By Patrick Kagenda Many of us may not know, but apparently, apart from the British colonialists, China is recognized for being the first other foreign country to open an embassy in Uganda…
By Mark Muhumuza The granting of Uganda’s first oil production license to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in September for the Kingfisher Area (Block EA-3A) was not given the…
By Steven Baryevuga In August 2013, CfC Stanbic Financial Services, one of Kenya’s largest Investment Banks, a wholly owned subsidiary of CfCStanbic Holdings Ltd rebranded to Standard Bank Group (SBG)…
By Taddewo Senyonyi What is the Airtel acquisition of Warid about? Airtel signed an agreement to acquire the operations of Warid Telecom Uganda. It was a watershed moment, a game…
By Mark Muhumuza Two corporate transactions worth US$542m separated the men from the boys In 2013, Uganda had two major million dollar mergers and acquisitions (M&A’s), which required the services of…
By Patrick Kagenda Up to 2,277 pupils of Nakasero Primary School in Kampala, now have access to the latest e-learning and e-teaching tools, thanks to a digital hub, funded by…
Taddewo Senyonyi In March 2005, Umeme took over the assets of Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Ltd, in effect inheriting the former UEB negative heritage of load shedding, poor customer services…
By Silvia Nyambura Two of Uganda’s giants in the banking and telecommunications sector have gone into a partnership to offer Mobile Money ATM cash out services to their customers in an initiative that…
By Mark Muhumuza The granting of Uganda’s first oil production license to China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) in September for the Kingfisher Area (Block EA-3A) was not given the deserved attention by…
By Silvia Nyambura The current low taxes on kerosene are encouraging greedy fuel dealers to mix kerosene with petrol so as to widen their profit margins, at the cost of…
