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The Day We Thought the World Was Ending! The Christmas of 1999 is one I will never forget. I was only ten years old, but there are things that happened that I still remember as though they were yesterday. I don't know who started the rumour that the world was ending on 1st January 2000, but it spread everywhere. At least where I grew up, almost everyone had heard it. Some believed it completely, while others, including my late father, didn't seem convinced. You could switch on the radio and hear preachers urging people to repent because the end was near. Throughout December, that was the conversation everywhere. Some people stopped working, others spent most of their time in church, while some simply stayed home waiting. Christmas itself felt different. At our home, Dad never seemed worried. I don't know whether he genuinely didn't believe the rumours or he simply didn't want to scare us, but he kept telling us, "If it really is the end, then enjoy your last days." And enjoy we did! 🤣 A goat would be slaughtered, and we'd eat it until nothing was left. We drank soda with almost every meal. These days, a bottle of soda is just another drink. Back then, it was a luxury. At least for us... I don't know about you, so don't argue. 🤣 Then came 31st December 1999... the day we had all been waiting for. We stayed home, ate, prayed, talked, and waited. The hours passed, and before we knew it, everyone was dozing off in the sitting room. The next thing I remember was my mum waking us up the following morning. For a moment, I genuinely thought we had all reached heaven! 🤣 Then it hit us... it was 1st January 2000. We were still alive! Later, we started hearing stories of how other people had spent the night. Some families spent the whole night in church, determined to meet their Creator from there if the world ended. Others decided that if the world was ending anyway, they might as well dance into eternity! 🤣 They went to discos, filled trading centres, danced all night, and simply enjoyed the moment. Whether tomorrow came or not wasn't their biggest concern. What mattered was enjoying the present. Then there were the sad stories. One family reportedly sold almost everything they owned and gave the money to a fake pastor who promised to pray them straight into heaven. The interesting part? He disappeared... and never showed up after the world failed to end. I remembered all this after seeing a story about a 93-year-old woman being asked to leave a nursing home because she loved partying. It made me smile. Maybe she's onto something. Life isn't meant to be spent sitting around waiting for the end. Whether you're 30 or 93, there is still room to laugh, dance, dream, travel, learn something new, and make memories. None of us knows when our last day will come. That's exactly why today deserves to be lived. Enjoy your weekend, everyone❤️

@lwegaba Exactly!

@karabogk I agree - just as calculators came and later get replaced with computers. The goal should be "Faster & Smarter productivity".

Three of my friends live in South Africa, but the way they get there is totally different. One flies by plane. Another takes a bus. The third usually drives with friends. The one who flies gets there within a day. The one travelling by bus takes weeks, with a few stretches along the way, and arrives completely exhausted 😩. The one who drives with friends also takes weeks, but for him, the journey is part of the experience. They enjoy the road trip, make stops at hotels, sleep well, recharge, and continue the next day. At the end of the day, they all reach South Africa. But the one who flew saved time and energy, and by the time the others arrive, he's already done a lot more. I relate this to AI. I've seen several creators doing their best to prove they aren't using AI. Some even swear they'll never use it when writing. But honestly, to me, you're just delaying yourself. If a tool can make your work easier, faster, and better, why not use it? Don't be that boss who thinks that if something isn't done by him personally, nobody on the team can deliver quality work. You'll die with a pile of work on your table! 😂 Give clear instructions. Let your team do their part. Go through the work, make sure everything is in order, make corrections where necessary, and keep moving. People need good-quality results. How you get there is totally on you. And the funny thing is, most people probably won't even be able to spot the difference. Unless, of course, you intentionally leave a few typing errors in your work just to prove you're human. 🤣 I've been seeing that a lot lately! Use the tools. Review the work. Own the final result. The goal isn't to prove that you did everything the hard way. The goal is to get the job done well. #AI #Productivity #WorkSmarter

Record keeping saved me from a wrong payment! Months back, I received a partial payment from a client, which was much less than the total amount on the invoice. He paid through mobile money, and by that time, I had just subscribed to a billing system, so I was busy exploring every button and navigating through the different features. When the client made the payment, I recorded it as a partial payment. The system also has a section where you select the payment method and enter details such as a cheque number or, in my case, the mobile money transaction ID. So, I entered the payment ID and moved on. Last week, I was reviewing my records and following up with clients who hadn't cleared their balances, when I came across this particular client. I sent him the pending invoice and followed up with a call, only for him to tell me that he had actually paid much more than the amount I was showing. From what I understood, he had accidentally left out one zero when sending the money, which changed the amount significantly. The only way we could prove what had actually happened was by going back to the proof of payment, but neither of us had the original mobile money message anymore. It had been more than four months. He was pretty sure he had paid much more, and I vividly remembered seeing the payment message at the time, but I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Still, I didn't want to put him under pressure without evidence. Well, I logged into my billing system, retrieved the transaction ID I had recorded, and reached out to MTN. Thankfully, we were able to sort everything out properly. The client felt a little bad about the whole situation, but I could totally understand. In the end, he cleared the correct balance, and we were both very happy. That experience taught me just how important those little details in a business system can be. My billing system, #BORAinvoice , and #MTN saved the situation. It also taught me something else, I'm becoming less interested in handling business payments with cash. If this client had paid cash, maybe neither of us would have remembered the exact amount after four months, and I might not have had anything solid to support my records. Record keeping is key! Had I not saved that transaction ID, I could have ended up suffering a loss, because most times, the person running the business has more explaining to do when records are missing. So, if you have subscribed to a system for managing your business, use those buttons! Explore the features, record the details, and don't assume that something is too small to matter. You never know which little piece of information might save you one day. Have you subscribed to any system to help you manage your business? Make use of it properly. Every feature is there for a reason, and one day, that reason might just save you.

@justinenantale2 They respect, guard and value money, they just don't let it out fwaa,

Are rich people stingy or just protective? Elaborate in your opinion

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@GODFREY_Kutesa Loud and clear, sir 🤣

Just so you know, ISU , International School of Uganda is starting a new academic yr and fees is USD 8000-18,000 a yr depending on the grade ur child is entering. The 1.5 million you pay for fees at St Peter’s and you shout around in the Parents Group abusing all teachers is the registration fee to join ISU. You must also deposit a security fee of USD 10,000 if your child is to join Grade 1 and above. Kabira International School will make you cough 60-70 million a yr if your child is there. A child at Ambrosoli will pay 20-40 million a yr. This doesn’t include additional costs, uniform, galas etc I can assure you that all these schools are at full capacity. Make little noise when a school allows you to pay 2 million as fees. No need to abuse the Askari for not allowing you to enter the school at cut off hours. Kajjambo

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One of the things that genuinely makes me happy in my line of work is solving a problem, especially in customer support. Sometimes I receive calls from organizations that are trying to migrate their emails from cPanel to Google Workspace, but something goes wrong during the setup. DNS records may be mixed up, an important setting may be missed, or one final step may fail, and with email systems, one small mistake can stop everything from working. Sometimes it takes us longer than expected to find the exact problem, but once it is solved, the relief is always worth it. Most online service issues can be handled remotely. We do not always need to visit the premises, we only need a little collaboration, a few tests and clear feedback. But sometimes, when people are frustrated, they feel nothing is being done unless they can physically see you there. I remember receiving a very angry call from an organization that had not worked the entire day because their email services were supposedly down. I tested everything from my side and it was working perfectly. I asked them to perform a few simple tests, but the response remained the same, “It is not working, come and fix it.” One person finally said, “Grace, if you were here, we would be working.” So I went. The first thing I did was test the email on a phone using mobile data, and it worked perfectly. The actual problem was that the internet cable had accidentally been disconnected by a cleaner, while doing her work, and no one had noticed, including the in-house IT person who had spent the day insisting the problem was from our side! Well, I left them working, and that was what mattered most. In another situation, a trusted administrator left an organization with access to all their email credentials. Before leaving, he had sent me a WhatsApp message asking me to urgently change the password of a crucial email account. I declined because sensitive changes must come from the authorized contact person through the official email. A few days later, he somehow gained access to the administrator account, changed several passwords, left and switched off his phones. The organization relied heavily on email, so the situation was serious. What he did not know was that there is always a higher level of administration that can recover access and undo the damage. Some problems are simple, others keep you working for hours or even nights, but at the end of it all, seeing everything working again and the frustration turning into relief feels so good. That is one of the best parts of customer support. #customersupport #googleworkspace #emailsolutions

Building Solutions Starts with Listening. The LWEGATECH team had a productive engagement with the Busoga Health Forum (BHF) @BusogaHealth team at their headquarters in Jinja as we officially kicked off discussions for the development of the BHF eLearning & Membership Management System. Our meeting was filled with insightful discussions around BHF's operations, workflows, challenges, and long-term vision. These conversations are invaluable because they help us design a solution that is practical, user-friendly, and aligned with the organization's goals. We appreciate the warm welcome from the Busoga Health Forum team and look forward to delivering a platform that will support learning, member engagement, and organizational growth. Before we write a single line of code, we spend time understanding our client's people, processes, and goals. That's how we build solutions that truly fit the organisation’s needs, not just its technical requirements. #LWEGATECH #SoftwareDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #eLearning #MembershipManagement #HealthTech #Uganda #Jinja #Innovation

The new month is here. Do you have your records from last month? How is your business doing? Are you moving forward, stuck, taking steps back, or you honestly have no idea? Did all your clients pay you? Are all your bills cleared? Are partial invoices still pending? Have you paid some expenses twice? Do you have leakages you cannot trace? Have you made sales, but somehow everything disappeared into bills? Are you spending more than you are making? Can you answer all these questions clearly? Don’t sweat it. Get a system that helps you answer your business management questions in just a few seconds. This used to be my problem too. At first, it can be scary looking at small sales, many expenses, unpaid invoices, and pending bills. But you need to face the reality of your business before you can fix it. Thanks to BORAinvoice, my small business records became easier to manage. If this sounds like your current situation, it may be time to check out BORAinvoice. Visit borainvoice.cloud #businessmanagementsystems #borainvoice

The biggest business expenses aren't always the obvious ones. Rent. Salaries. Utilities. We budget for those. But what about: ☕ Coffee ⛽ Fuel 🍔 Lunch 🅿️ Parking 📶 Mobile data 🚕 Small transport costs Individually they don't look expensive. Together, they quietly eat your profits and they immediately go for the savings. I learnt this the hard way. For years, I'd buy fuel in small amounts whenever I needed it. It never felt expensive... until I tracked every purchase. The monthly total shocked me. That's when I realised: You can't manage what you don't measure. The same happens in many businesses. Owners know how much they've sold... ...but can't explain where the money went. Usually, it's not theft. It's hundreds of small expenses nobody recorded. That's exactly why every BORAsuite product includes an Expenses Module to help businesses record, categorize, and track every expense, no matter how small. As we begin a new month, here's my challenge: Track every business expense for the next 30 days. You might discover your biggest leak isn't a big expense... It's dozens of small ones. #Entrepreneurship #BusinessTips #ExpenseManagement #SaaS #SmallBusiness #BORAsuite

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There is something special about telling your story. As we grow older, we realize that every season of life leaves us with lessons, victories, setbacks, and experiences worth sharing. What may seem ordinary to us today could be the encouragement someone else needs to take their very first step. Every single day, someone out there is trying to start a business, build a career, overcome a challenge, or simply believe in themselves again. If we can openly share what we've seen, learned, and achieved, we make that journey a little easier for someone else. I'm grateful for the opportunity to share part of my journey in this podcast. I hope my story encourages someone to keep going, keep learning, and never give up on their dreams. Full Video: youtube.com/watch?v=hk0myQ…

@Anite__Evelyn Heheh. Ask them wama Hon. 😄

You guys why are you not abusing me these days. Is it because I stopped eating your taxes 😂😂😂.

The Comment That Doesn't Deserve Your Anger One of the challenges I have seen businesses face on social media is dealing with harsh comments. Sometimes a person simply thinks your prices are too high. Instead of scrolling past, they stop and leave an insult. And if you've ever run a business, you know those comments can feel very personal. The customer sees a price. You see the time, expertise, experience, support, and commitment behind the service you provide. They compare your price with another business they found online and immediately conclude that you're overcharging. Before you know it, they've called you a thief in the comments section. The temptation at that moment is to respond emotionally. After all, you know what it took to build that service, earn the knowledge, and deliver value to your clients. But that's usually the worst response you can give. People rarely change their minds because you argued with them online. In fact, everyone else reading the conversation is paying more attention to 'how' you respond than to the insult itself. A good response educates rather than defends. Instead of firing back, or explaining every challenge you've faced as a business owner, help people understand what they're paying for. Take web hosting as an example. Two companies may both advertise web hosting. One charges $40 a year while another charges $100. To someone who doesn't pay attention to the details, they appear to be selling exactly the same thing. Yet one package may include daily backups, better security, faster servers, technical support, email hosting, or proactive maintenance, while the other may not. The difference is not always in the name of the service. It is often in the value behind it. Not everyone who criticizes your business is trying to hurt it. Sometimes people simply don't understand what they're comparing. And sometimes, they don't know what they don't know. So the next time someone leaves an insulting comment on your page, resist the urge to fight back. Take a deep breath, respond professionally, and remember that your reply is not just for the person who commented. It's for every potential customer quietly reading the conversation. Your do not comment to win the argument, represent your brand. And if you find it difficult to separate your emotions from your brand, it may be time to let a professional manage those conversations for you. #digitalpresence #businessadministration

Every generation faces a technology that people fear. The people who learn it usually do better than the those who avoid it. A friend recently sent her daughter to our office for career guidance. The young lady had just completed S.6 and wanted to pursue a career in IT. Then someone she respected told her not to bother, and the reason was, AI is taking over IT jobs, by he time she graduates, there will be nothing left for her to do. That one statement almost changed her plans, thankfully, she kept asking questions instead of making a decision out of fear. Listening to her reminded me that every generation has had something they were told to fear. There was a time when people feared computers. Then the internet arrived. Then social media. Today, it is Artificial Intelligence. The pattern never changes, some people spend their time worrying about the new technology. Others spend their time learning how to use it. The second group usually wins. Think about it, We moved from handwritten letters to telephones mounted on walls, From those telephones to mobile phones, From button phones to smartphones. At every stage, there were people convinced the new technology would ruin everything, Yet today, many of us use our phones to run businesses, learn new skills, communicate with clients, manage finances, navigate roads, and stay connected with family. Technology did not stop progress, It became part of it. The same applies to AI, the question is not whether AI exists. it's whether you will learn how to use it. A person who understands AI will always have an advantage over someone doing the same job without it. Not because AI is replacing them, but because it helps them work faster, learn faster, and solve problems differently. The funny thing is that many of us have been using AI for years without calling it AI. Google has been helping us find information, recommend content, correct spelling, and answer questions for a very long time, it wasn't a human behind! The technology is simply becoming more visible and more accessible. We don't need to run away from technology, we need to learn it, understand it, Use it correctly. Because the future rarely belongs to the people who fear change, It usually belongs to the people who learn how to work with it. And if you choose to remain analogue, that's your choice 🤗

One of the Google Workspace features I find incredibly useful is Google Docs. There're times when you're preparing a proposal, agreement, report, concept note, or any company document that requires input from several people. In the past, you would send different versions back and forth by email, wait for feedback, merge edits, and hope nothing got lost along the way. With Google Docs, that process becomes much simpler. Create a new document or upload an existing one to Google Drive, then share it with the people who need to contribute. Everyone can work on the same document, either at the same time or whenever it is convenient for them. Changes are saved automatically, comments can be added directly within the document, and version history helps you keep track of edits. The result is faster collaboration, fewer errors, and less time spent chasing document versions. If your team is still emailing multiple copies of the same document back and forth, it may be time to explore a better way of working. Ask me about Google Workspace. 😊 #GoogleWorkspace #GoogleDocs #Collaboration #DigitalTransformation #AskMeAboutGoogleWorkspace

@Ntalebrian22 Right 😃...

This mansion belongs to miss Uganda's parents. Not her own house. Don't say she left a mansion to settle with a poor man. No. She left her parent's house to go and start a life with a man and work and build a mansion like that of her parents. If u want this marry men in your father's age.