Electricity is the invisible architecture upon which modern societies are built. It powers industry, sustains healthcare systems, enables education, fuels technological advancement, and underwrites national competitiveness. For Uganda, aspiring toward industrialization, accelerated urbanization, and deeper regional integration, reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity is no longer optional, it is strategic, foundational, and existential. Yet, despite its centrality to national development, Uganda’s electricity sector has, for more than two decades, been defined less by cohesion than by contention. Public dissatisfaction has persisted. Institutions have traded accusations. Operators have blamed regulators; regulators have faulted operators; policymakers have distanced themselves from outcomes. Since the…
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Mobile money agents are the engine of Uganda’s everyday economy, and this is most visible on weekends. From Friday evening through Sunday, transaction volumes surge as customers trade, pay, and move money. The dfcu Weekend Agent Float Loan was designed with one clear purpose: to ensure agents never lose business simply because they have run out of float when demand is highest. Douglas Nidoi, Ecosystems Manager at dfcu Bank, answers some of the most frequently asked questions about the product. Q: What is the dfcu Weekend Agent Float Loan? A: The dfcu Weekend Agent Float Loan is a short-term, fully…
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Jubilee Life Insurance’s Marketing and Communications Manager on clarity, courage, resilience, and redefining success beyond busyness. In the tricky world of insurance, where reputation is fragile and every message carries weight, marketing is not about noise. It is about meaning. Few professionals understand this better than Camila Mindru, Marketing and Communications Manager at Jubilee Life Insurance. Her career has unfolded in a sector shaped by regulation, competition, evolving customer expectations, and constant pressure to deliver results, quickly and visibly. Yet, over time, Camila has learned that the most powerful impact does not come from doing everything but from doing the…
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Have you ever wondered what truly distinguishes a successful CEO from the rest? Beyond titles, corner offices, and headline results, what habits sustain leaders at the very top? That is especially in environments marked by volatility, regulation, rapid technological change, and heightened stakeholder scrutiny. In Uganda’s evolving business landscape, chief executives are leading institutions that carry enormous economic, social, and national significance. From telecommunications and banking to insurance, capital markets, energy, real estate, and pharmaceutical manufacturing, these leaders operate at the intersection of people, capital, and long-term responsibility. Their decisions ripple far beyond balance sheets, shaping livelihoods, markets, and public…
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Airtel Africa on Tuesday announced an agreement with SpaceX to introduce Starlink Direct-to-Cell satellite connectivity across all its 14 markets that serve 174 million customers. Through this partnership, Airtel Africa customers with compatible smartphones in regions without terrestrial coverage can have network connectivity through Starlink, which is the world’s largest 4G connectivity provider (by geographic reach). The satellite-to-mobile service will begin in 2026 with data for select applications and text messaging. This agreement also includes support for Starlink’s first broadband Direct to Cell system, with next-generation satellites that will be capable of providing high-speed connectivity to smartphones with 20x improved data speed. The…
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Centenary Bank has donated 10 computers to Our Lady of Consolata-Kisubi Hospital in a move aimed at strengthening digital health systems, improving patient record management and enhancing the overall quality of healthcare service delivery at the facility. The computers were officially handed over by the Managing Director of Centenary Bank, Mr. Fabian Kasi at the hospital premises and witnessed by the management and staff of Kisubi Hospital, representatives from Centenary Bank and other invited guests. Speaking at the handover, Mr. Kasi reaffirmed Centenary Bank’s commitment to supporting communities through targeted investments that address real societal needs particularly in health, education…
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Uganda’s business and leadership elite convened on Sunday, December 14th, afternoon for an intimate and highly curated Johnnie Walker Blue Club experience, hosted by renowned businessman and philanthropist Bob Kabonero at his private residence in Kololo. Synonymous with prestige and refinement, the Johnnie Walker Blue Club is an invitation-only platform that brings together distinguished leaders to connect, converse, and celebrate excellence over the world’s most exceptional Scotch whisky. Sunday’s gathering marked the final Blue Club experience of the year, offering members a fitting close to 2025. An Invitation-Only Gathering of Influence The guest list reflected the stature of the occasion….
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For ten years, the Stanbic National Schools Championship (NSC) has steadily established itself as one of Uganda’s most effective youth development initiatives. Designed to strengthen practical skills, encourage innovation and stimulate enterprise at school level, the programme has become a reference point for how corporate partnerships can contribute to national progress. On 11 December 2025, during the 5th Uganda Marketing Excellence Awards (UMEAS) ceremony held at the Kampala Serena Hotel, NSC received two major awards at the event organised by Evolve Group Africa. NSC won the Best Use of Sustainability Award and the Best Not-for-Profit/Social Good Campaign Award. This recognition…
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The Petroleum Authority of Uganda’s Corporate Affairs Manager on courage, calling, loss, leadership, and living a life aligned with purpose. In Uganda’s rapidly evolving oil and gas sector, an industry layered with complexity, scrutiny, political sensitivity, technical sophistication, and high public expectations, communication is not a function; it is a responsibility. Few professionals have carried that responsibility with as much steadiness, clarity, and grace as Gloria Sebikari, Manager of Corporate Affairs at the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU). Her career has unfolded across the rise of Uganda’s petroleum industry. From the early exploration stage, the policy and regulatory foundations, the…
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Mobile money is the backbone of Uganda’s everyday economy. With over 30 million registered accounts and trillions of shillings transacted every month, mobile money powers how Ugandans pay, trade, and support one another. Much of this activity peaks on weekends. Across the country, Saturdays and Sundays record some of the highest transaction volumes, driven by market days, travel, social functions, remittances, and informal trade. For mobile money agents in taxi parks, trading centres, and neighbourhood kiosks, weekends are often the most profitable days of the week. Yet they have also been the most frustrating. When demand is highest, access to…
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