Daniel Pettersson Archives – CEO East Africa

Three Ways Shipping: The Baitwa Brothers’ Riotous Decade of Court Battles and Their Bid for Reorganisation

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StorySeptember 26, 2025October 7, 2025

On September 4, 2025, Justice Susan Odongo of the Commercial Court Division of the High Court in Kampala ruled against an application by the Baitwa brothers and their company to…

How Bro-Group is reinventing itself into a major logistics player in Eastern Africa: New contracts, big on governance

CEO East Africa MagazineExecutive Profiles News & Analysis The Big StoryMay 30, 2024May 30, 2024

The story of Bro-Group is your typical Ugandan ingenuity and resilience against all odds, strung together by a dose of optimism for a better new day. In 1990, two brothers,…

New kids on the block, disrupt Hima Cement and Tororo Cement’s growth; Kampala Cement bites out UGX186bn chunk as Simba Cement forces industry price cuts

Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryOctober 27, 2019April 20, 2020

The Ugandan Cement Industry has historically been a playground for two rivals- Hima Cement and Tororo Cement, the latter being the market leader with about 55%-60% market share and Hima…