Francis Egbuson

We had the privilege to facilitate a learning session with members of the Uganda Private Educational Institution Association (NPEIA) held at St. Lawrence University last week. The session was attended by about 110 members from the various districts around Kampala, Wakiso and Luwero. This learning session was part of the multi year partnership between NPEIA and our firm CEMM. The objectives of the partnership are to enable NPEIA members achieve the learning and commercial objectives of the association, create process, content and faculty for on-going professional development for administrators, head teachers, teachers and other staff and provide access to Franklin Covey's whole school transformation process called The Leader In Me. CEMM is the exclusive licensee for Franklin Covey in Uganda, Rwanda, Togo and Burundi. As part of the interaction, we shared the following in response to NPEIA members interest: 1. Leaders who make a difference in peoples lives have a combination of Chara...

During the Covid-19 lockdown in Uganda, one of our clients - a financial institution with a footprint in 12 countries in Africa, offered our firm the opportunity to train in online delivery. The purpose was to have a team of trained Facilitators in Africa who could deliver their content on Self- Management. This was our first encounter with online delivery at scale. We had another opportunity with another financial institution to deliver to over 600 branch managers. This institution had a footprint in 35 countries in Africa. This delivery was done at a time when most of sub-saharan Africa was experiencing lockdown. Since these two experiences, we have gone on to include online teaching and learning as an integral part of our delivery experience. We have done so for corporates, public sector, educational institutions and preparing young entrepreneurs in East Africa. Based on these experiences, my sense is that online teaching and learning will shape the way we learn and apply learning i...