It'ssagini: Recent Episodes
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I do not want to cheapen betrayal by saying we become better by going through it--although that should be the goal. Betrayal belongs at the bottom of hell. It damages people. You do not emerge out of betrayal unscathed. Particularly people become vengeful, they take it on other people and things spiral downwards. An alternative to this, however hard, is to grow oneself, to choose self-transformation over resentment and vengeance however justified it might seem.
Patrick Karekezi's story is testament to the fact that you can learn anything. He struggled with English through a Ugandan high school. But last year, only 2 years post highschool, he was one of the 12 young African storytellers selected for Generation Africa program with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Thomas Reuters Foundation. He is now a public speaker and published writer. In this episode he talks about his journey.
Brian Nyagol is a young engineer and entrepreneur from Kenya. His startup just won the Great COVID-19 Innovation Challenge. In this episode, he relates his journey and the lessons he has learnt. He talks about juggling a full-time career and running his startup. What can young people learn from him? You can check Startup Suite here: https://web.facebook.com/startupsuiteapp
This is this big fuss about entrepreneurship in this country. There's is a lot of pessism against pursuing it. It is hard to make sense of this as a young person. So what's the way forward in the face of unemployment? In this episode, I build a case for youth entrepreneurship.
The probability that you will get a job from dropping CVs to random people and organizations is zero. Young people should more deliberate .