In Uganda’s manufacturing landscape, where few family businesses live to see a second generation, the story of Crest Foam is a rare and remarkable show of resilience, reinvention, and a powerful mother-daughter partnership. Crest Foam sits on the eastern edge of Kampala, nestled between other factories and warehouses in the Ntinda Industrial Area. It is a quiet giant that hums to life every morning with rolls of flexible foam gliding down production lines. And for every mattress produced, another Ugandan family, somewhere across the country, gets to sleep on a product born from one family’s resilience. But behind the rise…
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To unpack the complex intersection of leadership, governance, and organizational resilience, CEO East Africa Magazine’s Paul Murungi sat down with Trevor Ariho, Chief Executive Officer of the League of East…
9th October 1962 – in a highly anticipated ceremony, the official flag for Uganda was hoisted, to signify the end of colonial rule and the start of a new era of Independence for the country. Uganda had been a British Protectorate from 1984 and on the same day, the Union Jack, the national flag of the United Kingdom was lowered. Two years after the historic National Independence Day, dfcu Limited opened its doors. Originally, it was set up as a development finance institution by the UK’s Colonial (later Commonwealth) Development Corporation (CDC) and the Government of Uganda. Six decades and…
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Silvia Nyambura Smart Telecom has become the 7th player to join Uganda’s competitive telecom sector after having bought off Sure Telecom’s operations in Uganda as well as established in Tanzania and Burundi in a US$ 300 million investment. The telecom which is owned by the Aga Khan Group under the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) launches months after an online campaign that aimed at getting the public to pick a name for the company in what they termed as an innovative customer focused idea. Addressing the media at the launch event held at the company offices in Kampala…
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By Patrick Kagenda A two day forum organized by the World Bank ended March 13,2014 in Kigali Rwanda where the World Bank,in collaboration with H.E. Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, hosted the forum with a theme Higher Education for Science, Technology and Innovation: Accelerating Africa’s Aspirations. The high level event that was telecast live via www.livestream.com/worldbankafrica, brought together ministers of education and higher education, and experts from the academia and the private sector. The forum highlighted the critical role that science, technology, and innovation can play in shaping Africa’s future in the 21st century, and drew attention to priorities…
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Silvia Nyambura In fulfilling part of its corporate social responsibility, Vivo Energy the distributers of Shell products in Uganda has introduced a road safety education program to raise awareness in a bid to reduce road carnage. The program which it is running in partnership with the Uganda traffic police , schools and Safe Kids Uganda aims at training over 2400 boda boda riders and school children in a bid to inculcate a road safety culture among them through increased awareness. Vivo Energy MD Hans Paulsen said 1.3 million people die in road accidents annually on a global scale while Uganda…
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By Our Reporter Following what transpired in a stakeholders meeting held on February 25, 2014 at Imperial Royale Hotel during a meeting which the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury had recommended in an earlier meeting to consider the proposals in the Retirement Benefits Sector Liberalization Bill to enable concrete proposals to be made on the Clauses of the Bill on which stakeholders had concerns, Keith Muhakanizi has now come out to clear the air on what is being said that the bill had been withdrawn from parliament. In a document circulated to media houses Muhakanizi says, “I want…
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By our Reporter The UK`s Department for International Development (Dfid) has given a financial boost of £1m (about Ushs.4billion) to 12 districts in North and Eastern Uganda to improve food and incomes among 1,600 farmers and Send a Cow Uganda (SACU), a local NGO with over 25 years experience in livelihoods improvement across the country will implement the three year grant. According to the Send a Cow Executive Director, Esther Nalubwama Ssempebwa, the money will be used to help families intensify agricultural productivity through sustainable organic farming, livestock production, animal traction, start up seed, and promoting gender equality. According to…
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By Our Reporter According to a just released Wealth Report compiled by Knight Frank on wealthy individuals in Africa, the number of multi-millionaires in Africa will grow at a faster rate than anywhere else in the world over the next 10 years. The report says Africa also leads the way in Knight Frank’s Luxury Hotspot research, which identifies the areas of growth for luxury brands over the next ten years. The number of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWIs) (individuals with more than US$30m or more in net assets) across the world has grown by 59% since 2003, but in…
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