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Agnes Nalwanga
Agnes Nalwanga, is a Ugandan businesswoman, management professional and corporate executive, who serves as the Head of Consumer Services at Umeme Limited, the largest electricity distribution company in Uganda. She is a member of the company's Senior Management Team. Background and education Nalwanga was born in Uganda, . She attended local schools for her primary and secondary education. Her first degree, a Bachelor of Commerce with Marketing as a major, was obtained from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. She followed that with a master's degree in Economic Policy and Management, also from Makerere. Later she obtained a Master of Business Administration from the Assam Don Bosco University, in Assam, India. Career Nalwanga has a career spanning over 20 years in management within Uganda's electricity sector, going back to the late 1990s, in the days of the defunct Uganda Electricity Board. Since 2006, she has worked with Umeme in various r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical .... The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The southern part of the country includes a substantial portion of Lake Victoria, shared with Kenya and Tanzania. Uganda is in the African Great Lakes region. Uganda also lies within the Nile, Nile basin and has a varied but generally a modified equatorial climate. It has a population of around 49 million, of which 8.5 million live in the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kampala. Uganda is named after the Buganda kingdom, which encompasses a large portion of the south of the country, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reuters
Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalists in about 200 locations worldwide. Reuters is one of the largest news agencies in the world. The agency was established in London in 1851 by the German-born Paul Reuter. It was acquired by the Thomson Corporation of Canada in 2008 and now makes up the media division of Thomson Reuters. History 19th century Paul Reuter worked at a book-publishing firm in Berlin and was involved in distributing radical pamphlets at the beginning of the Revolutions in 1848. These publications brought much attention to Reuter, who in 1850 developed a prototype news service in Aachen using homing pigeons and electric telegraphy from 1851 on, in order to transmit messages between Brussels and Aachen, in what today is Aachen's Reuters House. Reuter moved to London in 1851 and established a news wire agency at the London Royal Exchange. Headquartered in London, Reuter' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Ugandan Businesswomen
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assam Don Bosco University Alumni
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley. Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The state was the first site for oil drilling in Asia. Assam is home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds, and provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant. The Assamese economy is aided by wildlife tourism to Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, which are World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makerere University Alumni
Makerere ( ) is a neighborhood in the city of Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The name also applies to the hill on which this neighborhood is perched; one of the original seven hills that constituted Kampala at the time of its founding, in the early 1900s. Location Makerere is located in Kawempe Division. It is bordered by Bwaise to the north, Mulago to the east, Wandegeya and Nakasero to the southeast, Old Kampala to the south, Naakulabye to the southwest. Kasubi and Kawaala lie to the west of Makerere. This location lies approximately , by road, north of Kampala's central business district. The coordinates of Makerere are:0° 20' 6.00"N, 32° 34' 12.00"E (Latitude:0.3350; Longitude:32.5700). Overview Makerere Hill is occupied primarily by Makerere University. In the 1970s and 1980s, the university had nine ''Halls of Residence'', six for men and three for women. During the 1990s and early 2000s, as the university intake and student population grew from about 5,000 to over 40,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Ganda People
Ganda may refer to: Places * Ganda, Angola * Ganda, Tibet, China * Ganda, the ancient Latin name of Ghent, a city in Belgium Other uses * Baganda or Ganda, a people of Uganda ** Luganda or Ganda language, a language of Uganda * ''Ganda'' and "Ganda", a 2018 album and song by GreatGuys People * Ganda (Chandela dynasty), 11th century ruler in central India * Ganda (music producer), Puerto Rican music producer; see Baby Rasta & Gringo * Vice Ganda (born 1976), Filipino comedian, television presenter, and actor Given name * Ganda Singh Datt (1830–1903), decorated soldier in the British Indian Army * Ganda Singh Dhillon (died 1776), famous royal Sikh warrior Surname * Joseph Ganda (bishop) (born 1932), Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Freetown and Bo * Joseph Ganda (footballer) (born 1997), Israeli footballer * Matthew Ganda (born 1990), better known by his stage name Kainawa, British recording artist and record producer * Oumarou Ganda (1935–1981), Nigerien director and act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Births
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of '' Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the '' Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Doreen Mutebe
Ruth Doreen Mutebe is a Ugandan accountant, businesswoman, and corporate executive, who serves as the Head of Internal Audit at Umeme Limited, the largest distributor of electric power in Uganda. Background and education She was born in Uganda, circa 1976. She attended Tororo Girls School for her secondary education. Her first degree, a Bachelor of Business Administration, was obtained from Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university. She followed that with the acquisition of certification as a Certified Public Accountant, from the Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Uganda. Her first postgraduate degree, a Master of Science in Information Technology, was awarded by the Wharton School of Business, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Her second postgraduate degree, a Master of Science in Computing was awarded by the Uganda Technology and Management University, a private university. Career In 2003, she was hired as a le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Solome Nassiwa
Marie Solome Nassiwa, also Marie Solome Nassiwa-Martin, is a Ugandan accountant. She is the financial director at ''Baylor Foundation Uganda'', a non-government organisation that focuses on improving pediatric health through monitoring, nutrition, prevention and treatment of childhood diseases in Uganda. Baylor Foundation Uganda is affiliated with Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. Before that, she was the chief financial officer of Umeme Limited, the largest electricity distribution company in Uganda, with a customer base exceeding 1,125,000, as of April 2018, and whose stock shares are listed on the Uganda Securities Exchange and cross-listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Background and education Nassiwa attended the University of Greenwich in the United Kingdom, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Finance. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom and a Certif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Mawejje
Florence Namatta Mawejje (née Florence Namatta), commonly known as Florence Mawejje is a Ugandan businesswoman, human resource professional and corporate executive, who serves as the General Manager for human resource at Centenary Rural Development Bank, a large commercial bank in Uganda. Education Mawejje holds a Master of Science degree in Human Resources Development, obtained in 1993 from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Later in 2004, she obtained an Executive Master of Business Administration, awarded jointly by the Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute in East Africa and Maastricht School of Management in the Netherlands. Career From 1996 until 1998, she worked as a human resource manager for Care International in Uganda, based in Kampala, the capital and largest city in the country. She was then hired by MTN Uganda in August 1998 as the Human Resources General Manager, where she worked for the next eleven years. In May 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence Nsubuga
Florence Nakimbugwe Nsubuga (née Florence Nakimbugwe), but commonly known as Florence Nsubuga, is a Ugandan businesswoman and corporate executive, who since 2012, serves as the chief operating officer (COO) of Umeme Limited, the largest electricity distribution company in Uganda, whose stock trades of the Uganda Securities Exchange and on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. Effective March 2015, she concurrently serves as a member of the board of directors of Umeme. Background and education She was born in the Central Region of Uganda, circa 1973. She attended local schools for her elementary and secondary school education. She obtained a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree, specializing in Marketing, from Makerere University in 1996. She went on to obtain a Master of Arts (MA) degree, in Economic policy planning, also from Makerere. As of November 2017, she was pursuing a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Edinburgh, in Scotland. She also has undergone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
