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‘It will take Uganda 35 years to clear all domestic arrears’, CSBAG warns

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisPolitics & GovermentJanuary 23, 2024January 23, 2024

Steven Alor, an economist at the Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG) has said that if government continues allocating Shs217 billion to clear its domestic arrears annually, it would take…

Over 2000 set to graduate with practical skills for industry and export in Greater Mukono

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJanuary 22, 2024January 22, 2024

The Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) in conjunction with the Department of Industrial Training (DIT)has finalized arrangements to graduate 2031 people in various fields from the…

How Clarkson Insurance Brokers overtook industry big boys to become Uganda’s No. 1 broker

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJanuary 22, 2024January 22, 2024

The Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) has just released its Q3 2023 performance report for among others, insurance brokers, showing that  Clarkson Insurance Brokers (U) Ltd is yet again ahead of…

Absa Bank launches 2nd edition of Absa-KH3 7 Hills Run to support girl-child education

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisJanuary 20, 2024January 20, 2024

Absa Bank Uganda, in partnership with the Kampala Hash House Harriers (KH3), has announced the second edition of the Absa KH3 – 7 Hills Run. The event is set to…

The Dogs And Cows Demographic And What It Teaches Us About Environmental Conservation 

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJanuary 19, 2024January 19, 2024

The Dogs And Cows Demographic And What It Teaches Us About Environmental Conservation  On earth, dogs of all species produce on average six puppies, three times a year. One can…

DO OR DIE! Why Capital-Strapped Finance Trust Bank had to sell

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJanuary 19, 2024January 19, 2024

Access Bank Plc (Access), one of Africa’s largest banking groups, is acquiring 80% of Uganda’s Finance Trust Bank, it has been confirmed. CEO East Africa Magazine first broke news of…

Cente Tech’s Peter Kahiigi to speak at the #JourneyToCIO boot camp

Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite LeadershipCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJanuary 15, 2024January 15, 2024

Ahead of the “The Journey to CIO” inaugural boot camp that starts on 24th January 2024, Peter Kahiigi, the Centenary Technology Services Ltd (Cente-Tech) Chief Technology Officer, has been unveiled…

Jailed ex-Kenyan Minister faces 3 years in Ugandan jails for faking customs documents and gold smuggling 

The CEO Magazine TeamEast AfricaNews & AnalysisJanuary 11, 2024January 11, 2024

The Anti-corruption court presided over by Her Worship Esther Asiimwe yesterday January 10th remanded Tarus Stephen Kipkiyeny to Luzira prison up to 18th January 2023 over falsification of export documents….

The troubled former Kenyan minister behind a gold smuggling ring that potentially costs Uganda Shs 52.2 bn in tax revenue a year

CEO ReporterEast AfricaNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJanuary 11, 2024January 11, 2024

Harvests rarely come this big. Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) recently netted a big fish: a former Kenyan minister, Stephen Kipkiyeny Tarus, for smuggling 13 kg gold and potentially costing Uganda…

Billionaire owners of Uganda’s Crown Beverages⏤Amos Nzeyi, Chris Kayoboke and Maggie Kigozi to buy Kenyan PepsiCo franchise bottler

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJanuary 11, 2024July 19, 2024

The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK) has cleared Crown Beverages (Mauritius) Ltd to acquire the entire issued share capital of Kenya Bottling Company Limited. SBC Kenya Ltd (SBC Kenya), which…