CSR in Uganda Archives

Beyond CSR – Why the Private Sector Must Become Co-Creators of Social Change in Uganda

Editorial, CEO East AfricaThought LeadershipSeptember 1, 2025October 17, 2025

For decades, “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) has been the catch-all phrase for how companies give back to society. However, the traditional model of CSR, often characterised by photo-op donations, short-term…

Airtel Uganda and Huawei support the digitalisation of social services in Kanungu District

CEO ReporterCompany NewsOctober 17, 2023October 17, 2023

Telco, Airtel Uganda, together with Huawei Technologies, have joined hands to extend the benefits of internet connectivity to teachers, health workers, social workers and local leaders in Kanungu District by…

BIG GROUP WITH A BIG HEART: Ruparelia Foundation creates early Christmas for 5,000 disadvantaged children

CEO ReporterCompany NewsDecember 16, 2020December 16, 2020

Christmas is usually a time for making merry and celebrations, but not everyone can quite afford the celebration, especially the children in orphanages and childcare centres. To take the joy…

The smartest way to give back to the community- the classic case of Coca-Cola’s Covid-19 community response in Uganda

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News The Big StoryOctober 5, 2020October 5, 2020

In the history of Uganda, there probably has never been any single national cause, that has brought together Uganda and Ugandans alike- individual and corporate, than the Covid-19 fundraising drive….

Ridding Kampala of plastic waste, while providing toilet access to Kampala’s urban poor— inside the Ruparelia Foundation’s slums eco-toilet project

CEO ReporterCompany NewsOctober 2, 2020August 27, 2024

They say two wrongs don’t make a right, but for the Ruparelia Foundation, the charity arm of the Ruparelia Group, two of Kampala’s biggest environmental and sanitation problems—plastic waste and…