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Maama Kits in Public hospitals are Free of Charge

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 12, 2022January 17, 2023

Daisy Nagawa, a 34-year-old mother of 2, in Amuru district, says she has delivered all her children with a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) in her neighborhood. This is because the…

The story of Ron Kawamara, Uganda’s ‘father’ of e-commerce 

Muhereza KyamuteteraCEO PerspectivesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThought LeadershipDecember 12, 2022December 12, 2022

For starters, who is Ron Kawamara? Where does your story start?  Ron is a husband and a father to a 4-year-old daughter. I was born in Fort Portal to a…

SUPREME: How Mandela Millers became profitable in its 2nd year of operation, is on course to become Uganda’s largest wheat maize and wheat flour company before its 5th anniversary

The CEO Magazine TeamBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryDecember 8, 2022December 13, 2022

Many investment advisors have time and again said investing in the food industry is a good business because food is a basic need. The logic is simple- an average human…

Capital Shoppers’ Ponsiano Ngabirano ventures into hotels: His 5-star Marriot-to-be in Nsambya on course for completion in 2023/24

Muhereza KyamuteteraBillionairesHospitality & TourismLifestyleThe Big StoryThe Executive TravelerDecember 8, 2022December 13, 2022

After making a fortune in supermarkets and commercial real estate, Ponsiano Ngabirano, the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Capital Shoppers Supermarkets, has ventured into the hospitality industry. The retail…

What exactly is Gender Minister, Betty Amongi’s problem with NSSF’s Richard Byarugaba?

The CEO Magazine TeamBusiness & MarketsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryDecember 6, 2022October 5, 2023

Under the new National Social Security Fund (Amendment) Act 2022, the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) was put under the dual supervision of the ministries of Gender, Labour and Social…

Q&A with CEO Summit’s Stephen Mukasa and why the 2022 Annual CEO Forum is a must-end for leaders building or want to build sustainable businesses

Muhereza KyamuteteraCEO PerspectivesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThought LeadershipDecember 5, 2022December 5, 2022

The Forum has attracted over 150 leaders from the country’s leading private sector firms, civil society and government to discuss how businesses and particularly business leaders can be at the…

Q&A: 37-year-old Mike Mukula Jr on breaking out of the Mukula pod and being a businessman in his own right 

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 5, 2022March 23, 2023

  Before we talk about you and what your entrepreneurial journey is about, I have to ask: have you been employed before? Yes, I have. I started young. My first…

One-on-one with I&M Bank’s Kumaran Pather: “One year after rebranding things are looking brighter for everybody- and we are just getting started”

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesCEO PerspectivesThe Big StoryDecember 4, 2022December 4, 2022

It is now one year since the I&M Bank brand was ushered into the Ugandan Market. What has been the journey like so far? The last year has been about…

Meet Dudu Msomi, the influential South African strategist, corporate governance expert and leadership coach, delivering the 2022 Annual CEO Forum keynote address 

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryDecember 4, 2022December 4, 2022

This Wednesday 7th December 2022, starting at 08 am, at Méstil Hotel & Residences, the 13th Edition of the Annual CEO Forum kicks off, under the theme: Beyond Sustainability –…

PURPOSE BEYOND PROFIT: Over 150 Chief Executives to share best practices on creating long-term value and impact, at the 2022 Annual CEO Forum 

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryThought LeadershipDecember 3, 2022December 5, 2022

The CEO Summit Uganda, together with the SDG Secretariat at the Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda will this Wednesday 7th December 2022 host the 13th Edition of the…