By Patrick Kagenda Interview with Charles Musisi Managing Director at Computer Frontiers When do you start your day? I start my day at 5 am. I’m an online man through and through. Naturally I take a quick look at the e-mails and the online local newspapers. At about 7:30 am …
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By Patrick Kagenda Capital market rues over Uganda’s oldest brokerage firm In January this year the Merchant Bank of East Africa(MBEA), Uganda’s oldest stockbrokerage firm, was handling the issuing of the National Insurance Corporation Initial Public Offering. Their office on Plot 44 Lumumba Avenue in the plush Nakasero neighborhood was …
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By Patrick Kagenda Interview with Caleb Owino Managing Director at Fireworks Advertising What challenges do you face as a manager? The challenges are myriad and part of the fun that comes with the dynamic industry that advertising is. My greatest challenge is to get and keep the right talent. The …
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By Patrick Kagenda UWA’s Shs 9bn `Friend a gorilla’ stalls over Shs 45m In Sept 2009 the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) launched a campaign dubbed “Friend a Gorilla” to raise Shs 9 billion to fund park activities to preserve the endangered mammals. Close to one year down the road during …
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By Patrick Kagenda If First deputy Prime minister and Minister for East African Community (EAC) Affairs Eriya Kategaya sought to reassure the business community about the Common Market, his June 24 message showed a serious lack of preparedness. The East African Common Market Protocol which came into force on July …
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By Patrick Kagenda Interview with Lamin Manjang, Chief Executive and Managing Director of Standard Chartered Bank (U). When do you start your day? I normally start my day by 5:30am in the morning when I do my early morning prayers as a Muslim. I watch a bit of business news …
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By Patrick Kagenda Interview with Dickens Kamugisha Chief Executive at Africa Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO)) What is your typical day? I wake up at 5am; exercise for 20 minutes, and by 5:40 I am off to office. Most of the time I am on my computer working apart from …
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By Patrick Kagenda Bharti Airtel Chief Executive Officer (International) and joint Managing Director Manoj Kohli’s announcement in Kampala last week that the company intends to invest US$100 million in network expansion is likely to spark renewed price wars. Speaking on the sidelines of the Bharti/Zain Africa CEO`s meeting held at …
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By Patrick Kagenda John Wafula who has been the Chief Executive at Uganda Clays Kajjansi leaves office at the end of this year. The Independent`s Patrick Kagenda talked to him. What have been the challenges during your time as CEO? I joined Uganda Clays in Dec. 1992 and the biggest …
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By Patrick Kagenda House dealers targeted mainly Ugandans in the Diaspora and foreigners After the boom years of 2006 and 2007, the real estate turn-key housing business is facing an unprecedented slump blamed on the global financial meltdown. However, sector experts point to a shift away from buying to renting …
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