Tanzania Breweries Limited (TBL) is the leading and largest brewery company in Tanzania. The company commands a market share of over 70% in the Tanzanian alcoholic beverages market. The company produces and distributes popular beers such as Kilimanjaro Lager, Safari Lager, Ndovu Special Malt, Tusker Beer and Castle Lager. The global beer industry has been undergoing a process of consolidation over the past decade. Ten years ago, 10 companies controlled 51% of the global beer industry and today, 4 companies (Ab Inbev, Heineken, Carlsberg and CR Snow) control the same amount. The African beer market is one of the few…
Centenary Bank Chief on the future of banking
Whatever innovations in jazzy products that come, they must be in a context where people’s money is safe and people have confidence that it is safe”, Dr Simon Kagugube, Acting Managing Director of CERUDEB. [Note: This article was first published in Summit Business August 2009 issue.] The recent entry of many international banks into the Ugandan market has created stiff competition in the industry and brought in a wave of innovative products. Banks are increasingly looking for a competitive edge through innovation, cost-cutting, and mass marketing. Mustapha Bernabas Mugisa met with Dr. Simon Kagugube, the Acting Managing Director of Centenary…
Homily for Tuesday, Fifth Week of Easter
Readings Acts 14:19-28 Jn 14:27-31a. In this morning’s first reading we are told that as Paul and Barnabas made their way back through the churches they had founded, ‘they put fresh heart into the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in the faith’. We all need encouragement, especially with regard to our faith and our relationship with the Lord. We need to keep putting fresh heart into each other, encouraging each other to persevere in the faith. That is what we find Jesus doing in the gospel reading. It is the night of the last supper; the disciples are feeling discouraged.…
From WhatsApp: Understand the principles of politics as already elaborated in the prince by Machiavelli
In politics you must understand that; Nobody has your interests. Everybody is chasing their interests. Dealing with politicians is like sleeping with tigers; you must always have your eyes wide open. In any Political equation, there’s always someone being used. If you can’t find one then it is you. Serving Politicians is like being a bandage on a wound. Once the wound is healed your usefulness ends. Politicians don’t recognize and reward value they recognize their own needs and you are only as useful as the lifespan of their need for you. In Politics never wail more than the bereaved.…
Homily for Monday, Fifth Week of Easter
Readings Acts 14:5-18 Jn 14:21-26 When Paul is speaking to a pagan audience in today’s first reading, he tells them that the living God did not leave them without evidence of himself in the good things he did for them, such as abundant rain, the growth of crops, sufficient food. It can be helpful for us to recognize the presence of the living God in the good things in our own lives. Even amidst struggle and loss, good things can be found, and all such good things are little reminders of the presence of the living God. The most precious…
From WhatsApp: Why men die early? Ask no more…
Hello Everyone; Growing up, I noticed something very interesting: A lot of the men in my town who were in the formal economy and could rely on monthly income, died shortly after coming to retirement, normally between three and five years. Many of them, would have just semi-completed their building projects (not done but still habitable). The next thing is for them to finally invest some of their SSNIT cash into their wives’ business (normally groceries store). Unfortunately, a couple of them still pay fees of children (normally out of wedlock). They then suddenly die. The superstitious inclination of the…
