News & Analysis

East Africa’s only Male Tiger named YURA

Edna KyokunzireNews & AnalysisNovember 22, 2022November 22, 2022

Yuti Breweriies Ltd, under their flagship beverage brand Yura Beer,have signed an agreement with Uganda Wildlife Education Centre (UWEC) that gives them the naming rights for the White Tiger in…

OPINION: Africa Should Be Energy Reliant

Ali SsekatawaNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipNovember 22, 2022February 22, 2023

By 2050, Africa’s population is projected to grow to 2.5 billion people, which will be close to 25% of the world’s population, which is expected to grow to about 9.5…

MTN bags most coveted trophy at the Digital Impact Awards; who are the other companies leading digital finance transformation in Uganda?

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisNovember 21, 2022November 21, 2022

MTN Uganda and MTN MoMo were the biggest winners at the 2022 Digital Impact Awards Africa, with the two sister companies bagging the biggest accolade of the night; the Digital…

Vein-to-vein-to-value: How tech is enhancing life-saving blood transfusion value chain 

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipNovember 19, 2022November 30, 2022

By Cameron Beveridge, Regional Director for Southern Africa at SAP New technologies are reshaping the blood transfusion value chain to bring greater efficiency, traceability and consistency to this life-saving procedure. …

UBL MD Kilonzo takes up bartender duties in inclusivity gesture as Tusker Malt Bar opens at Kampala Club

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisNovember 19, 2022November 19, 2022

On Friday evening, one of Kampala’s oldest exclusive members’ clubs, Kampala Club in Nakasero, launched a new Tusker Malt Bar at the multi-sports and social facility. The function was presided…

November 11 – November 18, 2022: Weekly financial markets review and outlook with Stephen Kaboyo

CEO ReporterBanking & Financial ServicesNews & AnalysisNovember 18, 2022November 30, 2022

The shilling traded flat on the back of thin import appetite underpinned by low business activity. Supply was boosted by cyclical remittances. The unit held at 3740/50. In the neighboring…

Parliament Approves UGX523bn Loan for Country-Wide Data Connectivity

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisNovember 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Members of Parliament of Uganda have unanimously approved a US$140 million loan to finance the Uganda Digital Acceleration Project (UDAP), and ring-fenced it to the implementing agency, National Information Technology…

Parliament: UNRA Quizzed over UGX35 Billion per Kilometre for Kampala-Entebbe Expressway

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisNovember 18, 2022November 18, 2022

Parliament’s Committee on Public Accounts – Commissions, Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) has asked the Uganda National Roads Authority to explain the cost of the 51-kilometre Kampala-Entebbe Expressway. In…

IT HAS ENDED IN TEARS: Uganda Telecom to be transferred to UTCL; the new gov’t owned telco outfit; over 110 companies to lose over UGX300bn in unpaid debts

The CEO Magazine TeamCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryNovember 17, 2022November 18, 2022

Uganda Telecommunications Corporation Limited (UTCL)—the newly formed government-owned telco is expected to, this Friday, November 18th, 2022, take over the assets of the now insolvent Uganda Telecom. Uganda Telecom was…

Industry Experts Discuss The Future of Cybersecurity

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisNovember 17, 2022November 19, 2022

Huawei Uganda in collaboration with 360 Mentor Africa, hosted a session on Twitter spaces discussing the importance of Cyber Security. Over 850 people logged on to listen to an informed…