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    State Trade Minister Wilson Mbasu Mbadi and UDC Executive Director Patrick Birungi engage during a visit to present key UDC documents, including the UDC Strategic Plan, the UDC Act 2016, and the corporation’s profile, as part of efforts to align on its mandate and future investments. However, growing concern in Parliament has emerged over the corporation’s dominant share of trade sector funding.

    UDC Set to Take 82% of Trade Ministry Budget, Raising Concern Among MPs

    April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 0 Shares
    Members of Parliament (MPs) have raised a red flag after learning that a single entity is lined up to take the lion’s share of funding for the Ministry of Trade....
    In November 2024, President Museveni officially launched construction of the Kampala–Malaba Standard Gauge Railway, marking a major milestone in Uganda’s long-delayed efforts to modernise transport and boost regional connectivity.

    Uganda Turns to Citibank After Years of SGR Delays Over Financing

    April 16, 2026April 16, 2026 0 Shares
    Uganda’s decision to contract Citibank to mobilise funding for its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) marks a significant turning point for a project that has faced years of delays, largely due...

    Cash Is Expensive: Could Lower Mobile Money Taxes Save Uganda Billions?

    April 15, 2026April 16, 2026 0 Shares
    Uganda is paying heavily to keep cash alive. Every year, trillions of shillings are absorbed into an economy still built around physical currency through the systems that print, transport, secure,...

    25% Profit Growth, 46% Deposit Surge, 29% Asset Expansion: Inside David Wandera’s Breakout Year at Absa Uganda

    April 15, 2026April 15, 2026 0 Shares
    David Wandera, Managing Director of Absa Bank Uganda — the first Ugandan to lead the bank in its over 90-year history — whose first full year at the helm delivered a 25% surge in profits, 46% growth in deposits, and a balance sheet that crossed the UGX 7 trillion mark, signalling a new phase of scale, discipline, and momentum.
    When David Wandera officially stepped into the role of Managing Director of Absa Bank Uganda in May 2025, the appointment marked far more than a routine leadership transition—it signaled a...

    CMA @30: The Story of Uganda’s Capital Markets – Milestones, Growth, Challenges and the Road Ahead

    April 15, 2026April 15, 2026 0 Shares
    Josephine Okui Ossiya, Chief Executive Officer of Capital Markets Authority, reflects on three decades of market growth, highlighting regulatory innovation, investor confidence, and a vision to position capital markets at the center of Uganda’s economic transformation and future development.
    As Uganda’s capital markets mark three decades of growth, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) stands at a pivotal moment; transitioning from building foundational structures to driving transformative impact. Since its...

    NO ORDINARY CFO: From risk management to risk taking; meet Rocket Health’s Fiona Nuwamanya

    Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipFebruary 27, 2024February 27, 2024

    The evolving role of the CFO to Chief Value Officer has taken centre stage in recent years with organisations and CFOs themselves demanding to take more and curving out more…

    Who is Paul Zhang Zhigang, the Chinese billionaire who wants to turn Uganda’s Luzira Prisons into a 5-star hotel? 

    The CEO Magazine TeamNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryFebruary 26, 2024February 26, 2024

    Correspondences between President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni have leaked revealing that Tian Tang Group proposed to the president and the president accepted, plans by the Chinese-owned but Uganda-based conglomerate to redevelop…

    PostBank’s Wendi hits UGX200 bn in payments to over 200,000 PDM beneficiaries

    CEO East Africa MagazineCompany NewsThe Big StoryFebruary 24, 2024February 24, 2024

    In just four months after its launch, PostBank Uganda’s digital wallet, Wendi has hit a record UGX200 billion in payments to over 200,000 Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiaries countrywide.  According…

    Anne Juuko to take up Nairobi-based Standard Bank Regional Global Markets role this April

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipFebruary 23, 2024March 5, 2024

    Stanbic Uganda’s Chief Executive, Anne Juuko will take up her new role as Standard Bank’s Regional Head, Global Markets, this April, CEO East Africa Magazine, can exclusively reveal. According to…

    Alice Namuli Blazevic⏤ A technology lawyer extraordinaire

    Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryFebruary 23, 2024February 23, 2024

    She is a Partner and Head of the Technology and Innovation practice at KATS – Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates one of Uganda’s leading 5 law firms. She has a…

    Absa named Best CSR and Sustainable Development Bank in Uganda in the 2024 Global Banking & Finance Awards.

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 21, 2024February 21, 2024

    Absa Bank Uganda has been recognised as the Best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Bank in Uganda and the Best Bank for Sustainable Development Uganda in the 2024 Global Banking &…

    I&M Bank banks on its new multi-million-dollar Finacle Core Banking System to enhance efficiency and customer experience; capture market share

    CEO East Africa MagazineCompany NewsThe Big StoryFebruary 21, 2024February 21, 2024

    I&M Bank Uganda has taken a major step in its digital transformation journey by upgrading its Core Banking System to Finacle, a more robust and versatile application. The move, which…

    President Museveni to grace the 3rd Uganda-EU Business Forum

    CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryFebruary 21, 2024February 21, 2024

    The European Union (EU) and Uganda are joining forces to host thecthird Uganda-EU Business Forum (UEUBF), a high-level summit facilitating structured collaboration between European and Ugandan private sector and public…

    Banks and pension funds feast on gov’t securities gravy train as businesses get more starved of credit and choked by high interest rates.

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 19, 2024February 19, 2024

    The government of Uganda’s continued uncontrolled borrowing from commercial banks via government securities and at anti-market rates to the detriment of the private sector dominated the greater part of the…

    Q&A: Energy and Minerals PS, Irene Batebe talks about a post-Umeme energy sector and why government is making a big switch from private capital

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCEO PerspectivesThe Big StoryFebruary 17, 2024February 17, 2024

    Central to these discussions are Uganda’s plans to wean herself off from being over-dependent on private foreign companies in managing the electricity sub-sector. In this case, a post-Umeme/Eskom- concession management…

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