News & Analysis

Uganda Breweries Limited hands over 20 boreholes in Teso and Lango Sub-regions

CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJuly 6, 2022July 6, 2022

Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has handed over 20 handpump boreholes worth UGX 560 million to communities in the Northern and North-Eastern sub-regions of Teso and Lango that will serve 9,223…

Rhona Namanya relocates to Dar es Salaam as Serengeti’s Head of Beer-Marketing

CEO East Africa MagazineCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJuly 6, 2022July 6, 2022

Rhona Namanya, with effect from July 2022, has started a new position as Head of Beer-Marketing at the Dar es Salaam based Serengeti Breweries Limited in Tanzania. “Iam celebrating new…

WorldRemit Money Transfer (Uganda) stops send transaction business

CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisJuly 5, 2022July 6, 2022

Bank of Uganda, the financial services sector regulator has announced that WorldRemit Money Transfer (U) Limited has stopped offering the money remittance business that it is well known for. “Pursuant…

Full of illegalities! Court slaps govt with cost over COSASE’s recklessness on Departed Asians Properties

Nelson NambooleNews & AnalysisJuly 5, 2022July 5, 2022

The High Court in Kampala has quashed Parliament’s Sub-Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) report sighting illegalities while conducting investigations on properties under the Departed Asians Property…

Four Points by Sheraton Debuts in Rwanda with the Opening of Four Points by Sheraton Kigali

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJuly 5, 2022July 5, 2022

Four Points by Sheraton, part of Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio of 30 extraordinary hotel brands, announces the opening of Four Points by Sheraton Kigali, marking the brand‘s debut in Rwanda. Designed…

UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: Brussels Airlines promotes Audrey Natukunda to Country Manager Rwanda  

CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisJuly 5, 2022July 5, 2022

Audrey Natukunda will start off her July in style after landing the position of Country Manager Rwanda from her long-term employer Brussels Airlines where she has worked for her entire…

Uganda wins Bronze at Pan African Robotics Competition in Senegal

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJuly 5, 2022July 5, 2022

Uganda has emerged 4th out of 33 countries who have completed a pan African Robotics Competition in Senegal. The win has also placed Uganda in the first position in East…

Sri Lankan Economic crisis should be an eye-opener for the developing countries

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022

By Nathan Were The island nation of Sri Lanka is not poor. Its per capita GDP – when adjusted for purchasing power – is higher than South Africa, Peru, Egypt,…

UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: Patrick Masambu re-appointed International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation Director General

Nelson NambooleNews & AnalysisJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022

Patrick Masambu has been re-appointed Director General of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation (ITSO). Masambu was first elected in the position in October 2016 at the organization’s Assembly of Parties…

Stanbic Bank offers 70 Vocational Training Scholarships to youths in Eastern Uganda

Nelson NambooleNews & AnalysisJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022

Stanbic Bank Uganda has announced 70 scholarships for young income households in Eastern Uganda, to undertake vocational training courses at Busitema University. The Scholarship fund will benefit at least 70…