Jessica Alupo Archives

Kate Kiiza, dfcu Bank’s Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer.

dfcu Bank champions success of female entrepreneurs through GROW project partnership

dfcu Bank has been unveiled as one of the key financial institutions that will champion and implement the GROW project across Uganda. GROW stands for Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women

September 3, 2024

Company News

Left-Right: Eugene Willemsen, the PepsiCo CEO of the Africa, Middle East & South Asia (AMESA) region; Dr. Amos Nzeyi, the Crown Beverages Limited Executive Chairman; The Vice President of Uganda, Rtd Major. Jessica Alupo; Paddy Muramiirah, the CBL CEO and former Prime Minister of Uganda, Hon. Ruhakana Rugunda tour the newly commissioned CBL bottling plant. At the back is Major General Jim Muhwezi Katugugu, the Cabinet Minister for National Security and Hon. Mwebesa Francis, Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives.

Crown Beverages celebrates 30 years of refreshing Uganda with a UGX340 billion expansion project

Crown Beverages Limited, the franchise bottler for PepsiCo, Inc., in Uganda has marked has today officially inaugurated its multimillion-dollar bottling plant at Kakungulu, Kajjansi Town Council, on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda’s

April 7, 2023

Company News·News & Analysis·The Big Story

Uganda's Vice President speaking at the UN General Assembly virtually

VP Alupo to UN: Hypocritical of nations that mismanaged environment to campaign to thwart efforts of other countries to responsibly develop oil and gas sectors

It is regrettable and hypocritical that some of the regions and nations that mismanaged the environment and are disproportionately responsible for global warming, have embarked on a rigorous campaign to thwart efforts

September 23, 2022

The Big Story

A collage showing some of the ministers in the current Uganda Cabinet. Left upper corner is Jessica Alupo, Vice President and Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja (top upper right corner)

KNOW YOUR MINISTER: Meet the men and women making up the current Ugandan Cabinet

Uganda is a country governed on a three-arm system: The Executive, Parliament and Judiciary. Section 111 of the 1995 Constitution of Uganda, as amended in 2005, states that: “There shall be a

July 12, 2022

The Big Story

Overall Winners, Kyebambe girls receiving a dummy cheque and laptops from the Stanbic CEO Anne Juuko

VP Jessica Alupo lauds Stanbic National Schools Championship as Kyebambe Student Project Wins 2021 Competition

The 6th Edition of the Stanbic National Schools Championship (NSC)came to a thrilling climax at the Sheraton Hotel Kampala, graced by the Vice President Jessica Alupo and State Minister for Youth, Sara

September 18, 2021

Company News·News & Analysis

Jessica Alupo, Winnie Byanyima, Dorothy Kisaka, Allen Kagina, Gladys Kalema, Stella Nyanzi and Rosebell Kagumire named among Africa’s 100 most influential women

Uganda Vice President Jessica Alupo; Kampala Capital City Authority Executive Director Dorothy Kisaka; Uganda National Roads Authority executive director Allen Kagina, UNAIDS Executive Director, Winnie Byanyima; Conservation Through Public Health Founder, Dr

September 1, 2021

The Big Story·Women In Leadership

Jessica Alupo (Left) has is Vice president while Robinah Nabbanja (Right) is Prime Minister for the Republic of Uganda as appointed by President Museveni.

JESSICA ALUPO AND ROBINAH NABBANJA: Who are the two most powerful women in Uganda today?

Parliament today vets Jessica Alupo and Robinah Nabbanja on their appointment as Vice president and Prime Minister respectively. But who are the two ladies? Here is a closer look at the profiles

June 10, 2021

Women In Leadership

President Museveni has chosen ladies to occupy top positions in the new Cabinet.

WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS: Females Scoop top Positions in New cabinet

After a lot of speculation, the long awaited new Cabinet list is out and in there are a lot of surprises in terms of new faces as well as the old cadres

June 9, 2021

Politics & Goverment·The Big Story