Nabisunsa Career Expo empowering the Girl Child
By Silvia Nyambura Nabisunsa Girls’ School on 18th June held its Career Tour & Expo. Organized through the institution’s careers department in partnership with Victoria University, the event is...
View ArticleMicrosoft unveils 3 additional Smartphones
By Silvia Nyambura Microsoft has today introduced a new range of phones comprising Lumia 540, Lumia 640XL and the Lumia 430 Dual SIM in Uganda. This is in line with the company’s promise to deliver...
View ArticleStakeholder partnerships key in East Africa’s Internet infrastructure...
By Silvia Nyambura The East African region has made tremendous achievements in terms of investments in internet infrastructure. Over the past 5 years, the region’s bandwidth has multiplied 20 fold...
View ArticleStakeholder partnerships key for East Africa’s internet infrastructure...
By Silvia Nyambura The East African region has made tremendous achievements in terms of investments in internet infrastructure. Over the past 5 years, the region’s bandwidth has multiplied 20 fold...
View ArticleOnline Poll Gives Amama Mbabazi Edge Over Museveni
Who Will Have The Last Laugh, Come 2016 If the March 2016 Presidential Elections were held this month and John Patrick Amama Mbabazi was standing for president, 44.54%, of Ugandans would vote him, an...
View ArticleCrested Capital seeks to ease stock trade with new services
By Ronnie Wonder and Silvia Nyambura Shareholders who own stocks through brokerage firm Crested Capital will no longer have to wait for long periods of time to get their money. This follows the...
View ArticlePresidential Elections 2016: Ignore online community at your own risk
Hon. Amama Mbabazi was ranked by Twiplomacy in 2014, as the most conversational leader on Twitter in 2014, along with President Paul Kagame of RwandaOn June 26th 2015, The CEO Magazine published an...
View ArticleEverjobs launches job portal in Uganda
By Silvia Nyambura Over 400,000 Ugandans graduate from local universities every year. However, 70% of these end up unemployed. This according to Everjobs, a new online job portal in Uganda, presents an...
View ArticleDiversify investments, Real estate business fraternity told
By Silvia Nyambura Ugandan investors in the real estate industry have been urged to diversify their investments. This involves spreading investment risks across portfolios and geographical locations...
View ArticleBad loans continue to challenge banking sector despite profitability in 2014
By Silvia Nyambura The trade and commerce and the building and construction sectors continue to account for the largest share of Non-Performing Loans (NPL). The two sectors recorded 20.2% and 18.6% of...
View ArticleMaking Taxes work for you in Business
By Alfred Bamwine It goes without saying that Ugandans complain about the country’s taxes. When you ask them what specific taxes they mean; you will hear all manner of generalized descriptions. This is...
View ArticleSocial Media: 10 Things Every CEO Should Know
By Ambrose Kibuuka Let’s cut to the chase: Why on earth would a busy CEO need to know anything about social media? It’s simple. A strategic social media program can play a significant role in the...
View ArticleLion Assurance unveils family-focused insurance package
By Our Reporter Lion Assurance has today launched a personal insurance package and campaign that is oriented toward addressing needs of families in Uganda. The ‘If you love it Insure It’ campaign is a...
View ArticleUganda identified as one of Facebook’s growth markets
By Our Reporter Facebook has identified Uganda as one of its growth markets alongside countries like Kenya Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia to mention but a few. The company plans to partner with...
View ArticleMobile technology puts African business owners in the driving seat
By Clive Moagi With smartphone penetration ramping up across Africa, the continent’s businesses have an opportunity to use mobile technology to become more efficient, productive, and responsive in...
View ArticleUganda’s tourism industry now eyes Martyrs pilgrims
By Silvia Nyambura From the world over, millions of pilgrims converge in Uganda to celebrate Martyrs Day in June every year. They commemorate the lives of 45 Christian converts killed for their faith...
View ArticleUganda Re:Competition is healthy,we are ready
By Ronnie Wonder Just one year after launch, Uganda’s first reinsurance company has raked in Ushs 14.9 billion in premiums and posted a profit of Ushs 159 million-an indicator that the future of...
View ArticleThe CEO; Is it about Prestige or responsibility?
By Dr. Ernest Abaho Every one strives to be a CEO including myself. This responsibility is seldom viewed by many as tasking but rather they see it as a title. To me from the entrepreneurship context it...
View ArticleWhat the Biotechnology Safety Bill is all about
By Dennis Katungi As the debate rages on about the proposed National Biotechnology Safety Bill, it is important to have accurate information in the public domain. Much of what circulates on social...
View ArticleUganda’s Automotive industry to manufacture commuter buses
By Silvia Nyambura and John Njoroge The Kiira Motors Project, a Presidential Initiative for Science and Technological Innovations, is currently in its advance stages of unveiling a new prototype...
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