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UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: Dr Winnie Nakimuli, a telematics engineer at Nokia Corporation

Kisakye ImaniNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipJune 3, 2024June 5, 2024

She is a senior network automation and standardization specialist with Nokia but who thought that a girl from Uganda, the second of eight, would rise to such prominence. Not even…

THE 10 x 10 MAN: How Allan Mafabi grew Britam Insurance ten-fold in 10 years

Muhereza KyamuteteraCEO PerspectivesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryJune 1, 2024June 1, 2024

Allan Mafabi is not all just talk. He is practical too. He has grown Britam Insurance tenfold in 10 years and is now eyeing the top. In this interview with…

U.S. Gov’t sanctions Ugandan Parliament Speaker and Husband together with other government officials 

CEO ReporterPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryMay 30, 2024May 30, 2024

The Department of State has publicly designated five current and former Ugandan officials for their involvement in significant corruption or gross violations of human rights. According to a U.S. State…

How Bro-Group is reinventing itself into a major logistics player in Eastern Africa: New contracts, big on governance

CEO East Africa MagazineExecutive ProfilesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 30, 2024May 30, 2024

The story of Bro-Group is your typical Ugandan ingenuity and resilience against all odds, strung together by a dose of optimism for a better new day. In 1990, two brothers,…

How the ultra-modern Speke Resort Convention Centre added its Midas touch to POATE 2024, Uganda’s flagship tourism Expo 

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryThe Executive TravelerMay 29, 2024May 29, 2024

The new ultra-modern Speke Resort Convention Centre (SRCC) has been rated as one of the major success drivers of the recently concluded and hugely outstanding 8th edition of the Pearl…

Uganda’s Largest Commercial Banks 2023

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 27, 2024May 27, 2024

Uganda’s banking industry in 2023 continued growing across all fundamentals such as deposits, lending, income as well as assets. It however grew slower than it did in 2022.  Total industry…

How I grew Diamond Trust Bank Uganda by 40 times in 17 years⏤ Varghese Thambi’s Untold Story

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 24, 2024May 24, 2024

It all started with a call from a recruitment agency executive.  At the time, Thambi had spent 30 years in the banking industry, rising to become a Senior Vice President…

Dfcu leadership recommits to continue transforming lives and businesses as the bank marks a 60-year legacy in Uganda

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsThe Big StoryMay 22, 2024May 22, 2024

dfcu Limited is celebrating 60 years of operation and impactful service towards fulfilling its purpose of ‘Transforming Lives and Businesses in Uganda’. dfcu was established in 1964 as a development…

Moody’s Ratings downgrades Uganda’s ratings to B3 from B2; upgrades outlook to stable

Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 21, 2024May 21, 2024

Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) one of the global leaders in credit ratings for companies, governments has downgraded the Government of Uganda’s long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer ratings to B3 from B2…

PostBank’s Julius Kakeeto elected Uganda Bankers’ Association Chairman

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 20, 2024May 20, 2024

Members of the Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA) held their annual general meeting on the 17th May 2024 and elected Mr. Julius Kakeeto, as the Association’s new Chairman. He replaces Ms….