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...
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,...
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...
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...
Airtel Africa is setting its sights firmly on Uganda as a key investment destination, with Group CEO Sunil Taldar signalling deeper capital deployment and continued technology rollouts in what he...
The company was recently recognised and awarded by the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) with the “AEO CircleofExcellenceAward 2021/2022” for being one of the first 10 companies to pilot the Authorised…
Over USD400 million in green investment commitments have been announced for Uganda at the #COP28 in Dubai. These current and committed investments, according to Morris Rwakakamba, the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA)…
Few embody the spirit of Tanzania’s steady and relentless march towards increased prosperity like Mohammed Dewji, the country’s entrepreneur supreme – and Africa’s youngest billionaire – whose MeTL Group’s 150…
Airtel Africa today has launched, Nxtra by Airtel (“Nxtra”), a new data centre business founded on what the telco says is a “commitment to meet the continent’s growing needs for…
Paul Kinuthia started out as a hawker on the streets of Nairobi. Today he owns one of the biggest cosmetics brand comapny ion Africa, Nice and Lovely. Kinuthia is the…
Ronald Makata has been named new Chief Finance and Value Management Officer for Stanbic Bank Uganda replacing Abraham Ongenge who has since moved to Stanbic Bank Kenya as the Executive…
Helen Habteslasie Keleta is the Founder and CEO of East Africa Hafeshawi Medical Center, a well-established health centre that was started in January 2018 in Kampala. She is a mother…
Cash management falls under the Corporate and Investment Banking division of the bank. The bank’s vast array of cash management solutions includes payments (funds transfer, regulatory payments, utility bill payments…
George William Nyombi Thembo was born in 1964, just two years after Uganda’s independence to the late Erisa Somongu- a political activist and a Kabaka Yekka die-hard, Eseza Nanyonga Ziribasanga…
