Author: Daniel Muwanguzi

MTN Uganda Limited has been ordered to pay more than Shs 2.3 billion in damages to its former senior manager, Richard Mwami. The High court found that the telecommunications company maliciously instigated Mwami’s prosecution in the multi-billion-shilling MTN Mobile Money fraud case. Mwami, who served as senior manager for MTN Village Phone before becoming senior manager for Public Access, was among several people charged following the theft of about Shs 16 billion from MTN’s Fundamo mobile money platform. Court heard that in December 2011, Mwami detected suspicious transactions on the platform and promptly alerted senior management, triggering investigations into the…

Pearl Bank, whose purpose is to foster prosperity for Ugandans, together with the delegation from Agence française de développement, AFD (the French Development Agency), led by H.E. Virgine Leroy, Ambassador of France to the Republic of Uganda, paid a visit to some of the key beneficiaries under the ongoing partnership with Pearl Bank, in Mbarara today. The visit follows the successful formalization of the Pearl Bank and AFD partnership in October last year, for a concessional credit line of €15 million UGX 60 billion and an additional €1 million (UGX 4 billion) in technical assistance aimed at boosting agricultural micro,…

The Africa Climate Collaborative at Makerere University, an initiative supported by the Mastercard Foundation, has launched a fully funded Youth Skilling Program aimed at equipping young people with practical, market-driven skills to unlock business opportunities and contribute to climate resilience. The program will begin with a pilot cohort of 50 youth drawn from Lwengo, Rakai and Yumbe districts, as part of a broader initiative that seeks to empower 500 young people over the eight years of its implementation. According to Prof. Gorettie Nabanoga, Programme Director of the Africa Climate Collaborative, the initiative was designed to support skilling young people who…

The National Drug Authority (NDA) has conducted an intelligence-led enforcement operation targeting the smuggling of poultry vaccines at f Uzima Chicken Factory and Quantum Foods Uganda in Kanyanya, (Kampala) and Seeta (Mukono). This operation led to the recovery of large quantities of smuggled poultry vaccines and related cold-chain equipment from Uzima Chicken Factory and Quantum Foods Uganda. During the operation more than 10 liquid nitrogen tanks used to store vaccines requiring extremely low temperatures, with multiple smuggled poultry vaccine consignments worth over UGX 100,000,000 were impounded. The suspects, Respect Khoza – Manager Operations Quantum Foods Uganda, Mulygete Anteneh – Production…

KCB Bank Uganda successfully hosted the second edition of the KCB East Africa Golf Tournament, which teed off at the Lake Victoria Serena Golf Resort & Spa. Organized in partnership with ICEA LION Insurance, Kenya Airways, CFAO, and Ruby Hospital, the tournament delivered a premier regional golfing experience.  This year’s event, under the theme “Roar on the Green,” drew over 180 players from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. The tournament was open to golfers of all ages who hold a valid handicap and are registered with a CDH ID. Participants competed in four-ball teams, in which the highest score…

Business leader Charles Mbire has set a powerful tone for Uganda’s investment community, telling participants at the inaugural SBG Securities Investor Day that integrity—not physical assets—is now the most valuable currency in modern business. Delivering the keynote address at the landmark event hosted by SBG Securities, a subsidiary of Stanbic Uganda Holdings, Mbire said Uganda’s entrepreneurs must recognise that trust, ethics and governance increasingly determine who gets capital, who earns partnerships and who sustains long‑term success. “Invest in your character and integrity before you invest in business,” Mbire told the audience of investors, policymakers and business leaders. “Financial institutions such…

In Uganda’s agricultural sector, the difference between potential and performance often comes down to access: access to finance, to knowledge, and to markets. For dfcu Bank, this is where its role as Uganda’s Agricultural Bank is most critical, enabling farmers to move beyond subsistence and into commercially viable, scalable businesses. Charles Oyuk’s journey brings this impact to life. A trained teacher from Eastern Uganda, Charles turned to poultry farming out of necessity, seeking a more sustainable way to support his family. He started small, with just 50 broiler chicks, and built his enterprise step by step through discipline, continuous learning,…

For years, retirement savings have seemed out of reach for many Ugandans working in the informal sector. But that is changing as the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) rolls out its SmartLife Flexi grassroots campaign, bringing social security services directly to communities across the country. The nationwide initiative is helping boda boda riders, farmers, traders, market vendors, artisans, mechanics, salon operators, tailors and other self-employed Ugandans access flexible retirement savings that match the realities of their daily incomes. Over the past several months, NSSF teams have travelled to various districts including; Omoro, Bududa, Sironko, Lira, Ggaba, Mubende, Kyegegwa, Kiryandongo and…

The Public Relations Association of Uganda (PRAU) has today launched the 5th National Public Relations Symposium at MultiChoice Uganda head offices in Kololo, Kampala Uganda. The symposium will take place on 3rd July at Golf Course Hotel in Kampala. The 5th National PR Symposium marks one of the flagship activities leading to PRAU’s official Golden Jubilee celebrations in October and will run under the theme, “Beyond Headlines: Strategic Communication for Effective Organisations,”. The event will bring together communications professionals, policymakers, corporate executives, development communication practitioners, government communicators, academia, students and international public relations experts to examine the evolving role of…

A wave of small artisans is using short-form video to find customers across borders that their products still can’t easily cross. Uganda’s tailoring trade is one of the clearest test cases yet — and it’s exposing exactly how much regional infrastructure has yet to catch up. KAMPALA, Uganda — Somewhere in the Kampala suburb of Nansana, a tailor films himself basting a jacket lining and posts it before lunch. Within hours, according to accounts of his business published this year, the comments under the video include people writing in from Nairobi, Kigali, Juba, and towns across West Africa, asking what…