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GO BIG, GO BOLD OR GO BACK HOME: Moses Rutahigwa’s 7 leadership lessons learned from conquering The Rwenzoris, and summitting to the ‘roof’ of Uganda

Muhereza KyamuteteraLifestyleThe Big StoryThe Executive TravelerJuly 14, 2022July 14, 2022

Why of all things, why did you decide to climb the Rwenzoris as an individual?  Unlike many of the team members, Rwenzori was my first mountain. This was a challenge,…

KNOW YOUR MINISTER: Meet the men and women making up the current Ugandan Cabinet

Nelson NambooleThe Big StoryJuly 12, 2022July 12, 2022

Uganda is a country governed on a three-arm system: The Executive, Parliament and Judiciary. Section 111 of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda, as amended in 2005, states that: “There shall…

10 Infrastructure projects transforming Uganda in the next decade

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJuly 11, 2022July 11, 2022

Under the NDP III, a total of 69 core projects have been identified, 16 of which are on-going and reflect the need to complete unfinished work during the NDPII period….

TRILLIONAIRES’ CLUB: Who are the top 10 most powerful bankers in Uganda, running banks, each with over UGX1 trillion in assets?

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryJuly 10, 2022July 1, 2023

A pennywise and highly risk-averse sector saw its average cost-to-income ratio, excluding loan provisions improving significantly from 68% in 2020 to 55.2% in 2021, thus giving a huge boost to…

Bank of Uganda Legal Slayers: Who are the KAA lawyers that defeated BoU in the UGX397 bn dispute against Dr. Sudhir, Uganda’s richest billionaire?

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryJuly 7, 2022July 7, 2022

Peter C.R. Kabatsi Senior Partner, KAA Specialist Areas of Practice: Commercial Litigation, Arbitration, Employment Law and Public International Law Years of Experience: 46 years If there is any law in…

Controlling Inflation: Bank of Uganda increases Central Bank Rate to 8.5%

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJuly 6, 2022July 6, 2022

In a bid to curtail inflation, the government of Uganda, through the Bank of Uganda (BoU) has increased the Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 1 percentage point to 8.5%. At…

Cente-Tech, Sunbird AI sign MoU to deploy Artificial Intelligence across Uganda

Nelson NambooleThe Big StoryJuly 5, 2022July 5, 2022

Centenary Technology Services (Cente-Tech) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uganda’s foremost Artificial Intelligence experts, Sunbird AI, geared towards developing the Artificial Intelligence-based innovation ecosystem to facilitate the…

Goldmine Finance partners with ioTec Limited to provide digital financial services

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryJuly 5, 2022May 12, 2023

Goldmine Finance, a licensed tier IV micro finance and ioTec Limited, a financial technology firm and software development company have entered into a partnership to catalyze the micro lenders next…

DGF Development Partners Delighted at Museveni’s Lifting of the Suspension on their activities in Uganda

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022

Democratic Governance Facility (DGF) Development Partners are delighted at the lifting of a suspension imposed on their activities in Uganda that last close to a year. The partners recently met…

EACOP applies for construction license as Uganda sets to commence world’s longest heat traced pipeline

Nelson NambooleThe Big StoryJuly 4, 2022July 4, 2022

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline Company (EACOP) Ltd, the firm spearheading the development of Uganda’s crude oil export pipeline, has applied for a construction license. A construction license will…