Mumba Kalifungwa, Absa Bank Uganda MD (L) and Harriette Kasirye, Head of Marketing & Corporate Relations, pose with the certificates received by the bank. Absa Bank Uganda has been named the Banking Group Brand of the Year (Uganda) and Best CSR Bank (Uganda) 2020 by the Global Banking & Finance
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TIME Magazine Names Billionaire Banker Tony Elumelu Among 100 Most Influential People In The World 2020
TIME has named Tony O. Elumelu (pictured), one of Africa’s leading investors and philanthropists, in the 2020 TIME100, the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognises the activism, innovation, and achievement of the world's most influential individuals. Mr Elumelu, who is
Read MoreDr William Wasswa’s low-cost digital microscope speeds up cervical cancer screening Two Ugandan innovators, Dr William Wasswa and David Tusubira have won $13,000 (UShs47.9m) each in this year's Royal Academy of Engineering Africa prize for engineering innovation The top prize was won by Technology entrepreneur Charlette N’Guessan. The Ivorian 26-year-old,
Read MoreGerald Katabazi: A Barista Championing Uganda’s Domestic Coffee Consumption Drive
He is passionate about coffee right from the garden up to consumption. While he is mainly into value addition, his aim is to ensure that the farmer-the fulcrum of the coffee sector, equally benefits from coffee business through ‘right’ (high) prices. Literally, he drinks, speaks and dreams coffee. In a
Read MoreEcobank Uganda has received two prestigious International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certificates, Business Focus reports. These ISO certifications from the British Standards Institution (BSI) give Ecobank Uganda a competitive advantage and publicly demonstrate the bank’s legal and regulatory compliance and commitment to the prevention or reduction of large-scale process disruptions
Read MoreKansiime: Microfinance Founder With Dream To Make Women, Youth Financially Free
Alice Kansiime (pictured) is the proprietor of Financial Empowerment Uganda Limited (FINEM), a registered microfinance entity that has been in business for the last 12 years. FINEM is mainly focused on empowering women and the youth and operates by the philosophy that everybody can be financially free. “Our aim is
Read MoreI Want To Be Africa’s Leading Beekeeper, Honey Processor- Rising Woman Winner Ejang
Beekeeping has gained prominence in the last few years and continues to be among the top trending agribusinesses that are becoming more profitable. While Honey is obviously the main source of beekeepers’ income, there is a lot more revenue to be earned from beekeeping. Sandra Ajang (pictured above) dfcu Bank’s
Read MoreFrom Street Vendor To Millionaire: How Yesigye Built Bravo Shoes Brand
A Ghanaian author, Ernest Agyemang Yeboah wrote that “a diligent hawker today can be a great tycoon tomorrow”. This clearly describes the character of Brian Yesigye Bravo, 42, the brain behind fast-growing Bravo Shoes. For social media junkies, the name Brian Yesigye and Bravo Shoes aren’t new to you, but what
Read MoreBreaking: Winners Emerge In The 8th African Persons Of The Year Poll
The African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Awards committee has unveiled the winners for different categories in the just concluded polls for the African Leadership Magazine Persons of the Year Awards 2019, with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi emerging as the African Political Leader of the Year 2019, after
Read MoreAfrican Development Bank President Dr Akinwumi Adesina received the African of the Year Award from the All Africa Business Leaders Awards (AABLA™), Thursday, in recognition of his bold leadership and the innovation of the Africa Investment Forum which “opened up billions of dollars of investment into the continent.” The ninth
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