Financial Inclusion

Pearl Bank Wins Top Agri-SME Lender Award as Aceli Africa Charts Next Phase of Agricultural Finance

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryFebruary 19, 2026February 19, 2026

Pearl Bank has been named Best Agri-SME Lender at the Aceli Africa Uganda Stakeholder Roundtable, in a recognition that underscores the bank’s growing influence in agricultural financing. The bank’s Supervisor…

Finance Trust Bank becomes a Tier II Credit Institution: 10 things you must know

Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryFebruary 5, 2026February 8, 2026

To begin with, the licence downgrade was not the result of weak performance or regulatory distress. Rather, it stemmed from structural shifts in Uganda’s banking regulatory framework. In recent years,…

Innovative Interventions Ensuring Cross-border Banking keeps pace with growing trade and travel across East Africa

Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJanuary 30, 2026January 30, 2026

Cross-border banking is an important feature of the global financial system. This explains why banks are expanding beyond their home countries, to follow and accommodate customers, be able to finance…

From Seasons to Systems: Rethinking How Uganda Finances Agriculture.

CEO East Africa MagazineThought LeadershipJanuary 29, 2026January 29, 2026

By Annette Kiconco At the start of every planting season, thousands of Ugandan farmers confront the same calculation: when to plant, how much to invest, and whether to absorb risk…

Bank of Uganda Approves Finance Trust Bank’s Application to Downgrade to a Credit Institution

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryJanuary 29, 2026January 30, 2026

The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has approved the transition of Finance Trust Bank Limited from a Tier I commercial banking licence to a Tier II credit institution licence, marking the…

EBO SACCO links with Equity to break financial barriers

Brian EmorutBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsJanuary 19, 2026January 19, 2026

In a financial sector often driven by balance sheets and bottom lines, Joseph Mugume has spent 25 years proving that sustainable growth begins with people. As Chief Executive Officer of…

dfcu Bank Unveils Nationwide ‘School Fiiz! Weight Off!’ Campaign Ahead of Term One

Brian EmorutBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsJanuary 13, 2026January 13, 2026

As schools across Uganda reopen for the first term of the academic year, dfcu Bank has rolled out a nationwide back-to-school campaign aimed at easing the heavy financial burden that…

Centenary Bank, Bees & Trees Uganda Partner to Restore Mbale’s Degraded Land

Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJanuary 2, 2026January 5, 2026

Centenary Bank and Bees and Trees Uganda launched the Coffee Agroforestry for Environment and Livelihood Enhancement initiative, aimed at restoring degraded land, promoting environmental conservation, improving livelihoods, and strengthening financial…

Uganda’s insurance industry in 2025: A year of growth, consolidation, and reckoning

Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryDecember 30, 2025February 28, 2026

There are years when an industry grows quietly, and then there are years when it changes character. For Uganda’s insurance industry, 2025 was unmistakably a change of character. Viewed from…

When health falters, hope should not: why every Ugandan deserves care that protects dignity

Editorial, CEO East AfricaNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipDecember 26, 2025December 26, 2025

By Maryann Wanjiku Michuki  There is a truth many of us quietly live with: in Uganda, one medical emergency can change everything. A Twitter user once captured it painfully well…