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While the rest of Uganda rants about the oil curse, somewhere, some other Ugandans are minting hard cash

by theceomaTop 10August 20, 2013February 20, 2014

By Taddewo Senyonyi   The story of Uganda’s nascent oil & gas, since the black gold was discovered a few years ago, has turned into a sort of mud and flower…

How committed is government to promoting tourism?

by theceomaTop 10August 17, 2013February 17, 2014

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…

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

by theceomaTop 10August 15, 2013January 15, 2014

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…

Fake products on sale: Mind what you consume

by theceomaTop 10August 14, 2013January 14, 2014

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…

Uganda Reinsurance to bolster Uganda’s insurance sector

by theceomaTop 10August 14, 2013February 14, 2014

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…

Jubilee Insurance thrives on innovation to be Market Leader

by theceomaTop 10August 13, 2013February 13, 2014

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…

‘Action not promises will transform agricultural sector’

by theceomaTop 10August 11, 2013February 11, 2014

By Patrick Kagenda  With agriculture contributing 22% of the country`s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 48% of the country`s export earnings and employing 77% of the population, which is mainly rural based, the sector…

5 years later, West African banks yet to cause the promised shakedown of Ugandan Banking industry

by theceomaTop 10August 10, 2013February 10, 2014

By Mark Muhumuza  In 2008, when Ecobank  subsidiary of the Ecobank Group, UBA Uganda  part of the UBA group and Global Trust Bank,  three commercial banks owned by Nigeria’s insurance behemoth Industrial…

Oil: Infrustructure hurdles to jump before the first drop

by theceomaTop 10July 14, 2013March 14, 2014

By Mark Muhumuza  With most of the downstream and upstream bills to govern Uganda’s oil sector having been passed by parliament only the Revenue Management Bill 2012, is yet to be debated…

AAR’s James Macharia brings wealth of experience to Uganda’s insurance industry

by theceomaTop 10July 14, 2013March 14, 2014

By Juddie Wangari  “To claim to be an expert, one must do the same thing for 10,000 times,