Executive Profiles

From a small stock to big gains: Siddy’s success with dfcu Bank and the GROW Loan initiative 

Paul MurungiCompany NewsExecutive ProfilesNovember 20, 2024November 20, 2024

For the past nine years, Siddy Latabu has been trading in fish, supplying silver fish and smoked fish in Kitgum Main Market to sellers in Kitgum and neighboring districts including;…

dfcu’s Women in Business Program is transforming the face of women entrepreneurship—an interview with Dr. Gudula Naiga Basaza

Brian EmorutBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsExecutive ProfilesNews & AnalysisNovember 12, 2024November 12, 2024

Empowering women is like watering the roots of a tree, it nourishes the entire community. This was one of dfcu Bank’s considerations when it started the dfcu Women in Business…

Evelyn Namara is passionate about creating impact using technology

CEO ReporterExecutive ProfilesTechnology & InnovationWomen In LeadershipNovember 9, 2024November 9, 2024

Evelyn Namara is a technology entrepreneur with over 10 years of leading systematic change in social entrepreneurship and digital technology, driving innovation for small businesses. Currently working at the coalface…

On their shoulders, people, institutions, and nations stand a special tribute to Prof. Celestino Obua Writes Keith Asiime (CRA)

CEO East Africa MagazineExecutive ProfilesOctober 23, 2024October 23, 2024

Prof. Celestino Obua, a great leader, scientist, trailblazer in academia and research, father, and above all, a human being, ends his journey as Mbarara University of Science and Technology’s (MUST)…

Innovations Drive Opportunity: A Conversation with Arthur Mukembo

CEO ReporterCEO PerspectivesEntrepreneurshipExecutive ProfilesTechnology & InnovationOctober 20, 2024October 20, 2024

Mr. Arthur Mukembo, is the Lead at Future Lab Studio. He says he is driven to make things better, even if it is by a few adjustments. From real estate…

Changing the face of tech through skilling and collaboration by Michael Niyitegeka

Brian EmorutBusiness & MarketsExecutive ProfilesTechnology & InnovationOctober 6, 2024October 6, 2024

Michael Niyitegeka is the Executive Director of Refactory, a software skills academy in Uganda. He speaks about tech with a lot of passion; he lives and breathes it. But would…

MTN Uganda strengthens leadership team 3 key appointments in governance & internal controls, technology and business growth 

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryOctober 4, 2024October 4, 2024

In what the telco says is a “strategic move to enhance operational capabilities and drive growth”, MTN Uganda has announced the appointment of three senior executives: Thomas Motlepa as Chief…

UGANDA’S 100 OIL AND GAS LEADERS: Sandra Mwesigye Mago, Deputy Head of Legal & Commercial, CNOOC Uganda Limited 

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesLists & RankingsWomen In LeadershipSeptember 25, 2024December 5, 2024

Uganda struck oil in the Albertine Graben in 2006 and reached the Financial Investment Decision (FID) in February 2022. Since then, much work has been ongoing on the needed production…

Women in Business: How Lynette Akol grew her Krystal Ice business with dfcu’s Rising Woman initiative

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesWomen In LeadershipSeptember 19, 2024September 19, 2024

Lynette Akol is the proprietor of Krystal Ice Limited (KIL), a company that prides itself in producing a variety of ice products ranging from ice flakes, ice cubes, healthy and…

OBITUARY⎮ Frank Muthusi, an advertising General falls⏤ Uganda’s admen, business partners and friends, extol deceased fireworks Advertising’s CEO

Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite LeadershipExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryAugust 28, 2024August 28, 2024

Tomorrow, Thursday, 29th August 2024, at Kilungu, Nunguni in Makueni County, Kenya, one of the greatest admen in Uganda’s communications and marketing industry will be laid to rest.   Frank…