300 years. Forty six generations have managed to maintain control of the business. Until 2010, the Guinness book of records considered it the oldest hotel in the world. In 2011 the title passed to another hotel in Japan, that had been founded in 705 AD compared to Hoshi’s 718 AD.

In Uganda, as most businesses are family businesses, a large number fail, including on death of the patriarc...

By Grace Khaukha, Business Associate, Inachee

"Have you ever had or seen a great business idea that looked nice on paper but when you set it up it did not turn out as easy as it sounded? Abracadabra!!?" 

Grace Khaukha, a business associate at Inachee and also a business owner shares her views in this article about the steps to business success (or is it magic).

With a high failure rate of business in Uganda, estimated at over 50%, perhaps understanding business magic is the solution.

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If your business exhibits 10 of the first signs, then you know that your business is on the right path, on its way to success?  You are hot! However if on the other hand, your company exhibits the latter 10 signs, its time to re – think. You are heading towards the cooler of failure... You need to be afraid!

In this article, I explore from my experience (with help from various business sources) the tell tale signs of succe...

“You cannot possibly think outside the box unless you understand the nature of the box that bounds your current thinking. You must come to know that nature deeply. You must have real insight into it. You must accept it, and embrace it at some level, before it will ever release you.”

 There's a Zen saying, "What you resist persists, and what you allow to be disappears." Thinking outside the box without understanding the box is a petulant exercise in resistance — every idea that come...