Norah Owaraga

“The man with the key has gone” – Lessons doing business in Uganda

It has been 30+ years since Dr. Ian Clarke wrote his book, “The man with the key has gone.” The mentality sustains in Uganda. And has gotten worse. For the sole purpose of individual primitive wealth accumulation, it has become more common for Ugandans to nonchalantly cause damage as they do business. Albeit in some…

“Man with the key has gone” – 30+ years of President Museveni

“What is your experience, have things changed for the better in Uganda or is it the case that often the “man with the key has gone?” The answers to this question on a social media is the trigger of this analysis but not the sole basis.

Mentoring Young Adults into Innovators Against Poverty – Call for Applications

Anyway, that is all besides the point. We, at CPAR Uganda Ltd, have set the dates for receiving our first cohort of 25 young adults for their first mentoring session with us – MENTORING YOUNG ADULTS INTO INNOVATORS AGAIST POVERTY. Read more about our mentoring programme here.

Food Manners

So, you can imagine the discomfort and shock that I experience now in my adult life, when the tables have turned and I am now among parents, and I hear or read derogatory comments of another’s food from those who normally would be considered parents in the central logic of African culture.