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Standard Bank Group Enters Egypt, Expands its pan-African Footprint

CEO East Africa MagazineBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 14, 2025November 17, 2025

Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest lender by assets, has officially entered the Egyptian market, opening a representative office in Cairo. The move marks one of the bank’s most significant North…

Manifestos vs Vision: Do Presidential Candidates Align with the 10x Growth Strategy?

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryNovember 13, 2025November 17, 2025

Every election season in Uganda blooms with promises of transformation. Candidates unfurl manifestos brimming with pledges to create jobs, industrialize, end poverty, and modernize agriculture. Yet beneath the familiar rhetoric…

EDITORIAL: Banks Are Our Last Line of Defence – Will They Stop Financing Uganda’s Environmental Collapse?

Editorial, CEO East AfricaBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 13, 2025November 17, 2025

When Uganda’s capital city floods, it is often framed as a natural disaster. The skies open up in fury, the drains overflow, and Kampala drowns under its own chaos. But…

SanlamAllianz Sets Sail in Uganda: A New Powerhouse Redefining the Insurance Landscape

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryNovember 12, 2025November 12, 2025

A new chapter has opened in Uganda’s insurance story. It’s one defined by ambition, scale, and a bold reimagining of what financial security can mean for millions of Ugandans.  At…

Building Africa’s Most Forward-Thinking Law Firm: Uganda’s Robert Kirunda on Vision, Technology, and the Future of Legal Practice

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryNovember 11, 2025November 21, 2025

Set to graduate with his PhD in Commercial Law from the University of Cape Town next March, Kirunda is also a double Master of Laws graduate — LLM in Law,…

“Built on Legacy, Driven by Vision”: Knight Frank Uganda’s Judy Rugasira Reflects on 25 Years of Transforming Uganda’s Real Estate

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipNovember 11, 2025November 11, 2025

As Knight Frank Uganda marks 25 years, how would you sum up what this milestone represents — for you as a leader, and for the legacy you’ve helped build? Twenty-five…

Debt, Deals & Disputes: Inside the High-Stakes Legacy-Altering Legal Battles of Ugandan Billionaires — Bitature, Basajjabalaba and Dei’s Magoola

CEO East Africa MagazineLegal & JusticeNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryNovember 10, 2025November 21, 2025

The past five years have not gone particularly well for Uganda’s billionaire class. Once the undisputed symbols of local enterprise and ambition, several of the country’s most prominent businessmen have…

UGANDAN BILLIONAIRE BASAJJABALABA’S EMPIRE ON TRIAL: Inside the UGX 80 Billion Case Against Housing Finance Company Kenya That Could Redefine His Empire

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryNovember 10, 2025November 10, 2025

When Uganda’s Supreme Court hears the final appeal in Kampala International University Limited vs Housing Finance Company Limited (Kenya), it will not only be deciding the fate of a legal…

MTN Uganda Profit Rebounds as URA Tax Hit Fades: Data and Fintech Fuel Renewed Growth

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryNovember 9, 2025November 9, 2025

MTN Uganda has bounced back from the one-off impact of a UGX 110.9 billion tax settlement with Uganda Revenue Authority (URA).  The telecom reported a steady rebound in profit and…

Court Orders Uganda Airlines to Pay Former CEO Cornwell Muleya UGX 455 Million Over Illegal Dismissal

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryNovember 6, 2025November 10, 2025

The Industrial Court has ordered Uganda Airlines to pay its former Chief Executive Officer, Cornwell Muleya, more than UGX455 million following a ruling that found his dismissal illegal. In a…