Jacobs Odongo Seaman, Author at CEO East Africa

Airtel renews Uganda Cranes sponsorship with Shs10 billion

By JULIET HILDAH NAMULUNDU Federation of Uganda Football Association’s partnership with telecom giants Airtel Uganda received a boost on November 5 as the official sponsor of national football team, the…

Kagina’s Dott Services woes

Jacobs Odongo SeamanBusiness & Markets The Big Story Thought LeadershipDecember 14, 2017

BY FAITH ATHNUS If there was anything that Allen Kagina had not anticipated when she was appointed the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), it is that one company, Dott Services,…

Parliament queries Housing Finance Bank’s Shs61 billion recapitalisation request

Jacobs Odongo SeamanThe Big StoryDecember 14, 2017

BY FAITH ATHNUS The government plans to recapitalise Housing Finance Bank to a tune of Shs61 billion faces tough talking shop as the parliamentary Finance Committee scrutinises the request. Housing…

Parliament probes MTN over MoKash

Jacobs Odongo SeamanTechnology & Innovation The Big StoryDecember 14, 2017December 14, 2017

BY FAITH ATHNUS In August 2016, MTN Uganda, together with Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA Bank), launched MoKash, a digital service that allows mobile money subscribers to access microloans and…

Opinion: Here is how to manage the Ugandan labour market

Jacobs Odongo SeamanThe Big StoryDecember 14, 2017

BY MATSIKO KAHUNGA Nkore-Karagwe wisdom has it that ebibibihitahitana amatamagahitaamashuyo (someone with chubby cheeks is less ugly than one with permanent mumps). And this wisdom aptly applies to the question…

Can Bancassurance redeem Uganda’s insurance sector?

Jacobs Odongo SeamanTechnology & Innovation The Big StoryDecember 14, 2017December 14, 2017

BY PAUL TENTENA Uganda’s insurance sector continues to lag behind in the region, with less 1% reach of the entire population. The working assumption is that when banks start selling…