A school cook preparing a meal for the learners of St.Andrews school in its smart kitchen In Mbarara district, within Rubindi village, a quiet revolution is taking place. St. Andrew’s Secondary School is leading clean cooking in the area. Following their unsanitary kitchen, filled with soot, the dark stained smoke kitchen walls, chimneys releasing smoke…
Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited (SUHL) has appointed Mark Ocitti Ongom as its new Chief Executive and Director of the SUHL Board, effective July 10, 2026. The appointment, which is subject to regulatory approval, is part of a planned leadership transition within the organisation. Ocitti joins Stanbic Uganda with close to 30 years of leadership experience…
By Richard Nsubuga, Head of Trading Absa Bank Uganda The Uganda Shilling registered decent gains on Tuesday in a session that was dominated by strong inflows from the offshore, commodity and the local corporates amidst the waning demand attributed to the end of financial year tax payments and the ongoing easing geopolitical tensions in the…
Brian Ddamba SME Business Development Manager, addressing School owners during a School Bridge Financing seminar As schools across Uganda reopened for a new term, excitement returned to classrooms, playgrounds and staffrooms. Yet behind the scenes, school administrators and parents are confronting a familiar challenge: financing education at the start of the academic term. For many…
Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), Dr. Ramathan Ggoobi says Uganda must invest in climate adaptation and resilience to safeguard its development gains and maintain its creditworthiness. Courtesy photo Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development (MoFPED) is integrating the economic and fiscal benefits of resilience investments into its debt sustainability analysis (DSA)….
In Boroboro Parish, Gwengbar area of Lira City, Dopla Tree Nurseries has grown from a small backyard enterprise into a significant local supplier of tree seedlings. The transformation has been driven by the adoption of solar powered irrigation, enabling the business to increase production while supporting climate-resilient farming in northern Uganda. Established in 2019 by…
Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury Ramathan Ggoobi has strongly pushed back against sceptics of Uganda’s economic progress, declaring it “foolhardy” for anyone to dismiss the country’s growth trajectory. His remarks were made on Friday at the 5th edition of the Absa Post-Budget Forum, a high-level annual engagement that brings together key…
Fatmah Yusuf Gram addressing other students For many young Ugandans, education is more than a pursuit of academic success. It is a bridge to opportunity, leadership, and transformation. For Fatmah Yusuf Gram, a young scholar from Fort Portal, that bridge became clearer through the Equity Leaders Program (ELP), a flagship initiative under the Equity Group…
For many young Ugandans, education is more than a route to academic success. It is a lifeline, a chance to break the cycle of poverty, restore dignity to families, and create opportunities where few once existed. Across Uganda, thousands of students carry ambitious dreams despite growing up in challenging circumstances. What often separates potential from…
By Catherine Psomgen, Director Public Sector and Social Investments at Equity Bank Uganda For decades, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) across Africa has largely revolved around donations, charity drives, and short-term community interventions. While these initiatives remain important, they rarely create long-term systemic transformation. Increasingly, the future of impactful corporate responsibility lies in sustainable investments that…
