Business & Markets

Museveni Appoints Girma Wake Acting CEO of Uganda Airlines, Directs Bamuturaki to Step Aside

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryFebruary 16, 2026February 16, 2026

President Yoweri Museveni has directed that former Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive Officer Girma Wake be appointed to lead a management transition at Uganda Airlines, amid ongoing efforts to stabilise the…

Smart Insights: Guiding Students Beyond Borders with Confidence

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsWomen In LeadershipFebruary 16, 2026February 16, 2026

For generations, foreign education has been the most powerful form of insurance that African families could get for their children. It was the clearest hedge against uncertainty, the surest path…

Billionaire Amos Nzeyi in Uganda Airport Deal with the Ruler of Sharjah

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Ugandan businessman Amos Nzeyi has been linked to a proposed new international airport project in southwestern Uganda following remarks by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni during the 2026 Tarehe Sita celebrations….

Nile Breweries Appoints Olive Birungi Lumonya as New Board Chairperson with a Reconstituted Board of Directors

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Nile Breweries Limited (NBL) has appointed Ms. Olive Birungi Lumonya as Chairperson of the Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2026. Ms. Lumonya assumes the role following the untimely passing…

South Africa’s capital is moving north-east, and East Africa is increasingly the preferred landing strip

The CEO Magazine TeamThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 27, 2026

South African capital, long dominant in Southern Africa and deeply embedded across the continent, is now moving decisively north-east. Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda are no longer peripheral growth outposts….

Pearl Bank, World Vision Partner to Rehabilitate Water Sources in Kamwenge for Long-Term Sustainability

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Pearl Bank (formerly PostBank Uganda), World Vision Uganda, and Vision Fund International have announced a landmark partnership to rehabilitate water infrastructure across Kamwenge district. The initiative will leverage the Water,…

‘It May Not Be Ours’: Deputy Central Bank Governor Suggests Uganda’s Sudden USD6.4 bn Gold Boom is Fuelled by Re-Exports

Muhereza KyamuteteraEconomy & PolicyThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 24, 2026

The Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda, Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, has drawn attention to a key structural feature of Uganda’s recent gold export performance: while gold has become the country’s largest…

What Absa Group’s Hiring of M-PESA’s Sitoyo Lopokoiyit Reveals About Kenny Fihla’s Strategic Intentions

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryFebruary 13, 2026February 13, 2026

Hardly two weeks after Absa Group CEO Kenny Fihla concluded a high-level working visit to Nairobi, Kenya, the Group this week announced that it had hired Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as its…

Emirates Deploys Next-Generation A350 to Entebbe, Expanding Premium Economy Reach to Uganda

Muhereza KyamuteteraGlobal NewsNews & AnalysisFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 2026

Emirates Airlines will introduce its Airbus A350 aircraft on the Dubai–Entebbe route beginning March 29, marking the first time the aircraft type will operate scheduled services to Uganda. The deployment…

Kenneth Rubango: Making healthcare work for every Ugandan

Kisakye ImaniTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryFebruary 12, 2026February 12, 2026

Kenneth Rubango is the Director of Biomedical Engineering at the Joint Medical Stores (JMS). JMS is a private-Not-For Profit Non-Governmental Organisation that was established in 1979 as a joint venture…