GREATNESS UNIVERSITY

THE PERSON: PROFESSOR PATRICK BUSINGE

Born in Uganda, I did not let my circumstances characterised by poverty become my standard. Whist I lived in poverty, I did not let poverty live in me. Following my dreams, while believing that no condition was permanent, I used education as my passport out of poverty. This belief led me to world-class universities such as the University of Exeter – one of the finest universities in the world – where I graduated with my Doctorate in Education. On my graduation day in 2015, the then Chancellor Baroness Floella Benjamin whispered into my ears, ‘Patrick, go and change the world’. At this point, I didn’t know how I was to actualize this. Today, five years later, looking back and connecting the dots, I can see how this is happening through founding Greatness University: the world’s first and only institution dedicated to discovering, developing, delivering sustaining, and celebrating greatness. One of the key features of doing a Ph.D. in research. After five years of research, it has become my passion and hobby. I spend my free time researching about greatness and creating tools to help others do the same. In the past, I have researched kings like the Omukama.

Oyo of Tooro: the World’s Youngest Ruling Monarch. I have researched celebrities like Les Brown, the World’s Number 1 Motivational Speaker. I have also researched renowned church leaders like Archbishop Doye T Agama in the U.K. and Professor Simeon Kayiwa in Uganda. I have research institutions like The City of Refuge in Delaware, USA, and the Great Kingdom of Tooro in Uganda. This research has culminated in multiple books that document and preserve greatness for future generations.

In addition to greatness research, I have written peer-reviewed journal articles, published over 12 books, and co-authored with over 200 people.

Through my greatness coaching, mentoring, and consultation, I continue to help individuals, businesses, organisations, kingdoms, and nations right their lives and rewrite their future. In this endeavour, iChange Nations has created an award in my name titled: The Professor Patrick Businge Greatness Award which is given to people who have personally been mentored by me or emulate my example.

I also have been fortunate to hold international posts such as being a Representative to the United Nations where I work towards world peace and the right to education. I have received honorary doctorates for my contributions to education and humanity. I have also been honored to become a Distinguished Fellow of the Order of St. Hadrian of Canterbury: a fellowship bestowed upon me by the Apostolic Pastoral Conference for my work amongst the African diaspora.

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RESEARCHER GREATNESS OF

First, one of the key features of doing a Ph.D. is research. After five years of doing doctoral research, it has become my passion and hobby. I spend my free time researching about greatness and creating tools to help others do the same. In the past, I have researched kings like the Omukama Oyo of Tooro: the World’s Youngest Ruling Monarch. I have researched celebrities like Les Brown, the World’s Number 1 Motivational Speaker. I have researched businessmen like Antonio T Smith Jr, the CEO of ATS Group of Companies. I have also researched renowned church leaders like Archbishop Doye T Agama in the U.K. and Professor Simeon Kayiwa in Uganda. I have research institutions like The Great Kingdom of Tooro in Western Uganda.

Currently, I am researching about the World’s Greatest Civility Humanitarian Mama Sarah Obama. This research and legacy will be documented and preserved in this book for future generations. As you read this book, which will be out on her 99th birthday, you will discover that Mama Sarah Obama is at the heart of the African and American dream to greatness. She has shaped the African dream through her work as a civility humanitarian. She has shaped the American trajectory to racial equality for without Mama Sarah Obama and her commitment to education, there would not have been Barack Hussein Obama II; the 44th President of the United States, and became the first African American to hold office. We now turn to the second aspect of my work.

CO-CREATING THE WORLD GREATNESS AWARDS

There exists a culture of silence around celebrating greatness when people are still alive. Very often, the greatness of people is talked about during eulogies when they can’t hear it; and celebrated when people are dead during their funerals when they can’t see it. This cannot be right. After recognizing this, my wife Professor Julian Businge, and I created the World Greatness Awards to celebrate people when they are still alive. Our team at Greatness University looks for people who are doing ordinary things in extraordinary ways. These are the unsung heroes, role models, and living saints. These are the people who give selfless service, for there is no greatness without service. In the past, we have honored kings, queens, entrepreneurs, humanitarians, teachers, and innovators with World Greatness awards in categories such as creators of Greatness; Visionaries Icons of Greatness; Leading Lights of Greatness; Voices of Greatness; and Legends of Greatness.

Queens, Kings, entrepreneurs, humanitarians, teachers, and innovators Greatness Awards in categories such as Creators of Greatness; Visionaries Educators of Greatness; Authors of Greatness; Researchers of Greatness.

For more information, find out at www.worldgreatnessawards.com

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