Thought Leadership

Internal and external customers—Let both eat chicken! Stanbic’s Sonia’s Karamagi’s take on what it takes to create a sustainable customer service culture 

Sonia Karamagi KasaggaBusiness & MarketsThought LeadershipWomen In LeadershipDecember 1, 2022December 1, 2022

Growing up in an African household, in a way, prepares you for a career in customer experience management—at least, in terms of exposing you to the don’ts of the game….

9 lessons from Dr. Robert Burale’s sold-out personal and career transformation session in Kampala

David KangyeCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThought LeadershipNovember 27, 2022November 27, 2022

It was an evening of action-packed testimonies and a powerful presentation. Kampala Serena Hotel was burning with optimism following Dr Robert Burale’s breathtaking talk on personal and career transformation. It…

OPINION: Africa Should Be Energy Reliant

Ali SsekatawaNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipNovember 22, 2022February 22, 2023

By 2050, Africa’s population is projected to grow to 2.5 billion people, which will be close to 25% of the world’s population, which is expected to grow to about 9.5…

Renowned Kenyan transformational coach, Dr. Robert Burale in Kampala this Thursday for a must-attend life-changing motivational talk

CEO ReporterCompany NewsThe Big StoryThought LeadershipNovember 22, 2022November 22, 2022

Acclaimed Kenyan transformational speaker and coach, Dr. Robert Burale is coming to Kampala, for an inspirational evening of what organisers say will be “life-changing conversations.” Dr. Burale, who is also…

Vein-to-vein-to-value: How tech is enhancing life-saving blood transfusion value chain 

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipNovember 19, 2022November 30, 2022

By Cameron Beveridge, Regional Director for Southern Africa at SAP New technologies are reshaping the blood transfusion value chain to bring greater efficiency, traceability and consistency to this life-saving procedure. …

Taxation of Upstream Oil and Gas Operations in Uganda: Income Tax at the onset of crude oil production

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipNovember 17, 2022November 17, 2022

By Denis Yekoyasi Kakembo, Managing Partner Cristal Advocates Cristal Knowledge Series (November 2022) Introduction In a major fiscal boost for the Government of Uganda (“GoU”) but also a departure from…

UGANDAN BILLIONAIRES: Dr Sudhir Ruparelia, Uganda’s richest and big-hearted billionaire

Muhereza KyamuteteraBillionairesC-Suite LeadershipExecutive ProfilesLists & RankingsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThought LeadershipNovember 9, 2022November 9, 2022

ESTIMATED WEALTH: USD1.2 billion AGE: 65 years SOURCE OF WEALTH:  Financial services, real estate, education services, hospitality, agriculture, and media/broadcasting MARITAL STATUS: Married, with 3 Children PHILANTHROPY: Individually and through…

Estate Planning, Preserving And Transferring Family Businesses To The Next Generation, In An Orderly Manner: Q&A With Sim Katende, Partner, Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsLaw Firms (A - Z)Legal & JusticeThought LeadershipTop Law FirmsNovember 8, 2022April 1, 2024

Family business owners have a keen interest in sustaining the business as a family asset and as a legacy, according to PwC’s 2020 East Africa Family Business Survey. Estate planning…

Africa makes history in the fight against sleeping sickness

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThought LeadershipNovember 1, 2022November 1, 2022

 By Joseph Ndung’u This spring, three African countries recognized a major milestone: Benin, Rwanda, and Uganda have each been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating at least one form…

60 years of Independence: What UDB’s role has been in socio-economic development of Uganda

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipOctober 31, 2022October 31, 2022

By Bob Twinomugisha Uganda Development Bank (UDB) was established in 1972 by a presidential decree purposely to finance technically feasible, economically viable and socially desirable projects. Between 1973 and 1985,…