Executive Profiles

Media Age PR‘s John Chihi: The Quiet Architect of Uganda’s Modern PR Agencies Industry

Muhereza KyamuteteraCEO PerspectivesExecutive ProfilesThe Big StorySeptember 4, 2025September 10, 2025

From his early media days at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and Nation Media Group to a career-defining Coca-Cola assignment that brought him to Kampala, Chihi recounts the evolution of PR from…

Kishan Popat: Bridging Global Capital and Africa’s Next Growth Frontier

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryAugust 31, 2025August 31, 2025

Over the course of two decades, a teenage vow in Kenya has matured into a career shaping U.S.-Africa investment flows, at the intersection of capital markets, policy, and entrepreneurship –…

#RisingExecutives: After 12 years at Total Energies Uganda, Linda Nabirye steps into the world of PR consulting 

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryAugust 27, 2025August 28, 2025

HONORABLE EXIT: It’s time out. After 12 years of steering public relations at TotalEnergies EP Uganda, Linda Nabirye bows out into the world of consultancy.  At TotalEnergies, through Tilenga– Uganda’s…

Robert Kirunda: The Lawyer Behind Vantage’s Courtroom Wins Against Patrick Bitature

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryAugust 22, 2025August 28, 2025

Uganda’s Court of Appeal has today handed down a string of rulings that deepened the legal troubles of businessman Patrick Bitature and his Simba Group, while significantly strengthening the hand…

From Empire to Heirs: Inside the Wavamunno Business Succession and the Quiet Transition of Power

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryAugust 1, 2025August 2, 2025

For decades, the name Gordon Babala Kasibante Wavamunno has been synonymous with entrepreneurship in Uganda. He is a self-made mogul whose business empire spans transport, real estate, publishing, media, manufacturing,…

Absa Bank Uganda Appoints Hassan Saleh and Gloria Byamugisha to its Board of Directors

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 17, 2025July 17, 2025

Absa Bank has strengthened its Board of Directors with the appointment of two seasoned professionals—Hassan Saleh, Managing Director of MultiChoice Uganda, and Gloria Byamugisha, Group Chief Human Resource Officer at…

Justice George Wilson Kanyeihamba (1939–2025); A Towering Legal Mind, Statesman, and Fierce Guardian of Justice

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

Uganda has lost one of its most eminent legal scholars and outspoken guardians of the Constitution. Justice George Wilson Kanyeihamba, a retired Supreme Court Judge, renowned academic, human rights advocate,…

MTN Uganda Taps Airtel Zambia’s Sylvia Elsheikh as New Chief Marketing Officer

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 9, 2025July 10, 2025

In a bold strategic move that underscores the intensifying competition in East Africa’s telecom sector, MTN Uganda has appointed Sylvia Elsheikh—formerly Chief Marketing Officer at Airtel Zambia—as its new Chief…

The Big Yellow Machine: Meet the MTN Exco Team Driving the Telecom’s Accelerated Growth

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 2, 2025July 2, 2025

Behind every billion-shilling leap in revenue, every surge in subscriber numbers, and every bold Fintech innovation at MTN Uganda is more than just strategy—it’s a story of people. A story…

Succession: How Petua and Joseline Kateeba Transformed Crest Foam into a Manufacturing Powerhouse  

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJune 27, 2025June 27, 2025

In Uganda’s manufacturing landscape, where few family businesses live to see a second generation, the story of Crest Foam is a rare and remarkable show of resilience, reinvention, and a…