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Q2 2025 Insurance Report: Prudential Closes Gap on UAP General as Premiums Top UGX 1 Trillion

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryAugust 27, 2025August 27, 2025

Uganda’s insurance industry recorded UGX 1.016 trillion in gross written premium (GWP) for the first half of 2025, an 8.78% increase from UGX 933.76 billion in the same period of…

Uganda’s Dollar Millionaires Surge: New Wave of 100 Tycoons Join List of High-Net-Worth Individuals

CEO East Africa MagazineBillionairesThe Big StoryAugust 27, 2025November 4, 2025

Uganda’s millionaire class is quietly expanding. The country added 100 new dollar millionaires in the 12 months leading up to June 2025. The addition brings the total number of individuals…

Stanbic, Centenary and Absa Dominate Uganda’s Q2 2025 Bancassurance League Tables

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryAugust 27, 2025August 28, 2025

Uganda’s bancassurance sector closed the second quarter of 2025 with Stanbic Bank, Centenary Bank, and Absa Bank securing commanding positions at the top of the market in both life and…

Dividend Power: Crested Capital Names the Black Diamonds of the USE at HI2025

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryAugust 27, 2025August 28, 2025

Crested Capital has released its mid-year report card on the performance of local counters on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), highlighting the stocks delivering the highest total shareholder returns (TSR)…

Ecobank’s Grace Muliisa Tells Africa’s Insurers: “Customer Experience Is Not a Cost — It’s Your Advantage”

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryAugust 27, 2025August 27, 2025

“The future of insurance is not about policies and premiums. It is about experiences,” Grace Muliisa, Managing Director of Ecobank Uganda, told leading insurance industry players gathered at the 47th…

#RisingExecutives: After 12 years at Total Energies Uganda, Linda Nabirye steps into the world of PR consulting 

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryAugust 27, 2025August 28, 2025

HONORABLE EXIT: It’s time out. After 12 years of steering public relations at TotalEnergies EP Uganda, Linda Nabirye bows out into the world of consultancy.  At TotalEnergies, through Tilenga– Uganda’s…

UAP Old Mutual’s Nakawa Business Park on Sale as Insurer Reevaluates Real Estate Investments in the Region 

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryAugust 26, 2025August 26, 2025

Regional insurer Old Mutual Holdings Plc is preparing to divest its flagship Nakawa Business Park in Uganda as part of a sweeping exit from the East African real estate market….

10 Key Takeaways from MTN Uganda’s Newly Launched Sustainability Report

Paul MurungiCompany NewsThe Big StoryAugust 26, 2025August 26, 2025

When Sylvia Mulinge stepped up to launch MTN Uganda’s latest sustainability report, her message was simple: profit alone is not enough. “A strong company must invest in the wellbeing of…

Madagascan Billionaire Hassanein Hiridjee Takes a Huge Bite Out of Ugandan Telecom Industry

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryAugust 26, 2025August 28, 2025

When the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) recently invited public comments on a proposed deal for Axian Telecom Fibre Limited to acquire a controlling stake in Wananchi Group (Holdings) Limited, it…

VAAL Launches The Bridge Kololo, Another One-Of-A-Kind Real Estate Project

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryAugust 25, 2025August 25, 2025

In a dazzling evening ceremony on August 21, 2025 at the Kampala Serena Hotel, VAAL Uganda officially launched The Bridge Kololo — a two-tower luxury residence connected by a sky…