Women In Leadership

PROFILE: 7 years of Sarah Arapta as Chief Executive of Citibank Uganda

Muhereza KyamuteteraExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipJune 17, 2023July 1, 2023

Sarah Arapta is the Chief Executive and Managing Director for Citibank Uganda, Uganda’s 10th largest bank by assets. She has held this role since January 2016.  Sarah has had an…

GA Insurance taps Shakira Shamim Mujuni as its new Chief Executive, Operations for Uganda

CEO ReporterBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsWomen In LeadershipMay 21, 2023May 21, 2023

GA Insurance Uganda Limited has appointed Mrs. Shakira Shamim Mujuni as its Chief Executive, Operations effective May 2023.  She brings to GA Insurance over 10 years of experience and “a…

PROFILE: Who is Doreen Asaasira Muhangazi the new Chief Human Resource Officer at PostBank?

CEO ReporterCompany NewsThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipMay 21, 2023May 21, 2023

PostBank Uganda has appointed Doreen Asaasira Muhangazi as its Chief Human Resource Officer. Her appointment took effect, February 2023. Doreen joins PostBank from Sanlam Life Insurance (Sanlam Group) where she…

OPINION: Ecobank Uganda’s 2022 strong performance demonstrates our renewed customer commitment and enhanced value propositions  

Grace MuliisaC-Suite LeadershipThe Big StoryThought LeadershipWomen In LeadershipMay 4, 2023May 4, 2023

Ecobank Uganda registered a strong performance turnaround during the year ending 2022, with audited Profit before Tax (PBT) increasing by 157% to UGX 4.5 billion in 2022, while Profit After…

Grace Muliisa leads Ecobank’s double-digit growth and a turnaround to profitability

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipApril 28, 2023April 28, 2023

Ecobank Uganda, the Ugandan unit of the Ecobank Group has today published its 2022 results, reporting a marked double-digit turnaround on nearly all its key fundamentals. The bank also reported…

SPECIAL REPORT: Inside the multi-billion shilling financial fraud hydra in Uganda’s financial industry and the industry-wide ambitious proposals to cut off its many heads

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipApril 17, 2023April 30, 2023

On the evening of Friday, 09th September 2018, unknown persons hacked the mobile money float accounts of a payments aggregator company called Beyonic Ltd and originated payments amounting to UGX2,617,761,200….

Q&A: Dr. Aminah Zawedde, the gov’t of Uganda’s Chief Technology Officer on digitisation, e-governance and creating 300,000 youth jobs 

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023

First of all, tell us about yourself. Who is Dr. Amina Zawedde? How do you describe yourself? I hold a PhD in Computer Science (from the Eindhoven University of Technology,…

1-on-1 with Tina Wamala, President, Public Relations Association of Uganda

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipApril 13, 2023April 13, 2023

What inspired you to become the new President of the Public Relations Association, and what do you hope to achieve during your tenure? I have been a committed member of…

OPINION: As AfCFTA Rules Of Origin edge closer to finalisation; prudent implementation could unlock the trade pact’s full potential

Mable KisakaLegal & JusticeThe Big StoryThought LeadershipWomen In LeadershipMarch 27, 2023March 27, 2023

It has been reported that the Rules of Origin (the “RO”), set forth in Annex 2 of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (the “AfCFTA” and “Treaty,” respectively) and…

GUARDIAN OF OUR BANK DEPOSITS⏤ Spotlight on Julia Clare Olima Oyet, the CEO of Uganda’s Deposit Protection Fund

Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite LeadershipThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipMarch 21, 2023March 22, 2023

If you have listened to, seen or heard most adverts by banks these days, you must have heard at the end, a sign-off that, “deposits are protected by the Deposit…