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Joshua Oigara Shares Masterclass on CEO–Board Alignment

Paul MurungiThe Big StorySeptember 8, 2025September 10, 2025

Former Stanbic Bank Kenya CEO and recently the Regional Chief Executive for Stanbic, East Africa, Joshua Oigara has shared a concise but powerful set of principles on building alignment between…

Pepsi Taps Three Ex-Diageo Executives to Lead Two-Year Market Re-Ignition in Kenya

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesThe Big StorySeptember 7, 2025September 10, 2025

SBC Kenya Ltd, the official bottler of PepsiCo beverages in Kenya, has engaged MANATI Africa International Ltd, a boutique FMCG consultancy firm, to spearhead its renewed push in Kenya’s competitive…

KCB Bank Wins USD 1.1m Court Battle Against Great Lakes Coffee Executives

Muhereza KyamuteteraLegal & JusticeThe Big StorySeptember 7, 2025September 7, 2025

The High Court’s Commercial Division has ruled in favour of KCB Bank Uganda Limited in a high-stakes debt recovery case, ordering two former executives of Great Lakes Coffee Company Limited…

Workplace Coaching: How Coaching is Building Leaders and Transforming Office Conversations

Kisakye ImaniNews & AnalysisThe Big StorySeptember 7, 2025September 10, 2025

Coaching is no longer a luxury. It has become a strategic enabler in boardrooms and team meetings, helping uncover layers of conversation that traditional management or leadership often missed. Every…

Q&A𑗅Peter Magona: The Pharmacist-Turned-Strategist Dispensing Kick-ass Campaigns

Muhereza KyamuteteraCEO PerspectivesExecutive ProfilesThe Big StorySeptember 6, 2025September 10, 2025

Let’s start with your personal journey. Before we dive into your leadership in the advertising world, help us understand the man behind the title. What’s your background, and how did…

Meet Paul Mbuga, the Corporate & Commercial Lawyer Advising MTN on Its Fintech Separation

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesThe Big StorySeptember 6, 2025September 10, 2025

When MTN Uganda set in motion the structural separation of its mobile money business into a fully independent, Bank of Uganda–licensed fintech company, it was clear this would be one…

Legal 500 and ENSafrica Unveil List of East Africa Leading In-house Counsel – The GC Powerlist

Muhereza KyamuteteraLegal & JusticeLists & RankingsThe Big StorySeptember 6, 2025September 6, 2025

The Legal 500, in partnership with Africa’s largest law firm ENSafrica, has unveiled the GC Powerlist East Africa 2025, celebrating the region’s most accomplished general counsel and senior in-house lawyers….

MTN MoMo Uganda Separation Gains Momentum with High-Level Stakeholder Engagements

Paul MurungiThe Big StorySeptember 6, 2025September 6, 2025

The structural separation of MTN MoMo Uganda, a move that will see the country’s largest mobile money business operate as an independent, Bank of Uganda–licensed fintech company is gathering significant…

Fixing the Cracks in Uganda’s Advertising Industry: Saladin’s Rommel Jasi on Standards, Ethics, and the Fight for Creative Value

Muhereza KyamuteteraCEO PerspectivesExecutive ProfilesThe Big StorySeptember 5, 2025September 10, 2025

Rommel is not just an agency executive—he is a builder of people, a steward of industry values, and a tireless advocate for collaboration over competition. His story is one of…

How Bharti Airtel’s Indus Towers Decision to Enter Africa is Likely to Shape the Ugandan Market and Beyond

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StorySeptember 5, 2025September 9, 2025

Bharti Airtel’s tower infrastructure arm, Indus Towers, is stepping into Africa for the first time — and it is beginning with Uganda, Nigeria, and Zambia. The move, disclosed in recent…