Mobile money is the backbone of Uganda’s everyday economy. With over 30 million registered accounts and trillions of shillings transacted every month, mobile money powers how Ugandans pay, trade, and...
Leadership renewal has become one of the defining governance issues of this decade. In a climate defined by geopolitical volatility, digital disruption, and heightened stakeholder scrutiny, there is growing recognition....
By Peter Ssenyange For a long time, the success of a bank was measured in numbers: quarterly margins, loan-to-deposit ratios, and cost-to-income efficiency. But today, that narrative is being rewritten....
In every industry, recognition plays a vital role in inspiring excellence, fueling innovation, and setting benchmarks for success. For the field of Public Relations (PR) and Communication, a profession built...
As East African economies continue to navigate the pressures of inflation, currency swings and an increasingly uncertain global landscape, one question is rising to the top of boardroom agendas: how...
The extended lockdown across the world may spell disaster for many of Micro-Finance Institutions’ clients with many of them having nothing to return to after the lockdown. This subsequently threatens their ability to pay back loans to their lenders, setting off a chain of failure down the entire chain. Nathan Were, an Access to Finance Specialist at the World Bank Group delves into possible interventions by various stakeholders in the micro-finance chain, to ensure vital credit keeps flowing to the world’s low-income people who need it most
By Joseline Kateeba As part of its emergency response to COVID-19 and to mitigate the impacts on the closure of certain workplaces and the restrictions on the movement of individuals,…
After nearly 2 months of lockdown, the euphoria building up within the city as they anticipate partial easing is tangible. We stopped moving, kept quiet, crouched down, and listened to…
The immediate implications of COVID-19 do not need to be recounted to an adult who is in control of their faculties. We have all been devastated in all kinds of…
By Hon. Dr. Elly Karuhanga Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) has recently held several meetings with Government and development partners in an attempt to devise mitigation measures to contain the…
In Uganda, Tourism has been the leading foreign exchange earner, accounting for US$ 1.6 billion. The sector has been contributing approximately 8% of the GDP and supports 667,600 jobs directly…
By Onyango Owor It is no news that COVID-19 has rapidly spread across the world with the World Health Organization reporting more than 2 245 872 confirmed cases and 152…
By Evelyn Atim The world has suddenly woken up to the fact that our greatest strength – our interconnectedness is currently working against us. As of 15th April 2020, the…
By Phillip Karugaba, Rehema Nakirya Ssemyalo and Tracy Kakongi Ten years ago, Uganda’s National Disaster Preparedness and Management Policy predicted that “an influenza pandemic may occur when a new influenza…
Uganda has not been spared by the adverse effects of the Covid 19 virus. The restrictions on travel and work took effect in March through April 2020. However, some construction…
