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From PostBank to Pearl Bank: Uganda’s Boldest Banking Transformation Shines On

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryJune 6, 2025June 6, 2025

Numbers Don’t Lie. In 2024, PostBank Uganda posted a record UGX 35.4 billion in net profit—up 28.7% from UGX 27.5 billion in 2023. Customer deposits surged 25.4% from UGX 789.8…

Ending Plastic Pollution: Why Uganda’s Climate Goals Depend on Sustainable Finance

Sanjay RughaniThe Big StoryThought LeadershipJune 5, 2025June 5, 2025

As we mark this year’s World Environment Day under the theme “Ending Global Plastic Pollution”, we are reminded that the choices we make today as leaders, institutions and individuals will…

The Mobile Phone @30: The Mobile Money Economy; UGX Trillions in Motion

Trevor LutaloBanking & Financial ServicesTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryJune 4, 2025June 4, 2025

In May 2021, Bank of Uganda issued two licenses to Airtel Mobile Commerce and MTN Mobile Money to conduct various money transfer and payment services. The licenses were partly intended…

Rwanda’s Mary Baine Appointed New Executive Secretary of African Tax Administration Forum

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJune 3, 2025June 4, 2025

The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) has appointed the former Commissioner General of Rwanda Revenue Authority,  Ms. Mary Baine as its new Executive Secretary, effective 1 July 2025.  Ms. Baine…

Mobile Phone @30: Women Breaking Barriers and Redefining Leadership in Uganda’s Telecommunications Sector

Trevor LutaloExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJune 3, 2025June 3, 2025

In May 1995, Celtel hit the ground running with the launch of the first mobile phone in Uganda, a rare opportunity in the country’s history that has gone on to…

8 Lessons by Britam’s Allan Mafabi on Leadership, Growth, and Success

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryThought LeadershipJune 3, 2025June 3, 2025

In a recent exclusive interview with the CEO East Africa Magazine’s Muhereza Kyamutetera, Mafabi distills a decade of hard-won experience into eight powerful lessons that every business leader, whether in…

The Mobile Phone @30: The Ascent of a Titan; How MTN built one of Uganda’s Most Valuable Companies

Trevor Lutalo100 Most Trusted & Respected CompaniesBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryJune 3, 2025June 3, 2025

It’s been 30 years since the first mobile phone was launched in Uganda. The launch, in 1995, of Celtel as the first mobile telecommunications company rewrote Uganda’s telecom story in…

Audit Exposes Financial Strains at Fred Bamwesigye’s Civil Aviation Authority: UGX 723 Billion Debt, Amidst Revenue Shortfalls, Procurement Gaps, and Stalled Projects

CEO East Africa MagazinePolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryJune 2, 2025June 2, 2025

The Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA), under the leadership of Director General Fred Bamwesigye, is facing mounting financial and operational challenges, as revealed by the Auditor General’s report for the…

UDC’s Patrick B. Birungi Faces the Heat: UGX 1 Trillion Empire in Limbo Amid Uncollected Loans, Unspent Billions, and Governance Gaps

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJune 2, 2025June 2, 2025

Uganda’s grand industrialisation project, fronted by the Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) under the stewardship of its Executive Director Patrick B. Birungi, is facing a reckoning. A forensic review of UDC’s…

DTB Uganda: A Year of Resilience, Innovation, and Sustainable Banking Under Godfrey Sebaana

CEO East Africa MagazineCEO PerspectivesThe Big StoryJune 2, 2025June 2, 2025

Godfrey, DTB Uganda has often been described as a bank built on stability, strong capital, and purposeful growth. Can you walk us through how the bank has navigated 2024 in…