As Uganda celebrates International Women’s Day 2026, Agnes Mbabazi’s success story of building Agrifarm Uganda, an agro-input business, is one of the stories featured in “She Powers Uganda’s Economy —...
Uganda is in the spotlight. Dr. Theopista Ntale Sekitto, Jamila Mayanja and Barbara Mutabazi have been named among 55 exceptional women honoured by KFC to mark International Women’s Day 2026...
Primrose Kobusingye I was 26 years old when I took on the mantle of acting head of marketing. Yes, 26. Armed with both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree, I...
MTN Uganda shares have staged a strong rally on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), delivering massive gains to its largest local investors in just eight weeks as the stock surged...
Simpson Birungi founded Movit Products Ltd in 1997, starting with a makeshift workshop in Namasuba, Wakiso District. Since then, the company has grown into a multi-billion enterprise, becoming one of…
In October 2022, CEO East Africa broke the story of how one of Africa’s wealthiest families, the Oppenheimers, had acquired a majority 75% stake in Uganda’s third largest soft drinks…
Succession planning is a crucial aspect of family businesses, yet many founders struggle to prepare their heirs for the responsibility of taking over the reins. In Uganda, the statistics are…
Forbes Africa released its annual list of Africa’s billionaires with its 2024 class of 20 billionaires now worth $82.4bn. Collectively, these billionaires would be the 18th richest person in the…
Celebrated top city law firm Shonubi, Musoke & Co. Advocates claimed a treble of accolades this month at the first ever in-person fourth edition International Financial Law Review- IFLR Africa Awards held at Protea Hotel in the City of Johannesburg, South Africa. IFLR1000 is a leading international legal market research product specialised in ranking financial and corporate law firms and…
Uganda The Law Development Centre has today announced the appointment of Dr. Pamela Tibihikirra-Kalyegira as the new Director of the Law Development Centre (LDC). She succeeds Mr. Frank Nigel Othembi, whose tenure as Director ended in April 2024 after 12 years. The announcement was made by Retired Hon. Justice Paul Kahaibale Mugamba, the Chairperson LDC Management Committee. “Dr. Tibihikirra’s proven…
Said Salim Awadh Bakhresa, one of the richest East Africans, dropped out of school at the age of 14 to become a potato mix salesperson. His proper business journey did…
At 15 years of age when most young people’s idea of having fun is clubbing, Ashish J. Thakkar, decided to start an IT company. In numerous media interviews Thakkar has…