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Umeme routes for plastic wash lines in communities for safety

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJuly 1, 2022July 4, 2022

A 30-year-old mother in Kabalagala sustained electric shocks and burns when she came into contact with an energised metallic wash line. She was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital….

UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: Emmanuel Bajungu is a Senior Manager at PwC UK

CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisJuly 1, 2022July 1, 2022

Emmanuel Bajungu, a Ugandan finance professional based in London, United Kingdom (UK), has started a new role as Senior Manager at PwC UK. He started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)…

Philip Odera replaces Enos Banda as Letshego Group Board Chairman

CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisJuly 1, 2022July 1, 2022

Philip Odera is the new Letshego Group Chairman. He replaces Enos Banda who resigned recently. “It is with great pleasure that I introduce to you the new Group Board Chairman…

June 17 – June 24, 2022: Weekly financial markets review and outlook with Stephen Kaboyo

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJuly 1, 2022July 1, 2022

The Uganda shilling was set to end the week mostly flat, a bit firmer cushioned by tight liquidity conditions mainly on account of end year corporate tax obligations that sucked…

I am no longer the woman who lives in a mud and wattle collapsing house – Kalagi resident as she receives house from Habitat for Humanity

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJuly 1, 2022July 1, 2022

By Gloria Kembabazi Evelyn Birabwa Nakyazze of Kasaala village near Kalagi trading centre in Mukono District was always worried about the well-being of her three biological children and the another…

Supreme Court dismisses Bank of Uganda’s appeal, orders central Bank to return Crane Bank shareholders

Muhereza KyamuteteraLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJuly 1, 2022July 1, 2022

Justice, Prof. Lillian Tibatemwa-Ekirikubinza, of the Supreme Court has today dismissed Bank of Uganda’s attempts to hold on to Crane Bank Limited and ordered that the company be returned to…

PROFILE: Who is Mulinge Sylvia, the incoming MTN Uganda Chief Executive Officer?

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipJune 30, 2022November 14, 2022

The MTN Group has appointed seasoned telecom executive, Mulinge Sylvia as the next Chief Executive Officer for MTN Uganda. When she assumes office, on 1st October 2022, she will be…

Wave Mobile Money lays off 300 staff in belt-tightening wave

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJune 30, 2022November 13, 2022

Wave Mobile Money Uganda Limited, one of the latest entrants in the lucrative mobile money market, has laid off 300 staff, CEO East Africa Magazine can exclusively reveal. It is…

UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: Anne Mugisha celebrates 10 years at United Nations

CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisJune 30, 2022July 18, 2022

Anne Mugisha is the Communicator, Programs Manager & Chief Information Support Management at United Nations – UNSOS “Ten years today! How did that happen? Yup! It is my ten-year anniversary…

NSSF earns UGX9.3b as MTN Uganda pays out UGX105b first dividend since listing on USE

Nelson NambooleNews & AnalysisJune 29, 2022June 29, 2022

Following approval of the declaration of dividends by its shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on the 27th day of May 2022, MTN Uganda has paid out a total…