Pearl Bank and the Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) have announced a four-year strategic partnership to support the establishment of a specialized Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) centre. The facility is...
Thadeus Kamara does not see numbers as figures on a spreadsheet. He sees them as signals, indicators of behaviour, discipline, and strategic alignment. For him, data is not about reporting...
I&M Bank Uganda has reinforced its position as the official bank partner of the Kabaka Birthday Run, slated for its 13th edition on Sunday, April 12th, 2026. The 2026 Kabaka...
Pearl Bank has been named Best Agri-SME Lender at the Aceli Africa Uganda Stakeholder Roundtable, in a recognition that underscores the bank’s growing influence in agricultural financing. The bank’s Supervisor...
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...
The 2026 Stanbic Economic Forum under the theme, ‘Uganda’s Inflection Point: Competing in a Rewired Global Economy’, will be streamed live on the bank’s YouTube channel on February 12, starting…
To begin with, the licence downgrade was not the result of weak performance or regulatory distress. Rather, it stemmed from structural shifts in Uganda’s banking regulatory framework. In recent years,…
Judy Wambaire, the Company Secretary and Head of Legal at KCB Bank Uganda, has held the dual role since March 2022, following a near-decade-long tenure at United Bank for Africa (UBA) Uganda. She joined UBA in 2013 as a legal officer and steadily rose through the ranks to become Head of Legal and Company Secretary, playing a central role in strengthening governance frameworks, regulatory compliance, and board effectiveness within a fast-growing pan-African banking institution. Her professional journey began earlier in private practice at GKN Advocates, where she trained and practised between 2010 and 2013, grounding her career in core legal…
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By Sim Tshabalala, CEO of Standard Bank Group Africa continues to stand out as a compelling opportunity in the global landscape. Strong GDP growth forecasts, a powerful demographic dividend, and…
Most financial products do not fail because they are poorly designed. They fail because they are launched before institutions truly understand the people they are meant to serve. Uganda is young – not just demographically, but economically. 78% of the population is under 35, digitally connected, ambitious, and navigating financial independence earlier than previous generations. This cohort, often labelled Gen Z, is already reshaping how financial services must think, speak, and behave. For Letshego Uganda, the opportunity is not to target Gen Z, but to understand them properly. What does the data say? The FinScope Uganda Survey shows steady growth…
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Finance Trust Bank has outlined the next phase of its operations after receiving approval from the Bank of Uganda to continue business under a Tier II Credit Institution licence, effective…
What began as one of the most closely watched cross border banking acquisition plans in East Africa has now officially fallen apart. The proposed takeover of Uganda’s Finance Trust Bank…
In a few weeks, Stanbic Bank Uganda — the country’s largest commercial bank — will release its full-year 2025 results. If its first-half performance is any indication, the bank is likely to report positive growth across most of its core fundamentals. Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL), where Stanbic Bank remains the anchor subsidiary and principal value driver, recorded a sharp acceleration across its balance-sheet metrics in H1 2025. Customer deposits grew to UGX 8.44 trillion, a 28.9% year-on-year increase from UGX 6.55 trillion in June 2024. That liquidity expansion translated into measured loan growth, with loans and advances rising to…
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The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has approved the transition of Finance Trust Bank Limited from a Tier I commercial banking licence to a Tier II credit institution licence, marking the…
Uganda has moved up to third position in Africa’s financial markets rankings, overtaking Nigeria and consolidating its position as the leading financial market in East Africa. According to the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index 2025, Uganda now ranks behind only South Africa and Mauritius on the continent, marking a significant shift in Africa’s financial markets hierarchy and underscoring the impact of sustained, multi-year reform across all six pillars of market development. This upward movement reflects a long reform trajectory that has prioritised institutional credibility, market openness, and resilience over scale. Uganda’s composite score of 66 places it ahead of Nigeria,…
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