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PROSPERITY OR MODERN DAY SLAVERY ?

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Blame not my thoughts but the perpetrators of modern day slavery. I am not an Angel and I do not believe in begging for food Everyday. It saddens me and makes want to cry every time  I hear or watch an advert calling on Ugandan Graduates to throw in their papers to go abroad and become drivers and Security Guards in the United Arab Emirates. Every time I remember the 16 years I spent in school not counting the pre-primary school because that I missed. A lot of questions fill my small brain and leave me wondering who has not done enough to save the Ugandan educated youths from the misery that befalls them in search for a better life. Parents spend all that they have educating their children to be better people after school, but only to find themselves selling a plot of land to contribute 4 million shillings to buy an air ticket that will enable their sons and daughters land in foreign lands and become security guards and drivers. Till this day I have never known whether the fi

THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY OF DOING THE WRONG THING!!

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I must say that it was such an awesome moment that we shared with the Diageo Global CEO Ivan Menezes. Diageo  is a British multinational alcoholic beverages company headquartered in London, England. It is the world's largest producer of spirits and a major producer of beer and wine. Diageo is a global company, whose products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world. This company is listed on both the London Stock Exchange (DGE) and the New York Stock Exchange (DEO). Its no doubt that Ivan has a great sense of humor with a highly welcoming face that easily makes you forget that he is the Top employee of the Diageo. Commonly known for his phrase "There is no right way of doing the wrong thing" the global CEO could not hold it back while meeting his Ugandan team at Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL). In company of Ubl's GM Nyimpini Mabunda and Charles Ireland the Group Director of East African Breweries (eabl) Ivan fully expressed his business thoughts abo

Never Touch Anything With Half of Your Heart, Ange Kagame Tells Youths

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Ange Kagame Today in Our Friday Feature, Mind Leaders Uganda brings you an Interview of The First Daughter of Rwanda Ange Kagame on the African Youths . The youth in Africa and Rwanda, in particular, have got the potential to become the best they can be. This was said by First Daughter Ange Kagame, during an interview with Devex, a global platform for professionals in development issues. During the interview, the political science major shares her vision for Africa’s future and the need to get the youth involved national development. What skills do young people need to be the most effective leaders? I think education is most important. We have to get to a place where education is not just a privilege for some but a right for everyone. The right to education has the potential to serve as an equalizer of opportunities globally, allowing every young person, wherever they may live, to develop their skills, contribute to building their countries as well as participate on the gl

11 REASONS YOUR COMPANY SHOULD BE BLOGGING!!

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Many companies and individual brands have in most cases ignored blogging as one of their  marketing strategies. Mind Leaders Has clearly Listed out 11 mind blowing reasons that will see your company start blogging OR Hire blogging Services. 1. Companies that blog generate 126% more leads than those that don’t. 2. The average company that blogs generates 55% more website visitors 3. The average company that blogs generates 97% more inbound links 4. The average company that blogs generates 434% more indexed pages 5. Blogging improves ROI. 80% of marketers with a company blog could prove inbound ROI in 2012, 2013 and 2014. 6. 57% of marketers who blog monthly acquire customers from their Blog 7. 82% of marketers who blog daily acquire customers from their Blog 8. 61% of consumers have made a purchase based on a blog post. 9. 82% of consumers enjoy reading relevant content from brands that they love or would love to associate with in the future. 10. 81% of consumers trust

THE HEALTH BENEFITS OF FRIENDSHIP

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Many of us have heard the phrase, "No Man is an Island" this holds more meaning when we get to discover the health benefits of friendships. Mind Leaders Uganda today features the benefits of having friendship lines around us. As it turns out, having friends is not only good for your soul but it’s good for your body, too. In the 2000 adventure film “Castaway,” Tom Hanks plays a character shipwrecked on a deserted island who is so desperate for companionship he endows a volleyball with human qualities and relates to it as if it were his best friend. Wardens of prisoner-of-war camps and penal institutions have long recognized solitary confinement or complete isolation from fellow inmates as one of the most painful, dreaded forms of punishment. Human beings are social animals, and it comes as no surprise that isolation from family, friends, and other members of your “tribe” has a powerful effect on mental health. But in recent years, a number of studies have shown having

HELP BUILD A SOLAR POWERED COMPUTER LAB IN UGANDA!!!

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    From 2 classroom blocks to now 8 classrooms with more than 200 pupils . Its no doubt that Loving Hearts Helping Hands is changing many children's lives in Uganda. As one of our values to Support Charity Campaigns , Mind Leaders Uganda has decided to feature the Loving Hearts Helping Hands project so as to reach out to our esteemed readers to come on board and change a child's life. Didan Atukunda (Ugandan) and his wife, Crystal Evans Atukunda (Canandian/ American) were married seven years ago. Shortly after marrying they birthed a dream to make a difference. Their dream was to provide a safe and loving environment for children to learn and grow in. They named their project Loving Hearts Helping Hands, they knew its only through working together with local and global loving hearts and helping hands that their dream could be realized. Their children’s outreach program is a part of their overall identity as Loving Hearts Uganda which includes their hotel Bunyon

5 ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS OF INDIVIDUALS TOWARDS SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

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 Its a very important aspect for businesses and individuals to fully understand the behavior and attitudes of their clients towards social networking sites before embarking on online ventures. The truth is without Social networking sites Online Campaigns can not yield much as it can not reach out to many people. Mind Leaders Uganda would love to fully break down the five major attitudes and behaviors of individuals towards Social Sites. These attitudes are majorly determined by the initial reasons that compel individuals to join social sites. Its important that before we actually take off with this wonderful topic, Lets remind our readers what a social networking site is; What is a Social Networking Site? At the most basic level Social Networking Sites are sites that allow users to set up online profiles or personal homepages, and develop an online Network. The profile page functions as the user's own webpage and includes profile information ranging from their date of birth,

KAYMU FASHION WEEK: Five Must Haves For Every Girl!!

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This week Mind Leaders Uganda gives a Sneak Peek into the Kaymu Fashion Week and  bring to our Readers the Five Must Haves For Every Girl . A lady’s wardrobe is an extension of her personality. Stocked with everything from essentials to frivolous knick knacks, it is equipped with everything that a lady needs. Kaymu brings you some top picks which are absolute must-haves that every lady needs to have in her closet. Red Lipstick   A rich red or burgundy shade of lipstick is something that you are most likely to find in any lady’s hand bag. Whether it is a casual brunch or a date after work, red lipstick can work wonders and change your look from casual to classy. Be sure to take note of your skin tone when buying your lipstick though. Luckily, there are many shades of red to go around, so go for it!       Pastel Shirt     A pastel or white shirt is one of those evergreen classics which will never go out of style. This too can be versatile and can help y

IS WEARABLE TECH OUR NEWEST ASSISTANT DOCTOR?

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From T-shirts that track your heart  rate to watches that measure your golf swing, it's no secret that wearable technology is making a big impact in 2015. And that impact is only expected to get deeper, according to Juniper Research, which predicts the wearable technology market will grow to $80 billion in 2020. As personal devices come to dominate the talk of the technology industry, now they're surging into health care. Shifting from self-help to medical help, wearable technology has the potential to make health care more efficient, convenient and effective for both patients and doctors. Whereas doctors normally rely on their patients to tell them how they're feeling, with the help of wearable devices, they will soon know how they're feeling, and possibly even why, before their patients walk into the exam room. Whether a patient is recovering from cardiac disease, or resting a torn ligament, or easing into a new exercise program after an injury, wearables mon

SNEAK PEEK INTO SENDING AND RECEIVING MONEY ON FACEBOOK

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Today we are drawing our focus on the latest innovation from Facebook of sending and receiving money via Facebook Messenger. I know many of us will say wooow this is a wonderful tool but for those in the Banking Sector and E-Commerce platforms it could probably mean the heaviest competitive game you are about to play. Amazon, E-bay, Money Gram, Wari and Western Union need to immediately examine this latest innovation from Mark Zackerberg. As for the developing world ,once this latest innovation reaches cities of developing countries, Telecom mobile money services are in serious checks. Anyway Lets not examine so much let me straight away take you to how this latest tool from Facebook is going to work. Facebook just unveiled a new service that lets you send money via its instant messaging app, Facebook Messenger. It’s kinder like existing services from Snap Chat, Square, and Venmo, letting you readily swap money other with people (as opposed to businesses) both near and far. But th