Ruth Ajuna is living proof of how determination and access to the right financial support can transform lives. A farmer and entrepreneur from Hoima District, Ruth has cultivated a thriving...
dfcu Bank partnered with the Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited (UWEAL) to empower and recognize the achievements of women entrepreneurs at the Annual Women Business Leadership Conference 2024 and Award...
Lynette Akol is the proprietor of Krystal Ice Limited (KIL), a company that prides itself in producing a variety of ice products ranging from ice flakes, ice cubes, healthy and...
Arise Kollections manufactures and distributes high-end leather and textile fashion accessories such as handbags, footwear, jewellery, and hand-woven items to several foreign and local markets. Mrs. Kitumba’s luck came in 2012...
As part of its continued commitment to empowering and uplifting women in business across Uganda, MTN Uganda this week unveiled a group of 118 exceptional women entrepreneurs that the telco...
Anne Juuko, the Chief Executive Officer of Uganda’s Stanbic Bank; Ruth Zaipuna, the Chief Executive Officer of Tanzania’s leading bank, NMB Bank Plc and Jane Karuku, the Group Chief Executive…
Ecobank, the leading pan-African bank, on Monday March 7th, 2022, announced the launch of a revamped Ellevate program focused on giving women-owned businesses; businesses with a high percentage of female…
Jyotsna Ruparelia Jyotsna is a director of Ruparelia Group of Companies and also a co-founder of the Ruparelia Foundation and she heads the grants division. She is an active board member of several…
Uganda’s Doreen Nsasiirwe, the proprietor of Kisoro Pure Honey has won the WOMED Award South 2022. The WOMED Award is a prize for the entrepreneur of the year, which is…
The Women Entrepreneurship for Africa (WE4A) program is kicking off with 100 women-led startups selected to join its high-impact program focused on startup growth for employment creation. The initiative focuses…
The Strathmore University Business School has trained 86 women running small businesses in the Kibera slums in Nairobi on financial literacy and business management. For these women, their small businesses…
Evelyn Namara, through her platform Vouch Digital, helps NGOs and governments running cash-based programmes to track their impact while eliminating the need for intermediaries who often reduce value in the…
Susan Namulindwa, is a Canada-based Namagunga old girl, the Founder and Executive Director of Africa Trade Desk and also the Vice President, Canada-Africa Chamber of Business and Board Chair of…
Yogi Birigwa is a household name in the Ugandan and Africa’s aviation and tourism industries. Yogi, as she is known, has built an industrious career in the aviation and tourism…
You describe Priority Banking as a segment built fundamentally on wealth management. What wealth creation options do you have for your clients? With over 30 years of experience in the…
