Hardly two years after arriving in Uganda to take up her very first CEO role at Uganda’s largest telco, MTN Uganda, Sylvia Mulinge has emerged as Uganda’s most admired CEO, in the CEO East Africa Magazine’s inaugural 100 Leading & Most Admired CEOs In Uganda Survey. The 2-in-1 CEO East Africa Magazine’s Most Trusted and Respected Companies & The Most Admired CEOs in Uganda Survey 2024 is part of the magazine’s thought leadership agenda that seeks to create a body of knowledge on what exactly great companies and great leaders are made of, as well as recognise them. “This, we…
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Experts and government officials participating in the recently concluded Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance Symposium have all underscored the need for the government, the private sector and not-for-profits to adopt big data analytics and artificial intelligence for efficient and evidence-based decision-making. Organised by Task Managers Limited, one of a few data analytics firms in Kampala, the symposium brought together leaders in government, the private sector, not-for-profits and academia to, among others, explore the role of data analytics and artificial intelligence in driving social-economic transformation in Uganda. The event, held on the 14th of November at the Kampala Sheraton…
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Insolvency practice has become global and dynamic in nature to the extent that, key players in insolvency practice require continued training and sensitisation about new critical insolvency practical aspects. Business has been identified as one of the biggest lifebloods to Uganda’s economy. It creates jobs, increases productivity, and generates growth. Restructuring and insolvency is an essential part of this system and is vital for ensuring that Uganda maintains its reputation as one of the best places in the East African Region to do business. To support the strengthening of the Judiciary’s and Insolvency Practitioners’ capacity to handle and resolve insolvency…
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The Financial Year 2021/2022 closed off for the Uganda Registration Services Bureau on a high note. The Bureau surpassed their set targets by over 125% marshalled by improved economic recovery that is enhancing formalization away from the slowdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The varied social economic effects of the pandemic in the reporting period had a slow-down impact on most sectors, but strategic interventions reversed the negative trends setting pace for the super performance. Throughout this period, URSB continued to play its core role of formalizing the economy and facilitating private sector development and competitiveness by allowing many, individual…
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Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) Registrar General, Mercy K. Kainobwisho has won the inaugural Africa Brand Leadership Award. The award recognizes corporate, industry and public service leaders who have been a catalyst for growth and development of made in Africa brands. On Africa Day, 25 May 2022, Brand Africa announced the 12th annual global results of Brand Africa 100 | Africa’s Best Brands. Subsequent to the global results, on 03 June 2022, Brand Africa in partnership with Publics Africa released the best brands in East Africa and Uganda at the Sheraton Hotel in Kampala, Uganda. Announcing Kainobwisho’s award, Thebe Ikalefeng,…
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The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) together with the Judicial Training Institute have trained Judicial Officers who adjudicate and administer justice in insolvency disputes. The training equipped Judicial Officers with the latest knowledge and skills of Insolvency law on how businesses can be supported to build resilience in order to survive and be successful in an increasingly uncertain world, especially after the impact left by the COVID-19 pandemic. The training was held at the Mestil Hotel on Wednesday 23rd March and Thursday 24th March, 2022. Insolvency practitioners ranging from lawyers, accountants, chartered secretaries, financial experts were trained on the latest…
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By Mercy K. Kainobwisho Pupils and students will finally be reporting back physically to regular school programming after a long wait of disruption attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic. While most of them have outgrown both their uniforms and class levels from 2019, one thing remains clear; they need support now more than ever to transition and settle back into normal student life. The long break has adversely affected their social and physical development. It is a fact that economic hardships have hit households with some parents losing their source of income and some children being left orphaned. As the economy…
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The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) has donated various items to the Mapeera Bakateyamba home for vulnerable people in Kampala. The donations included sugar, rice, posho, salt, soap, flour, eggs, toilet paper and beans. Handing over the items, URSB Registrar General Mercy K.Kainobwisho said the donation was in line with the organisation’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy and promised that the Bureau will continue to support the needy. “We care about the communities in which we operate. As such, we try as much as possible to look out for their needs and make our contribution, however small it is,” Kainobwisho…
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By Mercy K. Kainobwisho In Uganda, traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and genetic resources in the context of intellectual property are not widely understood by a number of people. Majority of indigenous and grassroots population still rely on traditional knowledge for information and livelihood. Traditional knowledge informs scientific innovation and has been credited for growth of some major economies. Traditional Knowledge (TK) refers to knowledge, know-how, skills and practices that are developed, sustained and passed on from generation to generation within a community, often forming part of its cultural or spiritual identity. Examples include, among others knowledge about traditional…
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The Uganda Registration Services Bureau (URSB) as part of their All- digital, All-online strategy has today launched an Intellectual Property (IP) Online Filing (Front Office) System that is designed to enable the public file for IP protection remotely over the internet. The tool is used for receiving Intellectual property applications for trademarks. The system will enable IP rights holders with access to the internet to be able to file their applications with URSB from the comfort of their homes. The futuristic system is a result of collaboration between URSB and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EU-IPO) through the Africa…
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