theceoma, Author at CEO East Africa

Agnes Umutoni: This is how Standard Chartered Bank’s Priority Banking makes customers’ priorities, its top priority

by theceomaIndustry & Analysis News & Analysis The Big StoryOctober 12, 2021October 12, 2021

Standard Chartered Priority Banking is a segment under our Consumer Private and Business Banking business that offers a thoughtful bouquet of exclusive services, benefits and solutions to the Bank’s Affluent…

OPINION: Does a foreign lender to a Ugandan business require a licence from the Bank of Uganda?

by theceomaFinance The Lawyer Thought LeadershipMay 12, 2021May 12, 2021

By Phillip Karugaba, Rachel Musoke and Sheila Pacuto The Ugandan Court of Appeal, (in Diamond Trust Bank (Kenya)/Diamond Trust Bank (Uganda) vs Ham Enterprises Civil Appeal No, 262 of 2020),…

Ali Muwaabe Kirunda Kivejinja (1935-2020)

by theceomaThe Big StoryDecember 20, 2020December 20, 2020

Uganda’s Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of East African Community Affairs, Ali Muwaabe Kirunda Kivejinja has died. He was 85 years old. He was born on 12 June 1935…

THE BUSINESS OF DEEJAYING: On the ones and twos with DJ KasBaby, probably, Uganda’s most sought-after Deejay

by theceomaQ + As The Big StoryAugust 28, 2020August 28, 2020

When did you decide to pursue a deejaying career & how did you get started? I was in my second year at my IT job in 2014 and I was…

UDB’s Patricia Ojangole: Here is how to access the bank’s Covid-19 recovery financing

by theceomaFinance The Big StoryAugust 15, 2020August 15, 2020

As part of its Covid-19 response program, Uganda Development Bank (UDB) has just issued a call for applications for priority lending to selected sectors at not more than 12 percent interest. These include: food & beverages, textiles, clothing, leather & footwear (hides & skin), paper and publishing, packaging and wrapping materials, chemical & industrial products, timber, woodworks & furniture manufacturing, construction materials, pharmaceutical products, human & animal drugs manufacture and electricals. In this interview with CEO East Africa Magazine, Patricia Adong Ojangole, the Bank’s Managing Director shares more details on who qualifies and how to apply for the facility.

FIRM PROFILE: The faces behind Birungyi, Barata and Associates; probably Uganda’s leading tax law firm

by theceomaCompany News The Big StoryJuly 25, 2020July 27, 2020

Founded in 2003, Birungyi, Barata & Associates is one of the leading tax law firms in Uganda. Recognized by both locally and internationally by entities such as Uganda Law Society,…

TAT RULING: URA Commissioner General’s powers are not absolute and must be exercised reasonably

by theceomaThought LeadershipJuly 16, 2020July 16, 2020

By Celia Becker and Phillip Karugaba The recent ruling of the Tax Appeals Tribunal (“TAT”) in the case of Century Bottling Company v Uganda Revenue Authority (“URA”), has brought the discretion of…

Dr. Jeff Sebuyira replaces Dr. Ian Clarke as International Medical Group Chairman

by theceomaCompany NewsJuly 1, 2020July 1, 2020

Dr. Jeff Sebuyira-Mukasa has been appointed Chairman Board of Directors of the International Medical Group, succeeding Dr. Ian Clarke, effective July 1st, 2020. International Medical Group (IMG) is a group…

ROGUE REGULATOR? A timeline of how BoU asset-stripped, took over and illegally sold Crane Bank but is now being choked by the long arm of the law

by theceomaThe Big StoryJune 26, 2020June 26, 2020

2015: For much of 2015, interest rates rose sharply, opening the year at an average 21.69% and by February 2016, had reached a 4-year high of 25.22%. This was partly…

Uganda urgently needs a coherent stakeholder-driven Covid-19 tourism recovery strategy

by theceomaThought LeadershipJune 18, 2020June 18, 2020

By Rudi Veestraeten & Richard Gafabusa Muhumuza The Ugandan tourism sector is in a major crisis. National Parks and lodges have remained empty for three months, since mid-March. Worse even:…