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Uganda: Finance minister presents UGX49.9 trillion (USD13.7 billion) national budget framework

Muhereza KyamuteteraPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryDecember 25, 2022December 25, 2022

The Ugandan government has tabled the National Budget Framework Paper totalling UGX49.9 trillion for the Financial Year 2023/2024. The document, which paves way for the budget approval process by Parliament,…

NMS: Planning is Essential in Managing Medicine Stock Outs

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 22, 2022January 17, 2023

For over 20 years, Jennifer Nsita, mother of six and resident of Dwoli village in Hoima district, has been receiving medical treatment from Dwoli Health Center III. The 38-year-old says…

Everything you need to know about Aquafina, Crown Beverages’ latest bottled drinking water brand and why the competition should keep a close eye

The CEO Magazine TeamCompany NewsThe Big StoryDecember 21, 2022December 21, 2022

Uganda’s bottled drinking water sector has been growing unprecedentedly. There are over 100 registered players, with an estimated total turnover of UGX400 billion. Rwenzori Mineral Water is the market leader…

OPEN LETTER: Innovation, resilience, people and good governance- Jane Karuku, EABL Plc Chief Executive, explains the secret to EABL’s 100 years

CEO ReporterBusiness & MarketsThe Big StoryDecember 21, 2022December 21, 2022

This week is special for us at East African Breweries Plc (EABL). On December 14, 1922, the first batch of beer made from our then-makeshift brewery at Ruaraka was delivered…

Roofings Rolling Mills, selects Danieli, an Italian top supplier of metal equipment for its latest expansion

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryDecember 20, 2022October 6, 2023

Roofings Rolling Mills, Uganda’s largest steel company, has signed a contract with Danieli Group, an Italian supplier of equipment and physical plants to the metal industry to supply a new…

Reflections at 5,109 metres above sea level: Standard Chartered Bank’s Yustus Aribariho, blown away by the Rwenzori Mountains

Muhereza KyamuteteraLifestyleThe Big StoryThe Executive TravelerDecember 19, 2022January 1, 2023

Yustus Aribariho doesn’t regard himself as an adrenaline junkie- but away from his busy schedule, as a global banker- he has done some adrenaline-rising stuff. He has jumped out of…

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

The CEO Magazine TeamLists & RankingsThe 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…

How the Airtel Money fraud happened: Chief Executive Officer speaks out on the brazen hack

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsThe Big StoryDecember 14, 2022May 4, 2023

After the 27th October 2022, digital fraud incident in which a number of banks lost several billions of shillings from their Airtel Money Wallets (OVAs) held at Airtel Mobile Commerce…

Minister Betty Amongi and Prime Minister Nabbanja reach a consensus on the re-appointment of Richard Byarugaba as NSSF Managing Director

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryDecember 13, 2022December 13, 2022

The re-appointment of Richard Byarugaba as Managing Director of Uganda’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF), the UGX17.3 trillion pensions Fund, appears close as Hon Betty Amongi, the Gender, Labour and…

Between TotalEnergies and Vivo Energy, who is pumping up a bigger share of the market? 

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 13, 2022December 13, 2022

TotalEnergies Marketing Limited (formerly Total Uganda) and Shell have been market rivals for nearly six decades now. Shell has been present in Uganda since 1953, while TotalEnergies has been present…