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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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    Big Dreams Need a Big Bank — and the 9 Other Things I Took Away from the Stanbic Bank Economic Forum 2026

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryFebruary 19, 2026February 19, 2026

    2026 finds Uganda at a rare convergence of economic catalysts and structural pressures. First oil is nearing. Gold is redefining export performance. Technology — particularly AI — is compressing the…

    Julius Kyazze Steps in as CEO of Live54+, Consolidating Creative Ventures Under New Pan-African Conglomerate

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisFebruary 18, 2026February 18, 2026

    Ugandan media, advertising and entertainment entrepreneur Julius Kyazze has stepped into a new leadership role as Chief Executive Officer of Live54+, marking a strategic consolidation of businesses he co-founded into…

    20 Ugandan Lives Quietly Change Direction: Airtel Africa Foundation Unveils UGX 3.85bn Tech Fellowship

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisFebruary 18, 2026February 18, 2026

    Starting on 5th February 2026, the lives of 20 Ugandans from underprivileged backgrounds will never be the same again, with their futures changed forever, thanks to the Airtel Africa Foundation…

    Four students sitting outdoors around a laptop and smartphones, discussing and reviewing study abroad options together.

    Smart Insights: Guiding Students Beyond Borders with Confidence

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsWomen In LeadershipFebruary 16, 2026February 16, 2026

    For generations, foreign education has been the most powerful form of insurance that African families could get for their children. It was the clearest hedge against uncertainty, the surest path…

    Billionaire Amos Nzeyi in Uganda Airport Deal with the Ruler of Sharjah

    Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026

    Ugandan businessman Amos Nzeyi has been linked to a proposed new international airport project in southwestern Uganda following remarks by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni during the 2026 Tarehe Sita celebrations….

    Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, may have just let the cat out of the bag on Uganda’s glittering gold export boom — providing vital clues to the elephant in the room of the country’s overnight success story, long touted by government as proof of recent economic momentum: whose gold is it, really?

    ‘It May Not Be Ours’: Deputy Central Bank Governor Suggests Uganda’s Sudden USD6.4 bn Gold Boom is Fuelled by Re-Exports

    Muhereza KyamuteteraEconomy & PolicyThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 24, 2026

    The Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda, Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, has drawn attention to a key structural feature of Uganda’s recent gold export performance: while gold has become the country’s largest…

    Kenny Fihla’s bold tech-led retail reset sees him tap Sitoyo Lopokoiyit to power Absa’s next phase of reinvention.

    What Absa Group’s Hiring of M-PESA’s Sitoyo Lopokoiyit Reveals About Kenny Fihla’s Strategic Intentions

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026

    Hardly two weeks after Absa Group CEO Kenny Fihla concluded a high-level working visit to Nairobi, Kenya, the Group this week announced that it had hired Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as its…

    Emirates Deploys Next-Generation A350 to Entebbe, Expanding Premium Economy Reach to Uganda

    Muhereza KyamuteteraGlobal NewsNews & AnalysisFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 2026

    Emirates Airlines will introduce its Airbus A350 aircraft on the Dubai–Entebbe route beginning March 29, marking the first time the aircraft type will operate scheduled services to Uganda. The deployment…

    Sitoyo Lopokoiyit to Quit as M-PESA Africa CEO; Ethiopia Monetisation Concerns Loom

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsFebruary 11, 2026February 11, 2026

    Sitoyo Lopokoiyit, one of Africa’s most influential fintech leaders and the architect of M-PESA’s continental expansion strategy, is set to step down as Chief Executive Officer of M-PESA Africa on…

    Dilip Pal, Safaricom’s CFO, is a seasoned finance leader whose calm, disciplined approach to strategy and execution reflects decades of experience guiding complex organisations across Africa and Asia.

    What Hunting Lions of Kenya’s Maasai Mara Taught Dilip Pal, Safaricom’s CFO, About Strategy & Execution

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 10, 2026February 10, 2026

    On a recent visit to Kenya’s Maasai Mara, Dilip Pal was not in a boardroom, a strategy offsite, or a finance review. He was watching lions. What unfolded before him,…

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