Uganda Airlines, the country’s flagship carrier and one of the government’s most ambitious public investments in recent years, has been placed under formal investigation by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit…
Ugandans will access Starlink-powered satellite internet only through licensed local telecommunications operators and not through a direct consumer launch, the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has ruled. In a detailed clarification…
For all its vast infrastructure and apparent complexity, the internet can be switched off with startling ease. During Uganda’s 2021 general elections, this reality became clear when authorities imposed a…
As Uganda’s insurance industry heads into 2026, it finds itself at a crossroads. Premiums are rising, claims are being paid at record levels, new players are entering the market, and…
Ugandans applying for temporary visit and tourism visas to the United States of America will now be required to post a visa bond, following a new policy introduced by the…
At a glance, the careers of Uganda’s leading executives appear polished, intentional and perfectly sequenced. The kind of journeys young professionals imagine when they picture success. But behind the confidence and clarity these leaders now exude lies a far more human reality: uncertainty, detours, mistakes, burnout, reinvention and the long, quiet work of becoming. Letters to My Younger Self is a new reflective series that invites some of Uganda’s most influential CEOs and professionals to look back and write the advice, warnings and encouragement they wish someone had given them when they were starting out. It is a rare, intimate…
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“It’s about integrity, accountability, and doing things the right way,” says CFO Frederick Kakooza of Quality Chemical Industries Ltd (Qcil), who earned the prestigious Compliance & Governance Award at the at the 9th edition of the Chief Financial Officer Awards 2025– an initiative of ACCA Uganda and Deloitte Uganda. Kakooza sits down with Paul Murungi to discuss his transformative approach to finance, detailing how he has driven the function from a back-office operation to a powerful leadership statement within Qcil. He explains that this recognition is a powerful stamp of confidence in the efforts invested to ensure that company rules,…
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If part one of MadMen, Dreamers and Deal-Makers was about how Uganda’s advertising giants stumbled into the industry, this part, which is precisely part two, reminds you of what happened after they got in, and what it feels like to keep the machine running now that the fuel is running out. There was a time when this business felt almost decadent. Retainers were thick. Media commissions flowed. A small set of agencies handled a small set of giant brands, and the money felt endless. Today, many of those same people sit behind the same desks, staring at three-page scopes and…
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In the second instalment of our Letters to My Younger Self series, Jackie Namara, a Chartered Marketer, reflects on a life and career that has spanned more than 25 years across financial services, FMCG, telecoms, education, and health. She is a corporate governance expert, seasoned board director, mentor, and co-founder of SugarCUBES. Today, she is recognised as one of Uganda’s most influential strategy and marketing leaders. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM-UK), a certified Company Director (IOD UK), and a trainer with the Learning & Performance Institute. Her imprint is woven across some of Uganda’s…
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In the days leading to her passing, Miriam Ekirapa Musaali, a distinguished corporate lawyer, governance expert, and one of Uganda’s most respected financial-sector minds, left behind more than a professional legacy. She left behind a profound spiritual testimony. In August 2025, during an intimate online prayer session with friends, Miriam delivered what would become one of the most moving accounts of personal resilience, faith, and unbroken hope ever shared by a Ugandan business leader confronting terminal illness. Her words did not just describe a battle with cancer. They revealed a woman who faced unimaginable pain with clarity, conviction, and a…
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“Charity begins at home,” goes the proverb — and for the Babirukamu family, leadership does too. In a house that opened its doors to cousins, neighbours and strangers, where Bible study at six a.m. was non-negotiable, and the sitting room doubled as a dormitory, the habits of generosity, presence and service were not taught as theory but lived out in daily ritual. Those habits, the siblings say, became the quiet curriculum that shaped careers and character: Emma Ahumuza Mugisha is today Head, Retail and Digital Banking (African subsidiaries) at Access Bank Plc after previously serving as Executive Director and Head…
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If Uganda had built a proper advertising pipeline, this story would be very boring. There would be brochures in Senior Six career offices defining “account management.” Parents would nod proudly when their children said, “I want to be a copywriter.” Makerere would have a Faculty of Integrated Communications and Creative Strategy. There’d be a predictable path: degree, internship, junior role, promotion. Instead, the people who built this industry came in through side doors. One thought “copywriting” was about copyright law. Another was meant to be a pharmacist. One was headed for law before veering into fine art. Another walked into…
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FINCA Uganda CFO Robinah Siima won the Young CFO Award at the 9th edition of the Chief Financial Officer Awards 2025– an initiative of ACCA Uganda and Deloitte Uganda. Siima carries the kind of presence that makes you lean in. As a CFO, she brings a descriptive blend of discipline and modern financial thinking. In this wide-ranging conversation with Paul Murungi, Siima reflects on what it takes to achieve remarkable success early in a career. She shares the personal philosophy of consistency that shaped her into a strategic leader and explains why empathy and clarity are now non-negotiable qualities for…
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PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has confirmed that Anastacia Tshesane will become Chief Executive Officer of PwC South Africa from 1 July 2026. She will take over from Shirley Machaba, who is due to retire at the end of her term in June 2026, bringing her 24-year career at the firm to a close. Tshesane currently serves as Chair of the PwC South Africa Governing Board and the PwC Africa Governance Board, positions she has held since July 2021. She will step down from both roles ahead of her CEO appointment, with Alsue du Preez, PwC Africa’s Insurance Leader, set to assume the…
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Miriam Ekirapa Musaali, a distinguished corporate lawyer, governance expert, and Director of Legal and Board Affairs at the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) Uganda, has passed on. She has reportedly succumbed to cancer in Nairobi, where she had gone to seek medical care, our medical sources say. Musaali was widely respected as one of Uganda’s finest minds in corporate finance law, capital markets regulation, and institutional governance. Over nearly two decades, she built a formidable career defined by integrity, intellectual depth, and an unwavering commitment to strengthening Uganda’s financial markets. A Cambridge-trained lawyer who earned her Master of Laws (LL.M) in…
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