dfcu Bank's Executive Director, William Sekabembe speaking to customers during the roads sector customer engagement workshop dfcu Bank recently held a customer engagement workshop with prospective customers in the roads construction sector in Uganda. The workshop which ran under the theme, ‘Challenges and Opportunities in the Road Construction Sector,’ was aimed
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Tunde Thorpe, Head of Transactional Products and Service at Stanbic Bank Stanbic Bank Uganda has launched an end-to-end digitalized trading platform dubbed “Quantum Trade” to enable customers access Import Letters of Credit and Domestic guarantees quickly within few hours. The online platform will facilitate trade and allow customers receive products in
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Ricky Rapa Thompson, the man behind safe boda While launching its services, Safe boda, a mobile based Boda boda service provider, promoted the cashless option. This option allows the client to pay for a ride using money from their mobile wallet. The money is topped from the client’s mobile money
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Amos Wekesa is passionate about tourism and now agribusiness Known as the poster child for tourism in Uganda, Amos Wekesa had it made in tourism, until the disruptions occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic forced him to diversify. In this interview, Wekesa speaks, verbatim, about diversifying from tourism into agro-processing, the intersectionality
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Katikkiro Charles Peter Mayiga officiated the launch of BMK's book By Denis Jjuuko After our lunch meeting at Hotel Africana about five years ago, a waitress approached us and placed a leather holder on the table. It contained our lunch bill. I didn’t shift in my chair because Dr Hajj
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Robert Wanok, Head of Business Banking dfcu Bank The last 12 months have been challenging for everybody; individuals, businesses and even large institutions have all been impacted in varying ways. To support individuals and businesses get back on track, dfcu Bank has rolled out the ‘Bounce Back’ campaign. The campaign complements
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Akankwasa during his trade along Mawanda Road Edison Akankwasa is a common face along Mawanda Road, on the outskirts of Kampala. To many, he is the smartest roadside snack vendor, because of his dress-code, which is unusual for a person in this job. Long-sleeved shirts and a necktie with matching
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President Yoweri Museveni inspecting products made by women entrepreneurs. SMEs like these require long term sources of finance. Courtesy photo Financial experts have blamed the collapse of many companies over the last one year, to the kind of capital that most of them use to run their activities.According to the
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Donald Trump's net worth dropped by about $700m to $2.3bn (£1.65bn) during his time as president, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Covid-19 pandemic hit his fortunes hard, with Mr Trump's office buildings, branded hotels and resorts losing revenue and falling in value. His fleet of planes and golf
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Albert Byaruhanga, Absa Bank Uganda’s Head of Business Banking Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will benefit from a Business Continuity and Survival Training and Coaching tailored to their growth. The interactive online training programme is aimed at equipping SMEs with the knowledge, skills and tools necessary to enhance their survival,
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