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Diageo CEO Debra Crew Steps Down, CFO Nik Jhangiani Named Interim Chief Executive

Paul MurungiC-Suite LeadershipThe Big StoryJuly 16, 2025July 17, 2025

In a surprise move, global beverage giant Diageo plc has announced the immediate departure of its Chief Executive Officer, Debra Crew, two years after officially taking the helm. The decision,…

Itha Wrap: Was Airtel Africa’s Account Loss the Last Straw That Ended Patricia Ithau’s Troubled Reign at WPP Scangroup?

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryJuly 15, 2025July 15, 2025

When Patricia Ithau took over as CEO of WPP Scangroup in March 2022, she was hailed as a seasoned executive with a decorated past at East African Breweries, Unilever, and…

How CAA Ignored Auditor General’s Recruitment Red Flags for Two Years—Until Museveni Intervened

Paul MurungiPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

For over two years, Uganda’s Civil Aviation Authority (UCAA) ignored major red flags from the Auditor General about irregular recruitment—an oversight that has now spiraled into a national scandal, culminating…

Justice George Wilson Kanyeihamba (1939–2025); A Towering Legal Mind, Statesman, and Fierce Guardian of Justice

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

Uganda has lost one of its most eminent legal scholars and outspoken guardians of the Constitution. Justice George Wilson Kanyeihamba, a retired Supreme Court Judge, renowned academic, human rights advocate,…

Uganda’s Rocket Healt Merger With Kenya’s MYDAWA: The Inside Story of Power Struggles, Founder’s Syndrome, and the Fight for Control

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

Dr. Davis Musinguzi was once hailed as a visionary for pioneering Uganda’s telemedicine frontier with Rocket Health — a bold venture that sought to redefine how millions of Ugandans accessed…

Africa’s Inequality Crisis: A Few are Growing Richer Amid a Rising Army of Poor People

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJuly 13, 2025July 13, 2025

It’s just after sunrise in the hills of Kapchorwa, eastern Uganda. A smallholder farmer, barefoot and bent over with age, tends to her coffee shrubs. She’s been growing the crop…

How Brian Mutungi is Powering Market by MoMo and MTN’s E-commerce Vision in Uganda

Kisakye ImaniThe Big StoryJuly 11, 2025July 12, 2025

From the humble days at DFCU Bank as a direct sales executive to enabling homeownership through mortgage financing at Stanbic Bank, it was clear that Brian Mutungi Tukahirwa had a…

3rd Generation Succession: Is Sagar Keshwala the Heir Apparent to the Multibillion-Dollar Keshwala Group?

Paul MurungiThe Big StoryJuly 10, 2025July 10, 2025

The Keshwala Group, one of Uganda’s largest privately held conglomerates, is undergoing a leadership transition that marks its third generation of family stewardship. Established in the 1950s as a small…

MTN Uganda Taps Airtel Zambia’s Sylvia Elsheikh as New Chief Marketing Officer

Paul MurungiExecutive ProfilesThe Big StoryJuly 9, 2025July 10, 2025

In a bold strategic move that underscores the intensifying competition in East Africa’s telecom sector, MTN Uganda has appointed Sylvia Elsheikh—formerly Chief Marketing Officer at Airtel Zambia—as its new Chief…

UDB, Ministry of Finance to Meet Over Ndere’s UGX 10 Billion Loan

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryJuly 9, 2025July 9, 2025

Uganda Development Bank (UDB) and Ministry of Finance will this week hold a meeting aimed at structuring a plan for the repayment of a UGX 10.5 billion loan due to…