Big Convos Pod - Uganda

In this soul-stirring episode of Big Convos, corporate lawyer and author Asmahaney Saad takes us on a 150-year journey through dhow crossings, royal executions, colonial resistance, and divine purpose. This isn't just her story. It's a revelation about what your own bloodline might be calling you to do.From her great-grandfather's perilous voyage from Yemen across the Gulf of Aden, to the execution of a Comorian Sultan, to her grandfather Mzee Saad's legendary stand against colonial exploitation in Budaka ,every chapter of this family saga reveals a pattern: power is inherited, but purpose must be chosen.Asmahaney unpacks the "Identity Tax" of being a perpetual foreigner in your own homeland, the irony of a name meaning "Happiness" in a lineage defined by struggle, and the awakening she calls her "Queen Esther Moment" the realization that your position in any palace is not accidental. It's a divine assignment.This conversation will challenge how you see yourself, your ancestors, and the work you were actually put here to do.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━⏰ TIMESTAMPS:00:00 – Introduction: The Irony of "Saad"06:45 – The Yemeni Adventurer: Crossing the Gulf of Aden15:20 – Royal Blood, Rebel Spirit: The Sultan of Comoro28:10 – The Budaka Strike: Economic Liberation vs. Colonial Control42:35 – The Identity Tax: "Where Are You Really From?"55:50 – The Queen Esther Assignment: Why You're In The Room1:08:15 – From Lawyer to Author: Choosing Purpose Over Profession1:20:30 – The Call: What Your DNA Is Asking You To Do━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━📚 GET THE BOOK:"Identity: Lost in History, Found in Purpose" by Asmahaney SaadYour history is not a burden. It is your mission. Your ancestors didn't survive so you could shrink. They fought so you could rise.Get your copy today 👇🏾👇🏾🔗Website: https://asmahaneysaad.com/book-purchase/🔗Amazon: https://a.co/d/03KkdkOt🔗Momo Marketplace: https://market.momo.africa/Portal/product/193894/1?tenantId=1&lang=en━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🎙️ ABOUT BIG CONVERSATIONS BY ORDINARY PEOPLE A Miratrax Studio production. We go beyond titles to find truth. We believe in Visionary Audio and Human Stories that challenge, heal, and ignite.Host: Mark Keron WamalaExecutive Producer: Miratrax StudioLocation: Muyenga Bukasa Kampala Uganda Subscribe for more conversations that matter.\📱 CONNECT WITH US:Instagram: @MiratraxStudioTwitter/X: @MiratraxStudioTikTok: @MiratraxStudioWebsite: miratraxstudio.com📩 For bookings and collaborations: mark@miratraxstudio.com💬 DISCUSSION QUESTION:What part of your family's story have you been avoiding—and what would happen if you finally faced it? Drop your thoughts below. This conversation doesn't end here.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━#AsmahaneySaad #Identity #BigConvosPod #MiratraxStudio #Uganda #Legacy #Purpose #DivineAssignment #Podcast #AfricanStories #Leadership #History #Ancestry #QueenEsther #Yemen #Heritage #Entrepreneurship #SoulWorkListen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe- Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np- Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

Is the digital future a ladder for the poor or a more efficient cage for the powerful?In this episode of Big Conversations by Ordinary People, tech strategist Isaac Odongo Snr pulls back the curtain on how technology is being used to monitor, suppress, and influence the Ugandan public. From the mechanics of the 2026 internet shutdown to the rise of "Troll Farms" and why your "private" messages might not be as secure as you think.What we cover in this deep dive:The Shutdown Hack: How some people stayed online while the country went dark [02:30].Troll Farms & Deep Fakes: The engineering of public opinion during elections [13:36].Privacy Warning: Why WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal are "not safe" and the one app that is [17:32].Prompting Mastery: Why you’re using ChatGPT wrong (Algebra vs. Words) [01:24:35].The Future of Business: Why YouTube is the final frontier for sustainable brands [54:41].Visionary Audio. Human Stories.Miratrax Studio.#IsaacOdongo #UgandaElections #InternetShutdown #AI #CyberSecurity #BigConvos #Miratrax #digitalmarketing Listen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe- Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np- Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

In this episode of Big Conversations by Ordinary People, we dive deep into the technical and strategic world of banking with Carlton from KCB Bank. As AI continues to disrupt global markets, how is Uganda positioning itself?What we discuss in this 90-minute deep dive:The AI Regulatory Blueprint: How Uganda can lead the region in creating safe, effective AI frameworks for finance.Legacy vs. Innovation: The challenges and opportunities of moving traditional banking into a digital-first world.Financial Inclusion: Using technology to reach the unbanked and underbanked populations in East Africa.The Future of Work: How AI is augmenting (not just replacing) roles within the banking sector.Cybersecurity & Trust: Building robust systems to protect the digital identities of Ugandan citizens.Visionary Audio. Human Stories.Miratrax Studio.#KCBBank #AIBanking #UgandaFinance #DigitalTransformation #BigConvos #Miratrax #FinTechUganda #FutureOfMoney #BankingInnovationListen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe- Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np- Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

This episode kicks off with a discussion on Uganda's real estate market before diving into the heart of the nation's rugby scene. Join us for a candid conversation with former player and coach Zeno Owora Othieno as we explore coaching programs, club sponsorship, management challenges within the Uganda Rugby Union, and the overall state of the game.

Joseph returns to the podcast with a fire new EP and an unflinching mission: to merge art with action. In this electrifying conversation, we unpack his latest project while diving into the urgent battles shaping Uganda’s digital future.From the soul of his new music to the frontlines of internet safety and the controversial sale of Uganda Telecom (UTL), Joseph bridges creativity and activism Listen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe- Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np- Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

Isabella's story is a powerful testament to the strength of the human spirit. In this raw and honest conversation , she shares her battle with alcoholism, her near-fatal turning point, and the path to recovery that transformed her life. Discover how she found hope, healing, and a new purpose in helping others. If you're struggling, or know someone who is, this story will inspire you.Listen to more on: Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBeGoogle Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0pSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9NpAnchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

Can a rugby club’s bank account win matches? Former Eagles Rugby Club president Adam pulls back the curtain on the business hustle behind Uganda’s rising rugby glory. From secret sponsor deals to life-changing youth programs, we break down:💰 How a single business decision turned a local club into a national powerhouse🌱 The slum-to-stars story of Uganda’s rugby talent boom (feat. stats: 15,000+ kids in youth leagues!)🏆 Adam’s presidency regrets – and the 3 rules he’d give ANY new leader🇺🇬 Uganda’s global ranking surge – and why the world should watch outListen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe- Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p- Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np- Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

In this soul-stirring episode, we sit down with Joseph, the brilliant artist behind the hauntingly beautiful song What’s There Not to Love About Here? (https://open.spotify.com/track/2y0PDiXyJYUAin33JtaeAU?si=7128080c23c7421d ) Together, we dive into the layers of his music, exploring its philosophical depth, poetic imagery, and the profound questions it raises about life, society, and belonging. Joseph shares the inspiration behind the song, his thoughts on the tension between escapism and engagement, and how art can help us navigate the complexities of the modern world. We also tackle big themes like the pitfalls of self-help culture, the search for meaning, and the power of community in a fragmented world. This conversation is a journey into the heart of creativity, philosophy, and the human experience. Listen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe - Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np - Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

Sabrina is a journalist and content creator who is passionate about creating content for Ugandans by Ugandans. She discusses her journey into media, her views on freedom and living, and her experiences as a content creator. She also shares her insecurities and her hopes for the future. This is a candid and insightful conversation about life, love, and the power of storytelling. Listen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe - Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np - Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

In this episode of our podcast, we sit down with Cherokee Sylvain , the head coach of Eagles FC, to discuss his journey in rugby as a player and coach. We also delve into his perspective on the rugby culture in Africa and Uganda, as well as his philosophy and mantra for success. Listen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe - Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np - Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

In this heart-wrenching episode, twin siblings Karim & Dani from North Sudan recount their perilous journey to Uganda, escaping the devastating war that forced them to leave everything behind. Hear their harrowing tales of survival, their resilience in the face of adversity, and their newfound hope in a foreign land. This podcast offers a poignant glimpse into the lives of those displaced by conflict, highlighting the human cost of war and the enduring power of the human spirit. Listen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe - Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np - Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​

In this Conversation, we sat down with a locksmith expert Sheila Kiconco of Platinum Car Keys Auto Locksmith to uncover the industry's biggest challenges. From market segmentation and pricing strategies to technology integration and talent management, we delve into the tough questions that every locksmith faces. Listen to more on: - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3iDhPBe - Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/3iDEu0p - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3jEh9Np - Anchor: https://anchor.fm/bcop​