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Mutebile gets reappointed as BoU Governor― but what are some of the numbers underpinning his two-decade reign?

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryJanuary 18, 2021January 18, 2021

News coming in from the President’s Office indicate that President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has in line with Article 161(3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda, reappointed Prof. Emmanuel…

MUSEVENI TO THE WORLD: If I lose, “I will go to my house and do my own things.”

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryJanuary 13, 2021January 13, 2021

Christiana Amanpour: Okay, listen, I want to start by asking you, you know, 80% of your country is under 35 years old, they were not even born when you first…

Rajiv Ruparelia’s open letter to Uganda’s cabinet on post-Covid-19 recovery and why medical marijuana and externalization of labour can play a significant role

Rajiv RupareliaThe Big StoryThought LeadershipJanuary 12, 2021January 12, 2021

On January 2nd 2021, I turned 31 years of age. Since I started actively running the Ruparelia Group- a conglomerate of 28 companies, I usually use my birthday, which is…

Safeguarding future growth of your business: Why tax must be made part of the Corporate Governance agenda

Denis Yekoyasi KakemboThe Big StoryJanuary 12, 2021January 12, 2021

Though tax is a key operational business risk, few organisations adequately attend to it merely treating it as a routine financial accounting and reporting matter. Businesses lacking elaborate policies in…

PROFILE: Meet Frank Kagyigi Tumwebaze; probably one of President Museveni’s most hard-working and no-nonsense ministers

CEO ReporterTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryJanuary 11, 2021January 11, 2021

If you are an ardent Twitter user, you most have likely seen, several times a day, Hon. Frank Tumwebaze’s tweets and or retweets, commenting about several topics, ranging from ICT,…

Signum Advocates’ Ian Mutibwa on The Future Of Retail In Uganda― digital disruption of business is here, it is real; start acting now or drown!

Muhereza KyamuteteraTechnology & InnovationThe Big StoryJanuary 2, 2021January 2, 2021

What are the biggest challenges in retail post-COVID-19? Most retail businesses were closed during lockdown and had to evolve online. Businesses were forced to restructure on the employment side. Employees…

7 must-know insights from The Innovation Village’s Future of Retail Report; key to post-Covid-19 recovery of Ugandan MSMEs.

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryJanuary 1, 2021January 2, 2021

Retail, which, by definition, is made up of businesses that sell to the final consumer, is an important part of Uganda’s economy. It contributes an average of 18% to the…

DR. SUDHIR RUPARELIA’S 2021 MESSAGE TO UGANDA: The suffering in 2020 will be in vain, if we let down our Covid-19 guards now, just a few months to a vaccine

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 31, 2020December 31, 2020

The year 2020, was probably the most challenging year for the Ruparelia Group since its founding more than 30 years ago. As one of Uganda’s biggest employers and the most…

We are positioning URA as a Business Enabler, Commissioner General reveals Covid-19 business support tools

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 30, 2020December 30, 2020

It is not all about tax revenue collection for Uganda Revenue Authority. Realizing the impact Covid-19 has had on businesses and the economy, the taxman has rolled out several business…

How Clarkson Insurance Brokers rose from the bottom to the industry’s No.1 player in 16 years

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryDecember 28, 2020December 28, 2020

This October, the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA) released its much-awaited 2019 Annual Performance Report for the insurance sector. The report, details the performance, of the country’s 21 non-life insurance companies;…