Olivia Byanyima is one of Uganda’s most prominent investment advisory titans. She graduated from Makerere University with a bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Economics before topping it up with a Masters...
Uganda recently held the 8th annual East Africa Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (EAVCA) Private Capital Conference at the swanky lakeside Speke Resort Convention Centre in Munyonyo under the...
Simpson Birungi founded Movit Products Ltd in 1997, starting with a makeshift workshop in Namasuba, Wakiso District. Since then, the company has grown into a multi-billion enterprise, becoming one of...
Forbes Africa released its annual list of Africa’s billionaires with its 2024 class of 20 billionaires now worth $82.4bn. Collectively, these billionaires would be the 18th richest person in the...
By Paul Tentena Uganda’s real estate industry seems to be a challenge to everyone. Government is having hardship to acquire land for its projects through the mandatory compensations due to…
By Jeff Winters If there was anything meant to surprise shareholders, it was going to be the half-year financial statement of the quasi-monopoly power distributor, Umeme. The distributor revealed that…
By Athnus Faith Prof. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile has been under fire from members of the Committee on Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) over expenditure in the Central Bank between…
By Jeff Winters In January 2017 a Japanese firm had entered an agreement to acquire the assets of what was Sadolin Paints East Africa. The aim, Kansai Plascon Ltd was…
BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA- Uganda has signed two Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) and issued two Licenses for Petroleum Exploration, Development and Production over the Ngassa Contract Area with Oranto…
BY OUR REPORTER KASESE, UGANDA- Hima Cement has renewed its partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) to protect River Mubuku catchment area through planting of trees and…
BY OUR REPORTER KAMPALA, UGANDA – Life expectancy is growing in Uganda but the country continues to struggle with communicable diseases like HIV and malaria, as well as neonatal ailments…
By Our Reporter In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a number of indigenous banks sprung up in Uganda. Many however did not live to celebrate a 5th anniversary, having…
By John Njororge On Friday May 22, the Citizens’ Coalition for Electoral Democracy in Uganda (CCEDU) submitted its Memorandum on the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2015 to the Committee on Legal…
By Silvia Nyambura and John Njoroge The Kiira Motors Project, a Presidential Initiative for Science and Technological Innovations, is currently in its advance stages of unveiling a new prototype vehicle,…
