News & Analysis

5,000 university students to benefit from NSSF’s career development drive 

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisApril 19, 2023April 19, 2023

This year’s NSSF Annual Career Expo is expected to benefit over 5,000 students in seven universities countrywide, with a focus on empowering them with skills to succeed in the emerging…

GOtv channels to be re-numbered for an improved viewing experience

CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisApril 19, 2023April 19, 2023

To make your viewing experience as smooth and trouble-free as possible and to make it easy to find the newest content on GOtv channels, GOtv’s channel numbering system will change…

NSSF extends mandatory employer registration deadline to June 30, 2023 as over 1400 new employers register in March 

The CEO Magazine TeamCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryApril 19, 2023April 19, 2023

The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has today announced an extension of the mandatory registration for employers to June 30, 2023, following requests from small and medium enterprises. Non-compliant employers…

Challenges Worldwide and Standard Chartered launch UGX832 mn phase IV of the “Youth to Work” programme

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisApril 18, 2023April 18, 2023

Standard Chartered Bank Uganda in partnership with Challenges Worldwide, a Kampala-based business development consultancy have today launched the scale-up of the Youth to Work (Y2W) phase IV programme worth UGX832…

OPINION: Stop big pharma greed to slow down HiV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other treatable deaths

theceomaBusiness & MarketsNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipApril 18, 2023April 18, 2023

This is seemingly the same script but a different cast; the profiteering and greed of big pharma knows no boundaries. We have barely pulled out of the COVID-19 pandemic, during…

Absa Bank Uganda’s 2022 net profit grows 28.9% to UGX141 billion 

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryApril 18, 2023April 18, 2023

Absa Bank Uganda has this morning released its 2022 financial results, reporting growth in deposits, lending, revenues as well as net profit and assets. The bank, a subsidiary of Absa…

I am shocked -President Museveni leads throngs of mourners eulogising the fallen Keith Muhakanizi 

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisNews In PicturesApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has said he is shocked at the death of former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development and Secretary to the Treasury…

Standard Chartered Bank: Boldly unleashing the full potential of youths, women and SMEs in Uganda amidst a global crisis

Jeff WintersBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsNews & AnalysisApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

According to the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Uganda’s leading think tank on economics and development policy-oriented research and analysis, 425,000 jobs were lost amongst Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…

Tax Appeals Tribunal sets aside UGX4.6 bn tax bill against Kansai Plascon 

Jeff WintersLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

The Tax Appeals Tribunal, sitting in Kampala has set aside a UGX4.6 billion import duty assessment against paint makers, Kansai Plascon Uganda. The company dragged the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)…

Investing in tourism has immediate and massive returns- Minister Mugarra tells parliament as he pitches for more UGX97 bn

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryApril 12, 2023April 12, 2023

The Minister of State for Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities, Hon. Martin Mugarra has requested that his ministry be allocated an additional UGX97 billion on top of the proposed UGX214.5 billion…