Equity Group, East and Central Africa’s largest financial institution, has strengthened its position as one of the world’s strongest banking brands, ranking highly in Brand Finance’s 2024 Brand strength and brand value rankings.

In bid to uphold its position as the Uganda’s leading financial institution, Stanbic Bank continues to play a fundamental in transforming lives and business across the pearl of Africa through provision of affordable financing, advisory and investment. We linked up with Mr. Israel Arinaitwe the Stanbic Bank Head of Personal Banking to expound more on the ongoing Oli Sorted Campaign and on how different sectors can tap into it to achieve their dreams and goals. 

Uganda Police Force (UPF) has threatened legal action against JESA Farm Dairy over its  advert that the law and order agency says depicted its officers as corrupt.

Reeling from several complaints from customers claiming that their money mysteriously disappeared from their accounts, Equity Bank Uganda is struggling to respond to a fraud that hit it recently.

Following last week’s release of results from last year’s Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE) examinations, The Pearl Times presents the list of Best Performing UACE 2023 Schools in Western Uganda. The list includes top schools from each of the districts in the subregions of Ankole, Kigezi, Tooro & Bunyoro. 

When Mpuuga and other hounds in DP destroyed their marriage to Norbert Mao, and joined NUP to enter parliament, they first paralysed him beyond repair, and many laughed. To survive, Kyagulanyi may have to kick them out soonest. Kyagulanyi needs to learn NRM’s lesson with its ‘rebel’ MPs initially kept in parliament by a scheming Speaker, and Courts of law, and who have won every reelection since then.

Equity Bank Uganda has started investigations into allegations of fraud on stock loan and agent float financing, the financial institution has announced.

The hashtag parliamentary exhibition has caused a storm on social media. The speaker of our parliament, Hon. Anita Among, and her apparatchik have been caught with their fingers deep inside the national pie. The scale, scope and sheer crass materialism with which she has abused public funds is as revolting as it is entertaining. To add salt to this entertaining show, opposition MPs have also been sharing in this loot. Many angry Ugandans are indulging in self righteous indignation. For me, this is politics, especially poor country politics, 101. I will come back to this later.

Standard Bank has been ranked as the most valuable banking brand in Africa in 2024. This is the third consecutive year that Standard Bank has been ranked first in Africa Brand Finance’s annual ranking of the world’s Top 500 Banking Brands.