Thirty years ago I graduated in the pioneer class of dental surgeons at Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda. My head was bursting with knowledge but my hands were very short on experience. It did not take long for me to realize that there is a...
The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Weighing around 1.4 kilograms, with billions of nerve cells, it is the source of our thoughts and actions. Without it, meaningful life cannot exist. “Think tanks are to a country what...
Most of what is currently known about leadership came to light in the last 100 years. There is no universally accepted definition of leadership. However, leadership can be seen as a process whereby an individual influences followers to achieve a...
The sectarian rule of former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki – a Shite – alienated and marginalized Sunnis and Kurds, in the process playing a significant role in the deterioration of security and the emergence of Sunni extremists...
The dental profession is an ancient and noble profession. The earliest known person referred to as a dental practitioner was an African. Unlike the current allusion to dentists as “detoothers”, Hesy-Re, an Egyptian scribe who died in 2600 BC, was...
He stood and looked over the crowd. His heart welled with emotion as he turned to the elite soldiers that surrounded him. He could give anything for these men. He had served them well and in return they had been resolute about seeing this day...
The most pressing global leadership issue facing our world today is the lack of transformational/servant leaders. We live at a time when there is greater interest in the subject of leadership than at any other time in history. New books on...
Leadership is the art and science of getting personal and organizational vision fulfilled. It is a combination of innate and learned skills that begin with getting a clear vision of what needs to be done and entails: Conveying to others what you...
A brief overview of the history of the medical profession in the last 50 years gives us a sneak view of our health journey as a nation. According to a historical account by John Iliffe, in 1955, Uganda had 216 doctors (124 government employed and...
In November last year, the Financial Times reported that South Korea’s Daewoo had signed a 99-year lease for half of Madagascar’s arable land. According to the report, Daewoo expected to pay “nothing” for the lease. The agreement covered 1.3...
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