Uganda Airlines, the country’s flagship carrier and one of the government’s most ambitious public investments in recent years, has been placed under formal investigation by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit…
Ugandans will access Starlink-powered satellite internet only through licensed local telecommunications operators and not through a direct consumer launch, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has ruled. In a detailed clarification…
For all its vast infrastructure and apparent complexity, the internet can be switched off with startling ease. During Uganda’s 2021 general elections, this reality became clear when authorities imposed a…
For years, Uganda’s digital lending sector has expanded at breathtaking speed, but without the underlying visibility required to support responsible growth. Borrowers have increasingly turned to mobile money as their...
As Uganda’s insurance industry heads into 2026, it finds itself at a crossroads. Premiums are rising, claims are being paid at record levels, new players are entering the market, and…
In the second instalment of our Letters to My Younger Self series, Jackie Namara, a Chartered Marketer, reflects on a life and career that has spanned more than 25 years across financial services, FMCG, telecoms, education, and health. She is a corporate governance expert, seasoned board director, mentor, and co-founder of SugarCUBES. Today, she is recognised as one of Uganda’s most influential strategy and marketing leaders. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM-UK), a certified Company Director (IOD UK), and a trainer with the Learning & Performance Institute. Her imprint is woven across some of Uganda’s…
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dfcu Bank, in partnership with Jubilee Health Insurance, has officially launched dfcu BlueCare, a fully packaged medical insurance solution aimed at making quality healthcare more accessible, affordable, and dependable for individuals and families across Uganda. The launch marks a significant milestone in expanding inclusive healthcare, offering families much-needed financial protection from medical emergencies. Speaking at the event, Maryann Wanjiku Michuki, Chief Business Solutions & Marketing Officer at dfcu Bank, framed the introduction of BlueCare within the Bank’s broader purpose—transforming lives and businesses in Uganda. She emphasized that wellbeing is central to this purpose, as strong families and thriving enterprises rely…
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In the days leading to her passing, Miriam Ekirapa Musaali, a distinguished corporate lawyer, governance expert, and one of Uganda’s most respected financial-sector minds, left behind more than a professional legacy. She left behind a profound spiritual testimony. In August 2025, during an intimate online prayer session with friends, Miriam delivered what would become one of the most moving accounts of personal resilience, faith, and unbroken hope ever shared by a Ugandan business leader confronting terminal illness. Her words did not just describe a battle with cancer. They revealed a woman who faced unimaginable pain with clarity, conviction, and a…
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“Charity begins at home,” goes the proverb — and for the Babirukamu family, leadership does too. In a house that opened its doors to cousins, neighbours and strangers, where Bible study at six a.m. was non-negotiable, and the sitting room doubled as a dormitory, the habits of generosity, presence and service were not taught as theory but lived out in daily ritual. Those habits, the siblings say, became the quiet curriculum that shaped careers and character: Emma Ahumuza Mugisha is today Head, Retail and Digital Banking (African subsidiaries) at Access Bank Plc after previously serving as Executive Director and Head…
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If Uganda had built a proper advertising pipeline, this story would be very boring. There would be brochures in Senior Six career offices defining “account management.” Parents would nod proudly when their children said, “I want to be a copywriter.” Makerere would have a Faculty of Integrated Communications and Creative Strategy. There’d be a predictable path: degree, internship, junior role, promotion. Instead, the people who built this industry came in through side doors. One thought “copywriting” was about copyright law. Another was meant to be a pharmacist. One was headed for law before veering into fine art. Another walked into…
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FINCA Uganda CFO Robinah Siima won the Young CFO Award at the 9th edition of the Chief Financial Officer Awards 2025– an initiative of ACCA Uganda and Deloitte Uganda. Siima carries the kind of presence that makes you lean in. As a CFO, she brings a descriptive blend of discipline and modern financial thinking. In this wide-ranging conversation with Paul Murungi, Siima reflects on what it takes to achieve remarkable success early in a career. She shares the personal philosophy of consistency that shaped her into a strategic leader and explains why empathy and clarity are now non-negotiable qualities for…
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has confirmed that Anastacia Tshesane will become Chief Executive Officer of PwC South Africa from 1 July 2026. She will take over from Shirley Machaba, who is due to retire at the end of her term in June 2026, bringing her 24-year career at the firm to a close. Tshesane currently serves as Chair of the PwC South Africa Governing Board and the PwC Africa Governance Board, positions she has held since July 2021. She will step down from both roles ahead of her CEO appointment, with Alsue du Preez, PwC Africa’s Insurance Leader, set to assume the…
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Miriam Ekirapa Musaali, a distinguished corporate lawyer, governance expert, and Director of Legal and Board Affairs at the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Uganda, has passed on. She has reportedly succumbed to cancer in Nairobi, where she had gone to seek medical care, our medical sources say. Musaali was widely respected as one of Uganda’s finest minds in corporate finance law, capital markets regulation, and institutional governance. Over nearly two decades, she built a formidable career defined by integrity, intellectual depth, and an unwavering commitment to strengthening Uganda’s financial markets. A Cambridge-trained lawyer who earned her Master of Laws (LL.M) in…
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On a bright October week that also marked four decades of Ecobank’s presence in Africa, Ecobank Uganda chose to celebrate not with ceremony for its own sake, but with an investment in children often left at the margins of education systems. At the heart of the bank’s 13th Ecobank Day activities was a simple proposition: that inclusive, quality learning isn’t a charitable add-on, it is a development necessity, and technology can help make it real. A CSR tradition that has grown into a movement Since launching Ecobank Day in 2013, the Ecobank Group has turned a single day of corporate…
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“I know every single day I am contributing to changing lives in different communities.” Bob Okodi, the CFO of Amref Health Africa Uganda and Winner of the Not-for-Profit Award 2025 at the 9th edition of the Chief Financial Officer Awards 2025– an initiative of ACCA Uganda and Deloitte Uganda. Okodi shares his journey to purpose-driven financial leadership with Paul Murungi, and how leading finance in an organisation where impact is measured in lives, not margins, has required balancing ability with passion, fostering innovation in reporting, and navigating the challenge of strengthening donor mobilisation. Congratulations, Bob. This award celebrates excellence in…
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