Andrew Kilonzo, the managing director of Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL)this week held a productive and insightful meeting with the new I&M Bank Uganda CEO, Robin Bairstow, at the bank’s head…
1. ALIKO DANGOTE Net worth: $13.5 billionRank in 2022: 1Origin of wealth: Cement and Sugar Self-madeAge: 65Country: NigeriaResidence: Lagos Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person, founded and chairs Dangote Cement, the…
Airtel Africa registered strong growth, margin expansion and cash generation, despite foreign exchange headwinds in Nigeria, the company results for the financial half year which ended on September 30, show….
The travel and tourism sector in Africa could add $168 billion to the continental economy and create 18 million jobs by 2033, a new report has revealed. The report was…
Volcanoes Safaris, the pioneer of gorilla and chimpanzee ecotourism in Uganda and Rwanda since 1997, is opening its fifth lodge in May 2024. Kibale Lodge will be perfectly positioned for…
In an effort to boost Uganda’s renewable energy sector, key stakeholders met at the “Renewable Energy Business Accelerator Dialogue,” to address critical issues surrounding Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in…
When Vimal Shah and his older brother took their ambitious idea for manufacturing consumer goods to potential backers in 1985, they could not get a loan. “Unilever will kill you,” one banker told them. Since then Unilever has sold several brands to them; and international rich lists put them top of the charts – most recently at $1.7bn – in…
WPP has appointed Lindsay Pattison as Global Chief People Officer,with responsibility for the company’s people strategy and operations. Lindsay succeeds Jennifer Remling, who is leaving to become Chief People Officer…
The Kenya Revenue Authority will be rebuilt to a service-oriented organization, President William Ruto has said. Ruto observed that KRA will no longer be a suppressive entity driving taxpayers into…
Liquid Intelligent Technologies (Liquid), a pan-African technology group, has appointed Michael Mukasa as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective October 2023. With a distinguished career spanning over 15 years in…
