Arena Mall Archives – CEO East Africa

Inside Uganda’s Property Market: Broll Uganda’s Moses Lutalo on Sector Realities and the Signals Investors Can’t Ignore

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryDecember 6, 2025December 5, 2025

When I sit down with Moses Lutalo, the Managing Director of Broll Uganda, the conversation quickly settles on the forces reshaping Uganda’s real estate landscape: financing pressures, currency volatility, talent…

The curious case of Kampala’s Metroplex Shopping Mall⏤ why are tenants and shoppers cautious?

Paul MurungiBusiness & Markets News & Analysis The Big StoryJune 5, 2024June 5, 2024

For quite a long time, the sprawling and magnificent Metroplex Shopping Mall, in the upscale Naalya suburb along the Kampala Northern By-Pass highway on the outskirts of Kampala city, has raised a lot of questions about its viability as a major real estate investment. A recent online debate on the X social media platform placed the shopping mall into a critical…

RESTAURANT REVIEW: A day at Cafesserie’s third Ugandan outlet at the new Arena Mall

CEO ReporterLifestyle The Big Story The Executive TravelerJanuary 15, 2022January 15, 2022

Cafesserie popped up on the market without much ceremony round about 2014 – I think. I can’t really remember when. What I do remember was catching up with an old…