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Innovative Interventions Ensuring Cross-border Banking keeps pace with growing trade and travel across East Africa

Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJanuary 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Cross-border banking is an important feature of the global financial system. This explains why banks are expanding beyond their home countries, to follow and accommodate customers, be able to finance…

Adrian Bukenya Elevated to Senior Director, Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program

Brian EmorutCompany NewsLeadership & GovernanceJanuary 24, 2026January 24, 2026

Adrian Bukenya has been elevated to Senior Director of the Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program, a move that places him at the centre of one of the Foundation’s most ambitious and…

MoES Authorizes International Schools to Continue Term Two Instruction

Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJanuary 21, 2026January 21, 2026

The Ministry of Education and Sports has authorized international schools to continue Term Two instruction and ongoing examinations, citing alignment with international academic calendars and the need to maintain uninterrupted…

EBO SACCO links with Equity to break financial barriers

Brian EmorutBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsJanuary 19, 2026January 19, 2026

In a financial sector often driven by balance sheets and bottom lines, Joseph Mugume has spent 25 years proving that sustainable growth begins with people. As Chief Executive Officer of…

dfcu Bank Unveils Nationwide ‘School Fiiz! Weight Off!’ Campaign Ahead of Term One

Brian EmorutBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsJanuary 13, 2026January 13, 2026

As schools across Uganda reopen for the first term of the academic year, dfcu Bank has rolled out a nationwide back-to-school campaign aimed at easing the heavy financial burden that…

With Sleeves Rolled Up: Letshego Uganda Is Making Sustainability Practical

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJanuary 6, 2026January 6, 2026

If ESG were a person, at Letshego Uganda, he/she would not be seated in a boardroom quoting frameworks. It would be on the road, on the phone, and occasionally on…

Eri Ssebowa Appointed Chief Finance Officer at National Housing and Construction Company Limited.

Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJanuary 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Eri Ssebowa is a seasoned finance and accounting professional with over nine years of progressive experience in strategic financial management, business partnering, financial reporting, and performance management across the banking,…

Nile Breweries Completes Overhaul of Sales and Marketing Leadership After a Major UGX 9 Billion Fraud Scandal

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryJanuary 5, 2026January 5, 2026

Following a reputational and financially bruising fraud scandal — in which the brewer estimates to have lost about UGX 9 billion — and the subsequent exit of its Heads of…

Kampala Associated Advocates Lands Mega Deal to Represent Stanbic in UGX117.8 Billion Tax Dispute Against URA

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryJanuary 4, 2026February 24, 2026

Kampala Associated Advocates (KAA) has been tapped to represent Stanbic Bank Uganda and its parent, Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited, in one of the largest transfer-pricing disputes to reach the Tax…

Centenary Bank, Bees & Trees Uganda Partner to Restore Mbale’s Degraded Land

Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJanuary 2, 2026January 5, 2026

Centenary Bank and Bees and Trees Uganda launched the Coffee Agroforestry for Environment and Livelihood Enhancement initiative, aimed at restoring degraded land, promoting environmental conservation, improving livelihoods, and strengthening financial…