Some places welcome you. Others change you quietly, from the inside out. Beauvais Retreat Centre sits on a peaceful hill outside Kampala in Masulita, holding a calm that settles into…
Piracy and Intellectual Property theft have long plagued Uganda’s creative sector, robbing musicians, filmmakers, producers and innovators of both recognition and income. But government agencies, industry leaders and artistes themselves…
For Isaiah Katumwa, music has never just been a passion; it’s been a calling. A platform to not only chase his dreams, but to uplift others and build a legacy...
This Sunday, July 20th, the Kampala Serena Hotel will transform into a stage of history, legacy, and world-class jazz, as Uganda’s foremost saxophonist, Isaiah Katumwa, celebrates 30 years of music,...
The Ruparelia Group is set to unveil its latest addition to Uganda’s luxury hospitality scene—Paradise Island Resort—in November 2025. Located on a secluded 24-acre island in the heart of Lake...
Minus offering telecommunication services, MTN Uganda’s investment into sponsorships and corporate social responsibility (CSR) has kept it’s brand popular and closer to the hearts of millions of Ugandans. MTN’s flagship sponsorship and CSR activity to date is the annual Kampala Marathon. The 14th edition of this marathon is slated for 19th November 2017. One man at the center of this year’s marathon event is Olivier Prentout, the new chief marketing officer of MTN Uganda. The CEO Magazine’s Nicholas Kalungi and Juliet Hildah Namulundu held a candid discussion with him on MTN Marathon, Telecommunication Industry, his journey and everything about him….
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Our Reporter. Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) play a critical role in business and overall economic performance. In fact, a 2015 study by Weber Shandwick and KRC Research- The CEO Reputation Premium ‘Gaining Advantage in the Engagement Era’, reported that Global executives attribute 45% of their company’s reputation to the reputation of their CEO! In a move to get these top decision-makers together; under one business development and networking forum, The CEO Magazine has launched a new platform dubbed The CEO Club. After the unveiling of this formation, The CEO Magazine had a brief chat with the mastermind of this platform,…
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Juliet Hildah Namulundu. Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL) was at one point one of the biggest telecoms in the pearl of Africa. At the time, it was trading as “Mango
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BY SAMSON OKWAKOL Uganda is currently rated a top investment destination on the international Investment Index for renewable energy; the European Union Ambassador to Uganda, Atillio Pacifici noted. Ambassador Atillio made this revelation recently while officiating at the launch of Uganda’s second 10 MW Tororo North Solar Plant. “Today we witness an important milestone for Uganda here in Tororo. We see Uganda’s success in concretely switching to clean energy generation,
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Faith Athnus On December 18th, 2015, Arinaitwe Rwakajara (Workers Representative) tabled the Minimum Wage Bill 2015 and it was subsequently sent to the Parliament Committee of Gender, Labour and Social Development for processing. Two years later, Uganda still has no minimum wage. At the time of the publication, the Committee was still interfacing with the various stakeholders to gather their input about the Bill, before a final report is tabled on the floor of Parliament for MPs to debate on the findings. As highlighted by Rwakajara, the Bill is aimed at providing for the determination of a minimum wage Bill…
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BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA ‒ Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is recovering at a modest pace, and is projected to pickup to 2.4% in 2017from 1.3% in 2016, according to the new Africa’s Pulse, a bi-annual analysis of the state of African economies conducted by the World Bank. This is below the April forecast of 2.6%. This rebound is led by the region’s largest economies. In the second quarter of this year, Nigeria pulled out of a five-quarter recession and South Africa emerged from two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Improving global conditions, including rising energy and metals prices…
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Our Reporter. MTN Uganda took home five gongs at the Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA) 2017 awards night held on Friday 22nd September, 2017 at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The awards cemented MTN Uganda’s position as the number one telecommunications company in Uganda. The accolades that MTN Uganda scooped are; Digital Brand of the Year, Best Technology Brand on Social Media, Best Mobile Financial Service for Africa (MTN Mobile Money), Best Financial Inclusion Product/Service (MTN/CBA MoKash) and Best Digital Customer Service by Technology Brand. The organizer of the Digital Impact Awards Africa (DIAA), Mr. Innocent Kawooya, who is also the…
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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 Petroleum Limited from Nigeria. This brings the number of oil explorers in Uganda’s oil sector to five after exploration and production licenses were awarded to Total E&P of France, Tullow Oil from United Kingdom, CNOOC of China and Armour Energy of Australia. “We have granted Oranto Petroleum Limited two Petroleum Exploration licenses for the Shallow and Deep plays in the Ngassa block. “The licenses have been stratigraphically delineated. This is…
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