Leadership and Civic Engagement

The Unexpected Capitalist: How Everyone You Know (God & You Inclusive) Is Driven by Self-Interest!

January 22, 2024 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Leadership and Civic Engagement, Thoughts and Opinions Ayn Rand, Capitalism, Objectivism

Capitalism (or capitalists) is often seen as a system of economic and social organization that is based on private ownership, free markets, and self-interest. Capitalism is also often contrasted with socialism, which is based on public ownership, central planning, and social welfare. However, in this article, I will argue that capitalism is not just a [...]read moreThe Unexpected Capitalist: How Everyone You Know (God & You Inclusive) Is Driven by Self-Interest!

Ignite Talks of MWF 2023 at Lehigh University: The Necessity of Empowerment for Action.

July 17, 2023 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Leadership and Civic Engagement, Sacred Entrepreneurship Ignite Talks, Lehigh University, Mandela Washington Fellowship

Ignite Talks are kind of inspirational talks or presentations that combine a person’s passions and what he or she is doing with those passions. The easiest way to understand them is to consider them as Ted Talks, which are usually both educative and inspirational. And the ridiculous way to define Ignite Talks is to really [...]read moreIgnite Talks of MWF 2023 at Lehigh University: The Necessity of Empowerment for Action.

Travel Experience for a Mandela Washington Fellow: Are you already in the US? See my journey experience, share yours too!

June 23, 2023 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Sacred Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Civic Engagement, Miklah News and Updates Mandela Washington Fellowship, Sacred Entrepreneurship

If you travalled to the US this summer for Mandela Washington Fellowship, you already have your personal travel experience, don’t you? Well, let’s hear it! However, before you can share your experience, I will open the curtains for you in this short and beautiful article. Are you ready? Well, let’s get started! You already know [...]read moreTravel Experience for a Mandela Washington Fellow: Are you already in the US? See my journey experience, share yours too!

Africa Liberty Camp 2023: Miklah Attended & This is How it Happened (Day 1 & 2)

April 28, 2023 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Leadership and Civic Engagement Africa Liberty Camp, Leadership, The Citizenry

As always, #MiklahLife through our initiative, #TheCitizenry, is participating in the 8th Africa Liberty Camp (#ALC2023) and, in this brief article, I will share all the proceedings of this amazing camp, running from 27th April 2023 to 30th April 2023. Importantly, #MiklahLife through #MiklahForAlbinism initiative tried to support people with albinism to be part of [...]read moreAfrica Liberty Camp 2023: Miklah Attended & This is How it Happened (Day 1 & 2)

Debt Cancellation for Global South & Uganda: Why it’s justifiable & the implications for climate change action!

April 15, 2023 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Sacred Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Civic Engagement Debt cancellation, debt for climate uganda, Spring Meetings

On 11th April 2023, I (or Miklah Life) joined fellow members of ‘Debt for Climate Uganda’ (or Debt for Climate International) to demand for debt cancellation of debts owed by Global South countries, especially those in Africa, Uganda inclusive. In the press conference we held at Mawanda Gardens, Kireka, we demanded the World Bank and [...]read moreDebt Cancellation for Global South & Uganda: Why it’s justifiable & the implications for climate change action!

Set Price Ceilings to Solve Commodity Prices: Bobi Wine is Right on this, and Here is Why and How!

June 9, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Leadership and Civic Engagement, Sacred Entrepreneurship bobi wine on inflation, commodity prices, inflation, Price ceiling, price floor

I woke up to a beautiful article in Daily Monitor about Bobi Wine asking the Government to set price ceiling for fuel in order to control commodity prices, and make our lives a little livable! Well, the article is simply a narration or report, and I will offer you the analysis that it misses! In [...]read moreSet Price Ceilings to Solve Commodity Prices: Bobi Wine is Right on this, and Here is Why and How!

Do People with Integrity still exist? Well, Emmanuel Tuloe, a 19-year old teen found lost 50,000USD & returned it to the owner!

May 29, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Thoughts and Opinions, Leadership and Civic Engagement Emmanuel Tuloe, Integrity of Tuloe, Joan Nansubuga, Returning 50000 USD

Local, national, and international media is full of a story of Emmanuel Tuloe, the Liberian 19-year old teen who found a bag of lost 50,000USD (about 185 million Uganda shillings) and returned it to the owner, a business woman called Musu Yancy! According to the reports, which have been covered extensively in Liberia, Uganda, Kenya, [...]read moreDo People with Integrity still exist? Well, Emmanuel Tuloe, a 19-year old teen found lost 50,000USD & returned it to the owner!

World Bank Group Youth Summit 2022: I attended the summit, and here is what I learnt (and, yeah, taught)!

May 28, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Leadership and Civic Engagement, Sacred Entrepreneurship Miklah Life at World Bank, World Bank, World Bank Youth Summit

Few days ago while patrolling the internet for entrepreneurship opportunities for my Miklah Entrepreneurs Group and Miklah Funding program, I landed on an opportunity to apply for World Bank Group Youth Summit 2022. Besides sharing the opportunity with my fellow youth through the WhatsApp group and blog post, I too went ahead and applied for [...]read moreWorld Bank Group Youth Summit 2022: I attended the summit, and here is what I learnt (and, yeah, taught)!

African Students for Liberty & Libertarianism: What I Encountered in ASFL Workshop!

April 22, 2022 Vicent Nemeyimana 2 Comments Leadership and Civic Engagement African Students for Liberty, Libertarianism, Libertarians, Liberty

Few days ago, I landed on an invitation to attend an awareness and sensitization program regarding African Students for Liberty, and the general political philosophy of libertarianism. Well, as always, as a guy who is open to ideas and new opportunities, I applied, got accepted, and attended. The date was 16th April 2022, and the [...]read moreAfrican Students for Liberty & Libertarianism: What I Encountered in ASFL Workshop!

Socrates on The Dark Side of Democracy: The Rule of the Majority Could Literally be The Rule by Fools!

November 24, 2015 Vicent Nemeyimana No Comments Thoughts and Opinions, Leadership and Civic Engagement

Socrates is one of our three greatest philosophers from Athens, the others being Plato and Aristotle. In his philosophy, Socrates said that the greater happiness of a person or his soul comes when he does the greater good. He, however, added that only few people can take time to do the greater good, for a [...]read moreSocrates on The Dark Side of Democracy: The Rule of the Majority Could Literally be The Rule by Fools!