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U.S. Treasury sanctions Ugandan-based gold dealer Alain Goetz and his African Gold Refinery for illicit DRC gold trade

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 18, 2022March 18, 2022

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), has today announced sanctions again Ugandan-based Belgian gold dealer, Alain Goetz and his African Gold Refinery (AGR), also…

Following a full rebrand from Orient Bank to I&M Bank Uganda, meet Kumaran Pather’s A-Team

The CEO Magazine TeamThe Big StoryMarch 17, 2022March 17, 2022

A brand is a promise, and a great brand is a promise, well kept. At the heart of every brand promise and the delivery of that promise is a knowledgeable…

One-on-one with Rocket Health’s Dr. Davis Musinguzi on building Uganda’s most successful telemedicine and last-mile healthcare provider, and the exciting times ahead

Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThought LeadershipMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022

First of all, tell us about yourself Davis, Dr. Davis Musinguzi is a Medical Doctor and Digital Health Entrepreneur from Uganda. I am the Chief Executive Officer & Founder of…

Probably Uganda’s most innovative insurer—Prudential Uganda wins 3 awards at regulator’s 2021 Insurance Innovation Awards

Nelson NambooleCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022

Prudential Uganda has won three awards; the Most Innovative Life Insurance Product, Most Innovative Insurance Agent and the Overall Judges’ Special Award in the second edition of the Insurance Innovation…

Centenary Bank Partners With Service Cops to Improve Insurance Penetration in Uganda

CEO ReporterBusiness & MarketsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 14, 2022March 14, 2022

Centenary Bank launched its bancassurance offering on the 11th July 2019 following the release of the guidelines under the enabling law that allowed Banks to perform the business of Bancassurance….

Stanbic’s Anne Juuko; EABL’s Jane Karuku and NMB Bank’s Ruth Zaipuna named among Africa’s 74 most influential women business leaders

Muhereza KyamuteteraC-Suite LeadershipThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipMarch 11, 2022March 12, 2022

Anne Juuko, the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda’s Stanbic Bank; Ruth Zaipuna, the Chief Executive Officer of Tanzania’s leading bank, NMB Bank Plc and Jane Karuku, the Group Chief Executive…

PRODUCT REVIEW: 10 facts and figures every woman in business should know about how to thrive with the Ellevate Women Empowerment Programme by Ecobank

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022

What is Ellevate? Ellevate is an innovative banking solutions tool that helps businesses owned and managed by women, businesses with a high percentage of female board members or employees, and…

Uganda ranked No.1 in East Africa and 5th on the African Continent in the 2021 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index.

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022

Ugandan financial markets have been ranked in the top spot in East Africa and the fifth on the African continent, according to the just-released 2021 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index….

Equity Group launches US$6 billion Regional Private Sector Economic Recovery and Resilience Stimulus Plan

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryMarch 10, 2022March 10, 2022

Equity Group has launched a private sector focused stimulus package to accelerate economic recovery and resilience in the Eastern and Central Africa region as it recovers from the devastating health,…

Dei Biopharma awaits approvals on first Covid-19 medicine produced in Uganda

CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 9, 2022March 10, 2022

MATUGGA – Dei Biopharma is awaiting approval of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to out it’s Molnupiravir drug, which will be the first such product to treat Covid-19 infection in…