Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) hosted its 12th edition of the Open Minds Forum. It went down at UMA show grounds and it was certainly an event no youth deserved to miss. The event focused on skilling Uganda’s youth with financial discipline and a mindset for business success. The URA Open Minds Forum successfully set a platform for fostering financial discipline and business skilling as well as provide an opportunity to the youth attending to share and learn from youth entrepreneurs that were present.
The panel discussions held at the Forum were conducted by successful youth entrepreneurs from various strands of life and professions. Some of the panelists included Ms. Ruth Matovu Biyinzika (Skilling Uganda, PSFU), Mr. James Abola (Team leader, Akamai Global ) Financial Management, Lillian Katiso (Director of Finance and Training – Zaddock Associates Ltd) Financial Management, Niyitegeka Michael (ICDL Africa Country Manager, Uganda) IT Ethan Mussolini (CEO, Success Africa) and it was also graced by Hon. Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi (Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs) as the Guest of Honor and Ms Doris Akol (Commissioner General URA) as the keynote address speaker.
Former Makerere University student Mrs. Maxima Musimenta of Livara Cosmetics who was one of the panellists elaborated, “I dropped a USD $8000 job to start my own company. For the first one and a half years, we didn’t make any profit. The worth of the business right now is UGX 2.5 billion.” Young people need to learn how to take a leap of faith and put all into making their businesses a success. The guest speaker Hon. Florence Nakiwala Kiyingi the Minister of State for Youth and Children Affairs commended Uganda Revenue Authority for a job well done and encouraged the youth to work harder rather than blame the government for all their problems.
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