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Akamai offers Personal Money Management Course

2013-02-07T10:21:00.000+03:00

Don’t let yourself and friends miss the next Akamai Personal Money Management Course Start Date: Monday 18th February 2013 (6pm to 8pm) Venue: Akamai Global, 2nd Floor, B209, Amber House, Kampala Duration: 9 Sessions held once a week every Monday. Fee: U Shs 300,000 per person (

The fall from corruption to money laundering

2012-09-18T13:40:00.002+03:00

It is said that the authorities in 1920s and early 1930s Chicago knew that Alfonse “Scarface” Capone, commonly known as Al Capone, was involved in illegal activities but they could not prove it because no witness could come forward to provide the necessary evidence. Those who were close enough to Al Capone were either very loyal or feared death and therefore kept quiet. Al Capone was also a

The Bible and Business - Message to St Francis

2012-03-31T20:25:00.000+03:00

1. Introduction For the purpose of this message I define business as a commercial activity engaged in as a means of livelihood or profit, or an entity which engages in such activities. Our reference to business includes both self employment as well as owning an enterprise which employees other people to work on behalf of the business owner(s). We could also stretch business to include

Managing My Money Course - April 2012 Enrolment

2012-03-19T09:37:00.000+03:00

Target Group: Adults between 20 and 55 years Course Approach: Classes meet in 2 hr sessions, spaced a week apart, over a period of 8 weeks. Group or Corporate Classes can be scheduled at your location. Enrolment Details: Start date: April 16, 2012 Fees Shs 260,000 per person. Book with Akamai Global, B209, 2nd Floor, Amber House Email: info@akamaiglobal.co.uk

Whose Mess is it? By Grace Makoko

2012-03-19T09:33:00.000+03:00

In his teenage years, my elder brother got into trouble at school and daddy was asked to go over to the school to meet the headmaster and agree on appropriate disciplinary measures. Apparently, Alan had skipped class purportedly for health reasons and was caught smoking in the dormitory by none other than the headmaster. What irked the headmaster most is that Alan did not attempt to hide his

My Head Start Experience by Andrew Semyalo

2012-03-19T09:31:00.002+03:00

My very first memorable experience of earning money was at the age of four when my tooth was exchanged with money from the “rat”. After that, every time I felt a lose tooth, I got to work immediately and used tools like sugar cane to get it out and then got help to put it where the rat would find it; the business was not sustainable so I moved on to washing the car and made it a hobby to visit (

From the teacher's heart by Joy Mirembe Abola

2012-03-19T09:30:00.000+03:00

I have been working with young people in what we call “The Money Headstart” course for over 3 years. This was an endeavour that I took on quite reluctantly because sometime I really was not convinced there was much impact on the children. A number of incidents however made me change my mind and have seen me take this noble activity to another level. I met a mother who commented that whatever I

Editor’s Note— It is back by James Abola

2012-03-19T09:28:00.002+03:00

“Where is the newsletter?” This has been a common question for several months. It was pleasing to know that many people had been quietly following the newsletter. We look forward to the time when readers post comments and replies so that the newsletter becomes an active platform for sharing business and financial information and knowledge. SInce the year began, Akamai Global has undertaken a

Bite Size Tip - Improving Execution Tip 1

2012-03-19T09:27:00.000+03:00

People at the top of every profession share one quality — they get things done. This ability supersedes intelligence, talent, and connections in determining the size of your salary and the speed of your advancement. Despite the simplicity of this concept there is a perpetual shortage of people who excel at getting results. The action habit, the habit of putting ideas into action now, is

Uganda, When Mere Talk is Cheap: By Akamai Team

2012-03-19T09:25:00.000+03:00

The news coming out of north eastern Africa is that The Republic of South Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya have joined hands to implement a massive infrastructure programme that includes design and construction of a new sea port and airport at Lamu, installing oil pipelines to South Sudan and Ethiopia and building new rail and road networks radiating from Kenya into South Sudan and Ethiopia. The news

Money and Life in 2012 by James Abola

2012-03-19T09:23:00.000+03:00

When we wrote about this topic in February 2011we predicted that the election year spending would drive the inflation above the 10 percent mark. That prediction came to pass but even in our wildest imagination we never expected that the inflation rate would go up as high as 30 percent! We predicted that the Treasury bill rate would go up to 15 percent. While we were right about the upward

6 reasons people know so little about money

2011-06-21T12:51:00.000+03:00

Financial literacy was not taught in school which was the only source of learning for many people. They did not know anybody who had applied principles that made them financially better off. The examples they had were of people who stumbled from one financial crisis to another or people who pulled themselves from one financial hole to the next. They therefore concluded that becoming financially

Kampala Personal Money Training

2011-06-17T11:49:00.000+03:00

Learn how to beat inflation and more... Akamai Global is happy to invite you, your family, friends and colleagues to the July 2011 intake for the Personal Money Management Course.Benefits of attending the course Achieve your life goals and stop being frustrated by unfulfilled New Year resolutions &

Be Wise, Be Hopeful

2011-04-24T22:03:00.000+03:00

There is a lot of gloom around, courtesy of the roaring inflation that hit 11% during the period February to March 2011. The cost of living is going up as households lose purchasing power. A litre of petrol is costing Shs 500 more now than what it cost at the beginning of the year. The cost of food and other things such as transport has gone up too. A story is told that one day mother bed bug

Kampala Investment Group Seminar with Tony Wainaina

2011-02-26T18:21:00.002+03:00

Creating Wealth Using Investment Groups* Are you a member of an investment group, a SACCO or Merry Go Round (Circle)?* Is your group thriving or striving?* Do you have questions on how an investment group should operate?* Do you want to improve your individual financial security?Come listen to and interact with Tony Wainaina, an investments guru from Nairobi, Kenya with over 21 years experience

When help is (un)kindness

2010-01-28T13:24:00.000+03:00

It is an open secret that, 4 years after the 2006 election, the idea of prosperity for all Ugandans has had anything but questionable impact on the wellbeing of poor Ugandans. Now poverty is a serious problem in Uganda, no wonder the people in government thought of the idea of prosperity for all. According to a recent poverty study, one out of every three households in Uganda is absolutely poor

What to make of the NIC IPO

2010-01-28T12:50:00.001+03:00

Uganda’s largest insurance firm, National Insurance Corporation Limited, is offering close to 40 percent of its shares to the public at a cost of Shs 45 per share. The IPO which opened on December 31 is closing on February 5 but with hardly two weeks to the close there isn’t the usual interest and excitement that marked east African IPOs of 2008 and 2009.There are four factors that could account

Is it time to stop talking about the financial crisis?

2009-03-18T19:02:00.003+03:00

Everybody, well many people, are talking about the financial crisis. To some the financial crisis and the credit crunch are one and the same thing. This blogger thinks there is a clear difference between the two.In Uganda people love to give excuses for instance a person who is late for an appointment will blame it on the weather - it was raining or on the traffic - I am caught up in a jam. The

Learn how to grow your wealth and spend it wisely

2009-03-18T18:48:00.003+03:00

April 2008 Success Series Seminar

2008-03-01T15:31:00.003+03:00

$uccess $eries Breakfast Power of PERSISTENCE Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965) · Have doors closed in your face before? · How do you create opportunities and open doors where none are readily available? Did you achieve all you had set out to do in 2007? How can you make 2008 an even better year? Are you able to balance your family and career? Success is not an accident and there is no such thing as ‘falling into things!’ Come be inspired and learn to set personal

First 2 Rules of Working on Your Business

2007-11-11T12:57:00.000+03:00

There is a sense in which being self employed or owning your own business can be more challenging than being employed. A self employed person who looks at the business as a place to work in will in most cases find that the business is like a wheelbarrow which only moves whenever she pushes it. At the beginning the business provides great goods or services to clients but as sales and clients grow

Time for Money or Money with Time

2007-10-25T07:45:00.000+03:00

They were seated at the back of the commuter bus, commenting on anything they sighted. Then one of them saw a taxi on Kampala road and told his colleague, “Say how about if we went to Dubai and bought ourselves a taxi to operate?” Without missing a beat the colleague responded “With my high level of education I cannot stoop so low as becoming a taxi operator, I will get a well paying job.” His

Uganda: gifted but not competitive

2007-07-14T08:05:00.000+03:00

By James AbolaThe person or people who came up with the slogan "Uganda, gifted by nature" could not have come up with a better phrase. How else could you describe a country that has oil deposits, is home to a variety of animals and plants - some so rare that they can only be viewed from Uganda? Then there natural gifts like Uganda being the source of the River Nile, the wonderful climate that

Why Ends Don't Meet

2007-06-23T12:23:00.000+03:00

In Uganda there is a term which is very common with the employed, "trying to make ends meet." During the first 2 or 3 months of employment, the employee is usually able to live on their salary until the next pay day. As the months go on the employee's cost of living increases and the money there are earning is no longer sufficient to cover the cost of living until the next pay day. This creates a