Yesterday, a few Kyambogo students got a chance to interact with one of Uganda’s most successful and celebrated entrepreneur, Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige aka BMK. BMK is the owner of Hotel Africana and was invited as the guest speaker at a KYU business conference organized under the theme “Success is possible.”
While interacting with the students, BMK took them through his life journey and the struggles he has been through to get to where he is today.
He told the students that there is more to life than a mere degree or educational qualifications and advised students to engage in any activity even without expectations of payments as long as it complements their skills and experience.
“Honestly I have no formal education. I stopped in P7 but it’s my desire to work that has driven me to where I am today,” BMK told KYU students.
BMK advised youths to have role models that fit in their capabilities especially their parents. “If your parents have a business then you are lucky- that’s where your very first inspiration should be derived from.” he advised.
While discussing the key drivers to success, BMK told students that nothing comes easy and advised them to be honest, determined and God fearing. He also advised the students never to dream small because the dreams determine efforts.
WHO IS BMK
Tycoon BMK was born in 1953, in Masaka District. At the age of 14, he had started working with his father in Masaka Town, dealing in merchandise and working at his hotel which he built in 1943.
The tycoon made his first step in Uganda’s capital (Kampala) in 1972 and being an innovative, creative and intelligent youth, a year later, he started trading in merchandise from Kenya, bringing them to Uganda.
The business thrived on well and with the little profits he had gained, in 1976, the promising tycoon at the time continued to prove his business ambitions when he crossed the East African Borders and started trading with Hong Kong and Bangkok, respectively, dealing in garments and electrical appliances. In the 1980’s, he became one of the leading garment dealers in Kenya.
Because his dream was to engage in a business that could earn him more profits, and also become one of the prominent tycoons in the Region dealing in several merchandise, in 1982, besides dealing in garment business, he joined the business of second hand vehicles, trading them from Japan.
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