Business

By the Independent Team Prudence Ukkonika started making wine on a small scale in 2000 drawing an inspiration from her departed son Godwin Ukkonika who initiated the project. With just Sh100, 000 ($28.5), Ukkonika kicked off the project inspired by the heaps and volumes of leftover fruit dumped along the …

By Ian Katusiime Nishat Candour is the CEO of Candour Property, a Dubai-based real estate firm which recently had a Strategic Alliance with Knight Frank Uganda. He spoke to Ian Katusiime. Tell us about your management philosophy Three things; we believe in being fun, to create a fun environment around …

By Joan Akello Josephine Mbatudde Birungi is an events manager who plans and manages functions of all types; ranging from corporate to traditional events of all sizes. She started out as an usher in 2010 after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Education yet she did not want to practice …

By Nicole Namubiru Benon Mutambi (PhD) is the executive director of the Electricity Regulatory Authority.  He spoke to Nicole Namubiru about their mandate and other pertinent issues in the electricity sector. What are the key elements of your management philosophy as a CEO? Effective leadership is at the core of …

By Joan Akello Mayanja Richard Weazher is a contemporary fine artist with a specialty in painting, sculpture, drawing, novel writing and playing musical instruments. His works focus on beautifying and preserving the environment, creating solutions to the community’s basic needs, and communicating to the community through cultural themes.  “For instance, …

By Agnes E. Nantaba Sydney Asubo is the in-coming executive director of the Financial Intelligence Authority (FIA), which was set up under the Anti- Money Laundering Act. He spoke to Agnes E. Nantaba about their mandate and the vice of money laundering in Uganda. What are the key elements of …

By Joan Akello Smart Foods Ltd started small in the Food Technology laboratories of Makerere University as a result of exciting work on transforming whole soybeans into Tofu (a fresh meat alternative) that is acceptable to the African taste.  Currently, Mbalyowere’s company produces and markets both marinated and plain Tofu …

By Joan Akello In 1999, Barbra Ofwono Buyondo, a trained secondary school teacher, got a dream to start a kindergarten. Using the little personal savings and contributions from her family, she put together about Shs 1 million to start a kindergarten that she christened Victorious Education Services at Old Kampala. …

By Ronald Musoke In April, this year, Leonard Okema ordered for a Toyota Harrier model 2001 from one of the used car dealers in Japan. Unlike many Ugandans who were on June 11 taken by surprise by the Finance Minister Matia Kasaija’s raising of the environmental levy on used cars, …

By the Independent Team Bank of Africa (BOA) Uganda netted a net profit of Shs 1.2 billion as at end of 2014, up from a loss of Shs 6.7 billion in 2013. Ronald Marambi, the managing director, spoke to The Independent about their tremendous return to profitability, the market conditions, …