The rapid growth in phone usage and ownership in Uganda has led to numerous entrants into the Telecoms industry either as service or hardware providers. Each entrant has had to identify an entry point in order to win market share as quickly as possible. This must have been the thought process that the iDroid team in Uganda went through. Admittedly, their choice of having a phone in a local language is a masterstroke. Read more here
Farming too is a Great Profession
Looking at me in the eyes, she innocently asked, “Daddy, why do people get surprised when I tell them I want to become a farmer?”
Before I could answer, her brother responded, “Because they don’t expect that. They think you should be a doctor or an engineer.”
This interaction with my children drove me back to the debate I have always had with people who tend to look at farming as a part-time or second rate profession that they opt for due to retirement or when everything else has failed.
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