Slightly over a year ago, Patrick Mweheire was appointed CEO of Stanbic Bank Uganda, to become the first Ugandan to head the bank since Standard Bank, a South African financial services giant, took it over 15 years ago. On April 14, Mweheire, who presided over the presentation of the bank’s …

Ugandans’ hopes of a resurgence of trade links rise as civil war comes to an end There is one very busy triangular area in down town Kampala along Ben Kiwanuka Street that got to be known as Arua Park. The triangle is where three streets namely Johnson, William and Ben …

Jean Philippe Bittencourt is the new General Manager of the Sheraton Kampala Hotel. He spoke to Patrick Kagenda about his vision, their operations and the general hospitality industry in the country. What is your background as far as the hotel industry is concerned? I have worked in the hospitality industry …

By Patrick Kagenda Big money, greed, poor policy causing shortages Uganda’s petrol czar, Mr. Ivan Kyayonka, possibly does not know how it feels to drive into a fuel station and find no fuel. He has been the chairman of Uganda’s top fuel dealership, Shell, for around two decades and refills …