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The Chrome Gambit: How AI Startups are Fighting for the Browser that Controls the Web

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryAugust 18, 2025August 18, 2025

An AI startup just tried to buy the world’s most important browser. On Aug 12, Perplexity AI made an unsolicited $34.5 billion all-cash offer to acquire Google’s Chrome, Bloomberg reported….

CEO Godfrey Sebaana on DTB Uganda’s Growth, Remittance Potential, and Capital Strength

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryAugust 17, 2025August 17, 2025

On the sidelines of the just-ended Annual Bankers Conference, CEO East Africa Magazine’s Paul Murungi caught up with Godfrey Sebaana, CEO of Diamond Trust Bank Uganda, for a quick dipstick…

The Unspoken Barrier: When Women Block Women in Corporate Leadership

Kisakye ImaniThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipAugust 16, 2025March 7, 2026

Shantal was ready for the next move, having put in 15 years and saved the company a $2m loss, coupled with turning around a flailing portfolio. During her tenure as…

Robin Bairstow on Growth, Stability, and the SME Push at I&M Bank Uganda

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryAugust 16, 2025August 17, 2025

With retail and SME lending delivering double-digit growth and a major digital overhaul complete, Robin Bairstow, CEO of I&M Bank Uganda, is steering the bank into its next growth phase….

Justice Mutesi gives Emin Pasha hotel until Oct.10 to raise UGX 9.7 Billion deposit on UGX 34 Billion Equity Bank debt

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryAugust 15, 2025January 20, 2026

The High Court’s Commercial Division has given Emin Pasha hotel and its affiliates breathing room in their mortgage fight with Equity Bank, extending the hold on the sale of the…

Standard Chartered Bank Uganda’s Sanjay Rughani: Navigating Change at the Speed of Banking

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryAugust 15, 2025August 15, 2025

From the shifting economics of global remittances to the disruptive force of artificial intelligence, Sanjay Rughani, Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank Uganda, is steering through a period of rapid…

BoU Governor urges escalation of mobile money fraud complaints as Airtel Money defends platform safety

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryAugust 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Bank of Uganda (BoU) Governor Michael Atingi-Ego has advised Ugandans who believe they have been defrauded through mobile money to first report the matter to their service provider and, if…

How Debt, Tax, and Colonial Legacies are Rigging Africa’s Future

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryAugust 14, 2025August 14, 2025

Christine Aber wakes before the sun does in Northern Uganda. She sets up her modest stall and begins the daily grind – selling a humble mix of millet flour, rice,…

Q&A WITH FABIAN KASI: Centenary Bank’s Continued Growth, Sector Resilience, and the Human Side of Leadership

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryAugust 14, 2025August 14, 2025

On the sidelines of the just-ended Annual Bankers Conference, CEO East Africa Magazine’s Paul Murungi caught up with Fabian Kasi, Managing Director of Centenary Bank, for a quick dipstick on…

Old Mutual Investment Group Appoints Former NSSF MD Richard Byarugaba as Board Chairman; names Charles Ernest Hamya to its Board

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryAugust 13, 2025August 14, 2025

Old Mutual Investment Group has unveiled a strengthened governance bench with two strategic appointments: veteran financial services executive Richard Patrick Byarugaba as Board Chairman, and seasoned corporate leader Charles Ernest…