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MOVIT’S SIMPSON BIRUNGI― the Ugandan garage-to-manufacturing-giant billionaire with eyes and hands on the African personal care market

David KangyeBillionaires Business & Markets Company News Lists & RankingsJanuary 21, 2023January 27, 2023

Looking back, this could be attributed to the relentless effort across the numerous production value chain of Movit from manufacturing to marketing that were both very innovative and aggressive that…

A conversation with 31-year-old Punit Shah, the entrepreneur behind K Hotels in Entebbe and Yuti Breweries, the makers of Torrero liqueur and Yura beer

Muhereza KyamuteteraBillionaires C-Suite Leadership The Big StoryJanuary 21, 2023January 21, 2023

At the October 2022 People’s Choice Quality Awards, held in Kampala. Torrero Liqueur won its second consecutive award for the best locally blended liqueur. This is an unprecedented feat, considering…

MAN OF STEEL: How Steel & Tube Industries’ Joseph Yiga hot-rolled himself from an ordinary hardware retailer to a UGX427.2 bn a year steel magnate

Muhereza KyamuteteraBillionaires C-Suite Leadership Executive Profiles The Big StoryJanuary 21, 2023January 27, 2023

The story of Steel & Tube Industries, one of Uganda’s top five steel companies and the largest indigenously owned steel maker is as fascinating as it is inspiring. His is…

From Stanbic Bank Uganda to Africa: 14 Ugandans doing Uganda proud within the Standard Bank Group

The CEO Magazine TeamLists & Rankings The Big StoryDecember 15, 2022April 13, 2024

Patrick Mweheire Regional Chief Executive – East Africa Standard Bank Group The amiable Mweheire is a man of many firsts. He was the first Ugandan Chief Executive Officer of Stanbic…

Capital Shoppers’ Ponsiano Ngabirano ventures into hotels: His 5-star Marriot-to-be in Nsambya on course for completion in 2023/24

Muhereza KyamuteteraBillionaires Hospitality & Tourism Lifestyle The Big Story The Executive TravelerDecember 8, 2022December 13, 2022

After making a fortune in supermarkets and commercial real estate, Ponsiano Ngabirano, the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Capital Shoppers Supermarkets, has ventured into the hospitality industry. The retail…

UGANDANS EXCELLING ABROAD: These 4 Ugandan lawyers are raising the bar high at Kuwait’s leading corporate and commercial law firm

Muhereza KyamuteteraLegal & Justice Lists & Rankings The Big StoryNovember 26, 2022January 16, 2023

CEO East Africa Magazine recently came across four corporate and commercial lawyers, working in Kuwait. And they are not just lawyers, three of them are Partners, and the other is…

5 graphs that visualize how Centenary Bank grew sixfold from a UGX 807.2 bn to a UGX4.8 trillion bank in 12 years!

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News Lists & Rankings News & Analysis The Big StoryNovember 13, 2022November 14, 2022

In its typical, do-more-but-shout-less approach, under Fabian Kasi’s leadership, by 2014, Centenary Bank had overtaken Barclays and Crane Bank to become the third-largest bank in the country, behind Standard Chartered Bank and Stanbic. In 2017 upon acquiring Crane Bank, dfcu Bank briefly became the 2nd biggest, displacing Standard Chartered Bank into the third position, but by 2018 Centenary Bank had…

Looking to fill those vacant board positions? Look to LEAD, a collection of board-ready executives

CEO East Africa MagazineBusiness & Markets Executive Profiles Lists & Rankings The Big StoryNovember 10, 2022November 14, 2022

LEAD is a not-for-profit organization which was formed after realising that many East African companies in need of directors did not have a consolidated reference point for selection and training of active and potential directors and tended to rely on personal references and “club” like structures to make board level appointments. Its mission is the equipping of boards, by ensuring…

UGANDAN BILLIONAIRES: Dr Sudhir Ruparelia, Uganda’s richest and big-hearted billionaire

Muhereza KyamuteteraBillionaires C-Suite Leadership Executive Profiles Lists & Rankings News & Analysis The Big Story Thought LeadershipNovember 9, 2022November 9, 2022

ESTIMATED WEALTH: USD1.2 billion AGE: 65 years SOURCE OF WEALTH: Financial services, real estate, education services, hospitality, agriculture, and media/broadcasting MARITAL STATUS: Married, with 3 Children PHILANTHROPY: Individually and through…

Meet the Vadodarias- the Father, Mother and Daughter troika, behind Rene Industries, one of Uganda’s largest pharmas

David KangyeBillionaires Business & Markets The Big StoryNovember 8, 2022November 14, 2022

The entire decade of the 90s was not any kind to Uganda in matters of health. It was the height of the HIV/AIDS scourge and the many diseases related to…

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How dfcu Bank Helped Agnes Mbabazi Turn Agrifarm Into a Ugandan Agribusiness Force

PROFILE: Birungyi Cephas Kagyenda — The Making of One of Uganda’s Leading Tax Lawyers

Uganda’s Dr. Theopista Ntale Sekitto, Jamila Mayanja and Barbara Mutabazi Recognised Among KFC’s 55 Women Powering Africa’s Progress

The Sacrifices you Make Today will Benefit Another Woman Tomorrow

NSSF stake in MTN Uganda hits UGX1 trillion