Management Archives

How committed is government to promoting tourism?

By Silvia Nyambura Tourism, together with agriculture, manufacturing, mining, oil & gas, forestry and housing, have been identified by the government of Uganda as key sectors that will drive the country Vision

August 17, 2013

Business & Markets

Exposed:Uganda`s affordable and most expensive banks

By Taddewo Senyonyi Many people make banking decisions for example, opening an account, taking a loan etc without enough comparative information. In this article, The CEO Magazine, using latest figures from Bank

August 17, 2013

The Big Story

Report card: Mazen’s first year at MTN Uganda as CEO

By Mark Muhumuza In June 2012, Uganda’s largest telecom company, MTN Uganda, brought in a new CEO, Mazen Mroue. At the time, the company was going through a series of reputational challenges

August 17, 2013

The Big Story

Corporate Bonds: A missing link for Uganda’s blossoming companies to raise cheap capital

By Mark Muhumuza It is widely noticed by consensus that bonds are considered a boring but rather less complex subject to write or even talk about. This, perhaps, is directly linked to lack of

August 15, 2013

Business & Markets

Japheth Katto: The “Father

By Mark Muhumuza In 1998, Japheth Katto left a well paying job at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) in the United Kingdom, to be part of the team that set up Uganda’s

August 15, 2013

The Big Story

Fake products on sale: Mind what you consume

It’s a public secret that Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) has failed to handle fake products in Uganda, and rightly so if reports that the entity is underfunded and understaffed are

August 14, 2013

Business & Markets

Uganda Reinsurance to bolster Uganda’s insurance sector

By Silvia Nyambura Reinsurance refers to the practice of insurers transferring portions of risk portfolios to other parties by some form of agreement in order to reduce the likelihood of having to

August 14, 2013

Business & Markets

Jubilee Insurance thrives on innovation to be Market Leader

By Silvia Nyambura In a country where the insurance industry is grappling with low penetration levels and lack of awareness about insurance, insurance companies have had to find innovative ways to stay in business.

August 13, 2013

Business & Markets

Liberalisation of the pension sector is well on course–Pension regulator

By Taddewo Senyonyi On June 28, 2011, the president of Uganda Yoweri Kaguta Museveni assented into law the Uganda Retirement Benefits Regulatory Authority (URBRA) Act 2011, with a major aim of regulating

August 13, 2013

The Big Story

UAP ventures into real estate, injects in $30m

By Mark Muhumuza Two brightly shinning buildings have given a formerly dull, shanty looking area of Nakawa 4kms from East of Kampala a new glossy look. For the last two years, it

August 12, 2013

The Big Story

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