News & Analysis

Here are the most important lessons I’ve learned in the 26 years at SAFAL Group

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipJune 17, 2022June 17, 2022

By George Arodi, Head of Business, Uganda Baati Ltd Time flies; time moves with amazing speed and leaves profound memories and learnings in the wake. I have just pressed the…

New Competition by Heifer International Offers Young Agritech Innovators Chance to Pitch for Investment and Mentoring

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJune 17, 2022June 17, 2022

Heifer International’s AYuTe Africa Challenge has launched a new national competition, offering young entrepreneurs in Uganda the opportunity to pitch for investment in their agritech solutions to boost the incomes…

Uganda’s interbank lending gets major boost as Tradeclear platform covers risk

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJune 16, 2022June 16, 2022

15 Ugandan banks have signed onto the TradeClear platform to ease and boost interbank trade within the country. TradeClear is an interbank trading platform managed by financial services company Frontclear…

Equity Bank launches Equi-Green loan financing for renewable clean technologies 

Nelson NambooleCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJune 16, 2022June 16, 2022

Households, Educational institutions and Commercial enterprises are set to benefit from a new clean energy financing product from Equity Bank Uganda that will enable them acquire clean energy technologies for…

Mastercard, Ecobank Group partner to digitize agricultural value chains in Africa

Nelson NambooleGlobal NewsNews & AnalysisJune 16, 2022June 16, 2022

Mastercard and Ecobank Group have partnered to connect millions of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa to Mastercard’s Farm Pass – a digital platform that makes it safer and easier for…

Dorothy Kabagambe Semanda new CEO for ATC Uganda

CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Dorothy Kabagambe Ssemanda has been promoted to CEO for ATC Uganda, effective July 1, 2022, replacing Michael Magambo. She has been the Chief Finance Officer, the first Ugandan to hold…

What corporate organizations should do to help graduates transition into meaningful employment

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022

By George Arodi During my several years of working with the Safal Group, I have always felt challenged with the way the Group, led by the shareholders, put a high…

African youths see bleak future due to COVID-19, climate change, instability and unemployment

CEO ReporterGlobal NewsNews & AnalysisJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022

Africa’s youth are less optimistic about the future of their countries than they were two years ago – and they are even more pessimistic if they live in Rwanda, Kenya…

Electoral Commission pushes voter registration deadline in the 2022 National Women Councils and Committees Elections to June 17th

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJune 15, 2022June 15, 2022

The Electoral Commission of Uganda has extended the deadline for the registration of women voters for purposes of participating in the village/cell Women Councils and Committees Elections, 2022. In a…

Muhakanizi distances self from UGX10.6 billion land compensation funds

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJune 14, 2022June 14, 2022

The former Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), Keith Muhakanizi has distanced himself from the processes that saw the disbursement of supplementary funds by the Finance Ministry for land compensations. Muhakanizi…