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    John Paul Semyalo, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Pebuu Africa, a fast-growing fintech and last-mile financial infrastructure company helping banks across Africa manage and scale their agent banking networks through technology, field supervision, and data-driven oversight. Under his leadership, Pebuu has built a nationwide network of supervisors and digital tools that strengthen compliance, reduce fraud, and expand financial access in remote and underserved communities.

    Pebuu’s John Paul Ssemyalo: Reimagining Africa’s Agent Banking and Last-Mile Digital Economy for Efficiency and Scale

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryMarch 8, 2026March 9, 2026

    As agent banking accelerates across Africa, moving trillions of shillings annually and expanding deep into trading centres, border towns, and island communities, the real challenge is no longer access. It…

    Inside Uganda’s Auditor General’s Report: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

    Paul MurungiThe Big StoryJanuary 30, 2026January 30, 2026

    Uganda’s Auditor General Edward Akol has issued a wide-ranging warning to Parliament: the country is collecting more revenue than ever, yet persistent weaknesses in procurement, project execution, asset management, staffing,…

    OPINION: The Role of RDCs, MPs in Countering Theft of Government Medicines in Public Health Facilities

    theceomaPolitics & GovermentThought LeadershipJanuary 17, 2023January 17, 2023

    By Mike Ssegawa While President Museveni was launching the National Medical Stores (NMS) pharmaceutical warehouse in Kajjansi, off Entebbe road, in November 2022, he made a statement on drug theft…

    National Medical Stores (NMS) gets 3 nominations in NITA-U Excellence Awards

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisDecember 9, 2021December 9, 2021

    National Medical Stores (NMS), a government entity mandated to procure, store and distribute essential medicines to mainly public health facilities, has been nominated for NITA-U Excellence Awards. NMS+CSSP and NMS,…

    100 WOMEN FIXING UGANDA: Sheila Nduhukire, Principal Public Relations Officer National Medical Stores

    CEO ReporterWomen In LeadershipJune 30, 2021June 30, 2021

    Sheila Nduhukire, is the new Principal Public Relations Officer at National Medical Stores (NMS). Prior to her role at NMS, she was a news anchor at NBS of Next Media…

    MPs Call for Merging of NMS as PAC Report pins Entity over Expenditures, Inflating Drug Prices

    Thembo Kahungu MisairiPolitics & GovermentMay 7, 2021May 7, 2021

    Parliament has approved a report of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with strong recommendations against the National Medical Stores (NMS) which has been faulted for inflating prices for essential medicine…

    Sheila Nduhukire new Principal Public Relations Officer at National Medical Stores

    CEO ReporterThought LeadershipApril 11, 2021April 11, 2021

    Next Media Services senior news anchor Sheila Nduhukire, has been appointed the Principal Public Relations Officer at National Medical Stores (NMS). She replaces Dan Kimosho, who retired last year to…

    NMS Rallies Health Facilities to Follow Drugs’ Delivery Schedules

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsFebruary 18, 2021February 18, 2021

    The National Medical Stores (NMS) has called upon all government health facilities to submit their medicine requests within the set deadlines according to the Store’s delivery schedule to enhance availability…

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