In the heart of Budondo Sub-County, Jinja, a quiet revolution in health and wellness is unfolding—powered by avocado seeds and the visionary mind of one woman: Mubeezi Irene Lydia, founder…
The government of South Sudan has strongly criticized what it perceives as biased and negative reporting by Uganda’s Daily Monitor newspaper, accusing the publication of undermining the cordial relations between…
Equity Bank Uganda Limited in partnership with KPMG and Daily Monitor has officially launched the 2024 Uganda Top 100 SME survey campaign under the theme: ‘Empowering SMEs for a Monetized Uganda: Catalysing Growth through Innovation, Sustainability, and Market Access.’ The campaign seeks to identify Uganda’s fastest-growing and medium-sized companies that demonstrate business excellence and showcase some of the country’s most successful and powerful entrepreneurship stories. The campaign targets SMEs with a turnover of UGX 360 million to UGX 25 billion engaging them in a 3-month survey which will culminate in a gala dinner in December. Equity Bank’s participation as the…
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In her bio on Linked-In, Susan Nsibirwa, the newly appointed managing director of Monitor Publications Limited describes herself as “an avid team player who believes in bringing out the best in everyone.” When she embarks on this new journey in January 3, 2024, she will have to fully summon this belief in the hope that revives an institution currently buffeted by a myriad of challenges. Nsibirwa was part of a cohort of young journalism graduates who joined Daily Monitor in 1992. Others in the group included Linda Nabusaayi, the former presidential press secretary and Laura Mulenga. Her beat was largely…
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Susan Nsibirwa, a Marketing Communications Consultant and experienced media executive, has been appointed by the Nation Media Group, to head its Uganda unit, CEO East Africa Magazine can exclusively reveal. She has prior to the appointment been a Board Member of the company amongst other roles. She replaces Tony Glencross whose 9-year tenure comes to an end, on December 31st. Under Glencross, who assumed leadership in March 2015, NMG- Uganda has been restructured and turned around into a profit-making multimedia business. She comes in at a critical time when NMG Uganda is kickstarting a 5-year digital-first strategy that will see…
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It has been announced that your time at Nation Media Group comes to an end at the end of December 2023. It has been quite a run. Do recap for us your time at Monitor Publications Limited. It’s been a significant journey in terms of what Monitor Publications was, and what Monitor Publications is, now. When I took over, we had just had a terrible year⏤2014. I think that was the worst year in many years. So from March 2015 when I joined, it was, really just about consolidating, putting systems in place, and focusing on the small things. The…
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Uganda, in the East African region, has one of the most liberal media landscapes with more than 5 newspapers, 40 free-to-air TV channels, and nearly 300 radio stations. Four media groups however stand out and possibly control more than 50% of the media landscape- both in audiences and revenues. They are the government-owned Vision Group and the privately held Nation Media Group, Next Media Services and Radio Africa Group Limited. Nation Media Group, is the parent for Monitor Publications Limited which owns Daily/Saturday/Sunday Monitor newspapers as well as 90.4 Dembe FM radio, 93.3 KFM radio station, Daily Monitor e-paper, The…
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Two Justices of the Appellate Court have directed the Daily Monitor newspaper to pay Pius Bigirimana, a total sum of UGX450 million as compensatory damages for defaming him in a series of articles published on several dates between 2012 and 2015. Bigirimana at the time served as the Permanent Secretary to the Office of the Prime Minister before he was transferred to Gender Ministry in the same capacity. Currently, he is the Permanent Secretary to the Judiciary. The judgment delivered on Thursday, 5th January 2023, by the court’s Deputy Registrar followed an appeal by Daily Monitor, challenging the judgement of…
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The two Uganda mainstream English newspapers, The New Vision and Daily Monitor, combined, sold 5% less newspapers in Q1, 2019 compared to a year ago, in Q1, 2018. According the…
