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    Muhereza Kyamutetera

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    Muhereza Kyamutetera is the Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine. I am a travel enthusiast and the Experiences & Destinations Marketing Manager at EDXTravel. Extremely Ugandaholic. Ask me about #1000Reasons2ExploreUganda and how to Take Your Place In The African Sun.

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    FMO Co-Chief Investment Officer Huib-Jan de Ruijter (left) and I&M Bank Uganda CEO Robin Bairstow sign the Memorandum of Understanding following the announcement of a USD 20 million financing partnership. Standing behind them (left–right) are Natalie den Breugom, Deputy Director for Sustainable Economic Development at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Faith Kathambi, Investment Officer – Financial Institutions at FMO; René Idzenga, Head of State-Owned Enterprises at the Dutch Ministry of Finance; and Nadia Mindra, Head of Treasury at I&M Bank Uganda.

    Dutch Development Bank FMO Extends USD 20 Million Facility to I&M Bank Uganda to Boost SME Financing

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryMarch 12, 2026March 12, 2026

    Financing Company for Development (FMO), the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank, has extended a USD 20 million senior unsecured facility to I&M Bank (Uganda) Limited to support lending to small and…

    Marriott International is among global hospitality giants accelerating expansion across East Africa, as Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania lead Africa’s next wave of hotel development and tourism-driven investment. Photo / Ivan Atuheirwe

    Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania Set to Deliver Africa’s Next Wave of Hotel Supply as Global Brands Expand Across East Africa

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 10, 2026March 10, 2026

    Eastern Africa is emerging as the continent’s most dynamic hotel development market, with Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania set to deliver the next wave of new hospitality supply as global brands…

    Easter by the Lake 2026: Inside Speke Resort Munyonyo’s Four-Day Family Festival

    Muhereza KyamuteteraHospitality & TourismProperty & LivingMarch 9, 2026March 9, 2026

    As Easter approaches, families across Kampala begin searching for the perfect way to spend the long holiday weekend. For many, the answer lies not in long-distance travel but in a…

    John Paul Semyalo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pebuu Africa, a fast-growing fintech and last-mile financial infrastructure company helping banks across Africa manage and scale their agent banking networks through technology, field supervision, and data-driven oversight. Under his leadership, Pebuu has built a nationwide network of supervisors and digital tools that strengthen compliance, reduce fraud, and expand financial access in remote and underserved communities.

    Pebuu’s John Paul Ssemyalo: Reimagining Africa’s Agent Banking and Last-Mile Digital Economy for Efficiency and Scale

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 8, 2026March 9, 2026

    As agent banking accelerates across Africa, moving trillions of shillings annually and expanding deep into trading centres, border towns, and island communities, the real challenge is no longer access. It…

    Bank of Uganda Governor Michael Atingi-Ego, who now oversees the country’s banking supervision and resolution framework as the central bank confronts lingering questions about reforms following Parliament’s COSASE investigation.

    Seven Years After Parliament’s Probe into Controversial Bank Closures and Two More Failures Later: Has Bank of Uganda Learnt Anything?

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 6, 2026March 6, 2026

    Seven years ago, in February 2019, Parliament launched one of the most consequential investigations ever conducted into Uganda’s financial sector. The probe by the Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and…

    A Pebuu field supervisor supports an authorised bank agent at a local market, a scene that captures the quiet infrastructure behind Uganda’s agent banking boom. As trillions of shillings move through kiosks and trading centres each year, Pebuu’s on-the-ground teams ensure compliance, visibility, and operational discipline across Africa’s expanding last-mile financial networks.

    Who is Pebuu: The Ugandan Company Quietly Powering Africa’s Largest Agent Banking Networks

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 4, 2026March 4, 2026

    Across Africa, the banking hall is no longer the epicentre of financial services. It is the agent kiosk in a trading centre in Arua. The POS terminal inside a hardware…

    CEO of the Month: How Soumendra Sahu Reset and Accelerated Airtel Uganda’s Growth Engine 

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsLeadership & GovernanceThe Big StoryMarch 2, 2026March 2, 2026

    Last week, Airtel Uganda released its full 2025 financial results, underscoring a year of accelerated growth, tighter operational discipline, and structural digital transformation under Managing Director Soumendra Sahu and Board…

    End of an era: Why Nation Media Group Is Merging its Weekend Editions

    Paul Murungi and Muhereza KyamuteteraMedia & CommunicationNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 1, 2026March 1, 2026

    Nation Media Group has in Uganda announced that it will, effective March 7th, 2026, publish a single consolidated weekend newspaper, merging the Saturday Monitor and the Sunday Monitor into one…

    Discipline over Scale: How Anthony Lubandi Is Positioning NIC Life for Uganda’s Next Insurance Phase

    Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisFebruary 28, 2026February 28, 2026

    In Uganda’s evolving insurance landscape, leadership increasingly demands more than technical competence. It requires governance discipline, capital prudence, and long-term thinking. At NIC Life Assurance Company Limited, Managing Director Anthony…

    Procurement Tribunal Dismisses Minet Appeal in High-Stakes UETCL Insurance Brokerage Battle

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryFebruary 25, 2026February 25, 2026

    Uganda’s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets (PPDA) Appeals Tribunal has dismissed as “incompetent” Minet Uganda Insurance Brokers Limited’s application challenging the award of an insurance brokerage contract by…

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