Business & Markets

RMB White Paper Warns Africa’s Future Hinges on Governance, AfCFTA Execution, and Tech Leapfrogging

CEO East Africa MagazineGlobal NewsNews & AnalysisNovember 29, 2025November 29, 2025

A November 2025 RMB white paper titled Continent at a Crossroads has warned that Africa is entering a decisive decade. The choices governments, firms, and regional blocs make will determine…

TotalEnergies Spends UGX 4.6 Billion to Drill a Single Oil Well in Uganda—But Kingfisher’s Deeper Wells Push Costs Higher

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryNovember 29, 2025November 29, 2025

In Uganda’s Tilenga oil fields, where the low rumble of drilling rigs never stops, every passing hour of operation carries a price tag measured in tens of thousands of dollars. …

Why Awards Matter: Celebrating Excellence through the PRAU Excellence Awards

CEO East Africa MagazineBusiness & MarketsThought LeadershipNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

In every industry, recognition plays a vital role in inspiring excellence, fueling innovation, and setting benchmarks for success. For the field of Public Relations (PR) and Communication, a profession built…

dfcu Champions Stronger Agribusiness Collaboration at Dutch–Uganda Trade Platform

CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

dfcu Bank has renewed its call for deeper linkages between Ugandan agribusinesses and Dutch enterprises, emphasizing the transformative impact of modern farming practices, entrepreneurship, and long-term partnerships. The message was…

Centenary Bank Partners with Good Forests Foundation and Kasese District Local Government to plant 5,000 Trees in Kasese District

Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

Centenary Bank, in partnership with the Good Forests Foundation and the Kasese District Local Government, yesterday November 26th, launched a greening initiative aimed at growing 5,000 fruit and timber trees…

From rot to profit: The impact of the Nilezilla Yumbe Fruit Factory

Kisakye ImaniBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

For generations, Kagogwa mango trees have carpeted homesteads and hillsides across West Nile, dropping fruit in golden heaps that often ended up as animal feed or rotting on the ground….

SchoolPay and Stanbic Bank Unveil Uganda’s First Digital Lending Marketplace for Schools

Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

SchoolPay, the digital education payments platform operated by Fincom Technologies, has partnered with Stanbic Bank Uganda to launch the country’s first digital lending marketplace for schools. The new Stanbic FlexiLoan…

Jubilee Holdings Restructures Uganda Operations After IRA Approves Amalgamation of Health and Life Insurance Units

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

Jubilee Holdings Limited has announced a major restructuring of its Ugandan operations following the approval of the Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA) to amalgamate its two subsidiaries—Jubilee Health Insurance…

What Must Happen for Africa’s Economic Breakthrough? Absa Group CEO Kenny Fihla Has a Powerful Answer

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

When Kenny Fihla walked onto the stage at the B20 Summit in Johannesburg, there was a sense that the room was bracing for more than a corporate address.  As the…

Insurance Is Central — Not Optional — to Africa’s Economic Future, and the Continent Must Invest Now, Not Later, Says Santam CEO Madzinga

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 28, 2025November 28, 2025

When Tavaziva Madzinga, Group CEO of Santam, took the stage at the B20 Summit in South Africa, he did not speak like a man representing a single industry.  He spoke…