Across Uganda and the wider East African region, a new generation of enterprises is emerging built on the maximization model. Global examples such as Airbnb and Uber have shown that the world is full of redundant space and underused assets.
Picture this, you have been up and about, texting this lady that is the potential love of your life. Finally, she gives you a response and agrees to a romantic date. Then suddenly it hits you, there’s nothing to be found on Kampala’s restaurant scene. Although there’s a semblance of
By Ian Ortega One of the outstanding thinkers of this century has been Nassim Taleb, and his writings about a different form of risk, one that is hidden and inherent in every system. This risk which he calls the black swan, cannot be anticipated by any of the risk mitigation
By Ian Ortega | Ortega Group Energy and Industrial Desk Executive Summary Uganda’s electricity sector has evolved from the modest 15,000KW turbines of the early 1960s to a national installed capacity exceeding 2,000MW. Yet beneath these numbers lies a deeper story of structural underperformance, project management lessons, and unexploited industrial
By Ian Ortega | Ortega Group Energy and Industrial Desk Executive Summary Uganda’s electricity sector has evolved from the modest 15,000KW turbines of the early 1960s to a national installed capacity exceeding 2,000MW. Yet beneath these numbers lies a deeper story of structural underperformance, project management lessons, and unexploited industrial
By Ian Ortega We all grew up with the adages such as ‘latecomers eat bones’, ‘the early bird eats the worm’ and many of the kind. In the business world, it would thus birth the idea of the First Mover’s advantage. That there existed an advantage for the first entrants
By Ian Ortega We all grew up with the adages such as ‘latecomers eat bones’, ‘the early bird eats the worm’ and many of the kind. In the business world, it would thus birth the idea of the First Mover’s advantage. That there existed an advantage for the first entrants
By Ian Ortega Executives often hash out the same words to their reports – “let’s create value.” And it has become standard language across the C-suite, value creation, and value propositions. Everyone is looking for ways of creating more value for the consumer. It could be through better packaging, accessible
By Ian Ortega Executives often hash out the same words to their reports – “let’s create value.” And it has become standard language across the C-suite, value creation, and value propositions. Everyone is looking for ways of creating more value for the consumer. It could be through better packaging, accessible
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