Anne Juuko knows what it means to take over a bank at an awkward time. In March 2020, she became Chief Executive of Stanbic Bank Uganda. Within weeks, Uganda was in lockdown, businesses were struggling and banks were restructuring loans…
For decades, getting a formal loan in East Africa depended on a familiar set of questions: Does the borrower have a salary? A bank account? A credit history? Collateral? For millions of people working outside formal employment or running small…
Nearly UGX 200 billion mobilised from more than 130,000 savers is an impressive start for NSSF’s Smartlife Flexi. But another number may matter even more: 97% of those savers are using mobile money. As NSSF renews its partnership with Airtel…
East Africa’s financial system has been shaped, more than any other factor, by the rise of Kenya as the region’s banking centre. For decades, Kenyan banks have operated with an ambition that extended beyond the country’s borders. As neighbouring economies…
For much of the past five years, one of the most consequential economic decisions in Uganda has not been made in Parliament or announced in a national budget. It has been made quietly inside bank boardrooms through a simple question:…
Uganda’s ambition to build a digitally inclusive economy depends on more than expanding internet coverage and rolling out digital government services. It also depends on whether ordinary Ugandans can afford the devices needed to access those opportunities. That is why…
When the Busoga Kingdom, the Gates Foundation and Stanbic Uganda Holdings Limited launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Programme in Jinja this week, the announcement was about far more than a new financing initiative. Designed to reach more than 30,000…
“To achieve growth from 50–60 billion dollars to 500 billion dollars is now extremely easy. We already have the roads and infrastructure in place; all we need is funding,” Tanna said. For more than two decades, Uganda has pursued a…
Reaffirming that ”Uganda is home,” MTN Uganda has assured customers and the public of it’s unwavering long term commitment to the country following speculation that arose after a network shutdown caused by power failure at one of its data centres.…
Every weekday morning, long before the first school bell rings, thousands of students across Kampala begin a journey that is as much a part of their education as the lessons awaiting them in class. They leave home before sunrise carrying…
Across Uganda, a quiet shift is redefining the nature of work. Increasingly, people are earning livelihoods as freelancers, consultants, digital traders, content creators, software developers and independent service providers. Many operate without registered companies, formal payrolls or conventional business structures,…
MTN Uganda Chairman and prominent businessman Dr Charles Mbire is set to headline the inaugural SBG Securities Investor Day on Friday, June 26, 2026, as part of an initiative to drive local participation in Uganda’s financial markets. The event will…
Uganda’s banks are posting record profits, but the productive economy is still struggling to access credit. The gap is not a shortage of money. It is a system that converts liquidity into safe returns faster than it converts enterprise into…
The excitement surrounding Burkina Faso’s recent diaspora bond should not be viewed simply as a financial success story from West Africa. It should force countries such as Uganda to confront a much deeper question about development, agriculture, and the sources…
For years, Centenary Bank stood almost alone as Uganda’s defining indigenous banking success story. It proved that a Ugandan-rooted financial institution could scale nationally, compete with multinational players, penetrate rural communities, mobilize grassroots savings, and earn the trust of millions.…