Author: Nelson Mandela Muhoozi
Nelson Mandela Muhoozi is Ugandan mid-career multi-award-winning multimedia journalist at the state-owed New Vision, Uganda’s oldest newspaper. Having been in the Newsroom since 2017, Nelson has had keen interest in investigative journalism, covering global business and economy, insurance, agriculture, climate change and social justice. In 2023, Nelson won in the online category of the Pan African Reinsurance Journalism Awards at the 8th Continental Re CEO Summit in March 2023. In 2023, he also won the Insurance Media Personality of the year award in Uganda at the Insurance Innovations Awards which were organised by the Insurance Regulatory Authority (IRA).
Innovative financing holds key to Uganda’s national health insurance dream amid sustainability fears
For more than two decades, Uganda’s ambition to establish a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has remained one of the country’s most anticipated [...]
Uganda insurers warned AI alone will not secure industry’s future competitiveness
Uganda’s insurance executives have been challenged to move human resource (HR) leaders beyond administrative roles and give them a strategic seat at t [...]
Mobile money seen anchoring Uganda’s bid for inclusive insurance
Uganda’s insurance industry is increasingly embracing mobile-first distribution channels in a renewed push to lift insurance penetration from the curr [...]
Former MPs embrace insurance as Uganda’s life cover market records historic growth
Uganda’s insurance industry is witnessing a major shift in public attitudes towards financial planning, with former Members of Parliament becoming the [...]
Digital innovations drive scale in Uganda’s low-income insurance market
For decades, insurance in Uganda was largely perceived as a service for wealthy individuals, large corporations and formally employed workers. But thi [...]
Firms told to act now as Uganda’s ESG reporting rules draw closer
Businesses operating in Uganda, including insurers, have been urged to move swiftly in embedding Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles [...]
Why technology alone cannot fix Uganda’s low insurance penetration
The insurance offer had appeared on Ogwal Geoffrey Blair’s phone so many times that he no longer noticed it. Every day, the 33-year-old passionate cyc [...]
Uganda’s insurance premiums hit US$546 million as industry pushes for trust, faster claims and inclusive growth
Uganda’s insurance industry has crossed a historic milestone, with gross written premiums (GWPs) rising above UGX2.02 trillion (about US$546 million) [...]
Marine insurance emerges as Uganda’s new frontline in cargo trade
Marine insurance is moving from the margins of Uganda’s import business to the centre of the country’s trade conversation as pressure grows on cargo o [...]
Uganda insurers challenged to overhaul products to match customers’ economic realities
Insurance stakeholders have been challenged to rethink how they design and deliver products, with a strong call to align offerings to the real financi [...]