FACTS BEHIND THE FIGURES: 1-on-1 with MTN Uganda’s Sylvia Mulinge 

by Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisQ + AsWomen In LeadershipMarch 12, 2024March 12, 2024

Congratulations upon what is your first full year results⏤ strong double-digit growth across all the major fundamentals. First of all, this was your first assignment as CEO; in a new…

Who are the big-ticket lawyers defending defence contractor, Molly Katanga and who must they beat to set her free?

by Paul MurungiNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryThe LawyerMarch 5, 2024March 5, 2024

The case pits the state against powerful businesswoman and defence contractor, Molly Katanga and her co-accused ⏤ Kakwenza Patricia, Nkwanzi Martha Katanga, Otai Charles and Amanyire George.  The state accuses…

#RisingUgandanExecutives: Patrick Ssekidde, Senior Specialist- Economics/Statistics, Office of the Auditor General

by CEO East Africa MagazineCompany NewsProfilesMarch 2, 2024March 2, 2024

Patrick Ssekidde is a Senior Specialist- Economics/Statistics with the Office of the Auditor General, which is the Supreme Audit Institution of Uganda charged with promoting good governance, transparency and effective…

Stanbic Uganda Appoints Grace Semakula as New SBG Securities Chief Executive

by Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsProfilesThe Big StoryMarch 1, 2024March 1, 2024

Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) has appointed Grace Semakula as the new Chief Executive for SBG Securities Uganda Limited (SBGS) and by virtue of that position, an Executive Director on…

NO ORDINARY CFO: From risk management to risk taking; meet Rocket Health’s Fiona Nuwamanya

by Muhereza KyamuteteraProfilesThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipFebruary 27, 2024February 27, 2024

The evolving role of the CFO to Chief Value Officer has taken centre stage in recent years with organisations and CFOs themselves demanding to take more and curving out more…

Anne Juuko to take up Nairobi-based Standard Bank Regional Global Markets role this April

by Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipFebruary 23, 2024March 5, 2024

Stanbic Uganda’s Chief Executive, Anne Juuko will take up her new role as Standard Bank’s Regional Head, Global Markets, this April, CEO East Africa Magazine, can exclusively reveal. According to…

Alice Namuli Blazevic⏤ A technology lawyer extraordinaire

by Muhereza KyamuteteraProfilesThe Big StoryThe LawyerFebruary 23, 2024February 23, 2024

She is a Partner and Head of the Technology and Innovation practice at KATS – Katende, Ssempebwa & Company Advocates one of Uganda’s leading 5 law firms. She has a…

Stanbic Bank Uganda’s Executive Director, Emma Mugisha joins Access Bank Plc

by Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipFebruary 13, 2024February 23, 2024

Emma Mugisha, the current Executive Director and Head of Business Banking at Stanbic Bank Uganda has been picked by Nigeria’s pan-African Access Bank Plc, for a continental regional role, that…

Women Breaking the Insurance Glass Ceiling: Ritah Mutesi Kabayiza, Executive Director, Willis Towers Watson Uganda

by Muhereza KyamuteteraProfilesThe Big StoryWomen in BusinessWomen In LeadershipFebruary 2, 2024February 2, 2024

While the gender gap in the insurance industry has over time narrowed to 51.78% male and 48.22% female at the end of 2022, the gap remains wide, especially at the…

Billionaires: Anand Kapoor quit his job to set up a forex bureau. Now he owns Pearl Dairies that manufactures Lato Milk

by CEO ReporterBillionairesThe Big StoryJanuary 29, 2024January 29, 2024

Twenty seven years ago, Anand Kapoor left an MBA course in India to take up a job on a treasury and forex desk at a Ugandan bank. After 18 months…