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INTERVIEW: Meet Thomas Kamphuis (43), probably the youngest ever CEO of Nile Breweries- AB InBev’s US$250 million a year beer business in Uganda

It is now slightly over three years since AB InBev took over from SABMiller in Uganda. What has been happening? What has changed? How strong are you now as a business compared

January 17, 2020

by Muhereza Kyamutetera

PUTTING MONEY WHERE THE CUSTOMERS’ MOUTHS AND EARS ARE: How Airtel Uganda’s V.G Somasekhar is wrestling back Airtel’s leadership position; one mast and one SIM card at a time

First of all, let us start with a review of 2019. How would you summarise it in terms of the industry and for Airtel Uganda in particular? I think 2019 has been a year of investment? In 2019, Airtel invested

January 17, 2020

by Muhereza Kyamutetera

Doris Akol’s mission 2020/25: Increase taxpayer morale so they contribute UGX28.3 trillion by 2024/25. But what will it take?

I know that in October you completed about 5 years as a Commissioner General You had

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Rajiv Ruparelia comes of age, turns 30 years; talks about managing a $1 billion family empire and his plans to become East Africa’s largest cannabis exporter

At 30 years, you are probably one of few if not the only CEO of over

Top 15 Ugandan banking executives worth hiring as your next bank CEOs

#1. Samuel Mwogeza Chief Financial Officer Stanbic Bank As Chief Finance Officer, of Uganda’s largest Bank who has also been part of the mighty Stanbic story, Sam Mwogeza has enough grip on

July 7, 2020

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OPINION: Resilience and import substitution key to Post-COVID-19 recovery

In all my life, I have always been a pragmatist and a believer. I believe in the silver linings in every dark cloud. I believe in the fact that when lemons are

June 25, 2020

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President Museveni at the Burundian Embassy in Kampala yesterday

Museveni Eulogizes Burundi’s Former President Nkurunziza as Peace Lover

President Yoweri Museveni has hailed the former President of Burundi Pierre Nkrunzizza, who died about a fortnight ago, describing him as a peace lover, who listened to them and signed a peace

June 24, 2020

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Fred Muwema, Partner M/s Muwema and Company Advocates. Courtesy photo

SCIENTIFIC ELECTION: The Electoral Commission is abusing its Constitutional obligation to organise free and fair elections

The Electoral Commission released a revised roadmap for the 2020/21 general elections where it stated that “mass rallies will not be allowed but campaigns will be conducted mainly through media.” Many people

June 22, 2020

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Rudi Veestraeten (left) is the Ambassador of Belgium to Uganda while Hon. Richard Gafabusa Muhumuza (right) is a Member of Parliament and Co-Founder of the Parliamentary Forum on Tourism

Uganda urgently needs a coherent stakeholder-driven Covid-19 tourism recovery strategy

By Rudi Veestraeten & Richard Gafabusa Muhumuza The Ugandan tourism sector is in a major crisis. National Parks and lodges have remained empty for three months, since mid-March. Worse even: there is

June 18, 2020

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The new normal: Businesses should see growth areas after COVID-19

By Michael Jjingo, General Manager Commercial Banking – Centenary Bank Certainly, post COVID-19 will not be business as usual! Change in customer behaviours will reshape business models in the post-coronavirus world. Businesses

June 17, 2020

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Isaac Ssekabanja, MCIArb, is a Construction, Project Management and Alternative Dispute Resolution Practitioner and a Senior Associate at Kalenge, Bwanika, Ssawa & Co. Advocates

Coronavirus and the construction industry: A Ugandan legal perspective

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has had and continues to have a negative impact on the economies of most countries resulting in severe consequences that have impacted almost all industries on a global basis. The

June 11, 2020

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Monsignor David Cappo is the Chief Executive, YouBelong Uganda; Catholic Priest and Social Worker; Former Member of the Australian Government’s Expert Panel on Mental Health; Former Commissioner for Social Inclusion for the South Australian Government.

OPINION: Overcoming Covid-19 in Uganda—A call for solidarity and strict adherence to public health measures

By Monsignor David Cappo Do you believe that COVID-19 is real? Have you felt prepared to follow the President’s lockdown and social distancing measures? While the majority of people in Uganda would

June 10, 2020

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Anne Juuko is the Chief Executive Stanbic Bank Uganda

OPINION: Women are playing a significant role in Covid-19 responses at all levels; they too must remain central in the post-Covid-19 future

By Anne Juuko Africa’s progress in empowering women risks being undone if authorities’ responses to the Covid-19 crisis do not take gender issues into account. Most notably, access to funding will be

June 10, 2020

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Uganda's Finance Minister, Hon. Matia Kasaija

EDITORIAL: How inclusive are the COVID-19 tax incentives? This and more questions for the finance minister, URA and the MPs

On or around 5th June 2020 the Minister of Finance Planning and Economic Development tabled in Parliament 4 bills for approval into Acts of Parliament. The above bills are to amend The

June 8, 2020

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