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Who is Mercy Kainobwisho, the new URSB Registrar General?

CEO ReporterCompany NewsThe Big StoryDecember 8, 2020December 8, 2020

The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) board has appointed Mercy Kyomugasho Kainobwisho as the new Registrar General. She takes over from Bemanya Twebaze who is the Director General of the…

Sokowatch launches East Africa’s first commercial electric tuk-tuks in Kampala

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 7, 2020December 7, 2020

Sokowatch, the innovative East African e-commerce platform, has announced the groundbreaking launch of electric tuk tuks to its delivery fleet in Uganda, making the vehicles the first to be used…

Nile Breweries appoints David Valencia to replace Thomas Kamphuis as new Uganda boss

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020

Nile Breweries Limited, has today announced the appointment of David Valencia as the new Country Operations Director for Uganda and South Sudan. Valencia joins Nile Breweries from AB InBev South…

David Beckham Leads Global Campaign To End Malaria

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020

In a ground-breaking new short film, produced by RSA Films Amsterdam, for the campaign Malaria Must Die, So Millions Can Live, David Beckham appears as never been seen before –…

EOC Boss’ fate hangs in balance as Solicitor General advises Gender PS to refer her case to President Museveni

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020

She has been committed to High Court for trial, however, Equal Opportunities Commission chairperson Sylvia Muwebwa Ntambi also awaits her fate from the President himself on whether she loses her…

UN agency removes cannabis from world’s most dangerous drugs

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 3, 2020December 3, 2020

The U.N. Commission on Narcotic Drugs has voted to remove cannabis and cannabis resin from a category of the world’s most dangerous drugs, the Associated Press reports. The Wednesday vote…

Eskom’s Thozama Gangi to chair inaugural energy sector players’ association

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryDecember 3, 2020December 3, 2020

Ms Thozama Gangi, the Managing Director Eskom Uganda, has been chosen by the Energy Generators and Distributors Association of Uganda (EGADAU) as its founding Chairperson. EGADAU, which brings together 13…

TBWA Uganda to continue as lead agency for MTN Uganda as MTN Group awards Omnicom another 3-year contract

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryDecember 2, 2020December 2, 2020

South African-based communications giant, MTN Group on November 23rd, 2020 named Omnicom Group as its lead advertising agency partner across its 21-country footprint in Africa and the Middle East. The…

Ministry of Health contests story on Mulago Hospital Covid-19 Deaths

CEO ReporterThe Big StoryDecember 2, 2020December 2, 2020

The Ministry of Health has come out to dispute a story that run in Sunday Monitor about Covid-19 deaths at Mulago hospital. In a Press statement released yesterday, titled Mulago…

EC Trains 400 Prisons Officers to Handle 2021 Ballot Papers

URNThe Big StoryNovember 27, 2020November 27, 2020

At least 400 prison Officers are undergoing training by the Electoral Commission -EC to pack ballot papers. The officers from the Uganda Prisons are undergoing training in ballot paper safety,…