Interview

Sam Mwogeza is the head, Consumer and High Net Customers at Stanbic Bank Uganda. He spoke to The Independent about the lender’s plan to finance the country’s economic comeback from the pandemic. You have had a successful first half of the year, judging by your Shs 154.9bn net profit. Does …

Professor Benedict Oramah wears many hats. He is the President of the Africa Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the African Union COVID-19 Response Fund and a member of the African Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT), an initiative of the AU Commission and …

Lloyd Jonathan Busuulwa is the head Alternative Channels at dfcu Bank. He spoke to The Independent’s Isaac Khisa about the Bank’s digital strategy and the future of banking going forward. dfcu Bank embarked on a digital transformation journey in 2017. What progress have you registered? dfcu Bank’s digital transformation journey …

Ugandan scientists seek integrated approach to tackle killer disease Scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) plans to undertake a research on genetically engineered mosquitoes to tackle malaria.  Dr. Jonathan Kayondo, the principal investigator Target Malaria Uganda and Senior Research Officer at UVRI had an email interview with The …

  What Uganda has got wrong – and right In June, President Yoweri Museveni tightened restrictions in the country following a worrying rise in COVID-19 infections and deaths. The new stringent measures included a 42-day lockdown and restrictions on the movement of people. Public health specialist Gloria Seruwagi reveals some …

  British High Commissioner to Uganda, Kate Airey, shares her views with The Independent’s Ronald Musoke in an email interview  You arrived in Uganda in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. Still, I would like to imagine that you have tried to move around the country over the last seven …

BrighterMonday Uganda Limited CEO, Brian Ntambirweki spoke to The Independent on how the company is using technology to connect employers to best candidates and job seekers. Briefly talk about BrighterMonday Uganda? BrighterMonday Uganda was established in 2015 and quickly became the best job site in the country. In 2016, BrighterMonday …

Mastercard Foundation’s $1.3bn plan The Mastercard Foundation announced in June that it would deploy $1.3 billion for a three-year partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) “to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the …

Seruwo Solomon is the Marketing and Business Development Manager for Bukoola Chemical Industries Limited. He spoke to Julius Businge about the company’s operations and opportunities for the 2021/2022 national budget:  Briefly, talk about Bukoola Chemical Industries Ltd operations in Uganda? Bukoola Chemical Industries is one of the oldest and largest …

Samuel Ocanya is the head of financial inclusion at Letshego Uganda, a microfinance company that offers SME, mortgage and education loans among other lending products. He spoke to Julius Businge on how small and medium enterprises can overcome the COVID-19 crisis. Most businesses have reported a drop in revenue and …