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).
Hope as more farmers embrace Uganda’s agricultural insurance
Uganda’s agricultural sector serves as the backbone of its economy, employing a majority of the population and significantly contributing to the count [...]
Insurance experts guide Ugandan brokers to navigate evolving business landscape
Insurance experts recently provided valuable insights to Ugandan insurance brokers on adapting to the dynamic business environment, emphasising the im [...]
Innovation key to promoting insurance uptake in Uganda, experts say
In a dynamic and rapidly evolving world, the insurance industry in Uganda is undergoing a transformation fuelled by innovation.
Industry leaders, r [...]
Uganda eyes more than 11,000 new insurance agents to deepen penetration
Uganda's insurance sector is eying more than 11,000 agents to sell insurance products across the country, including the rural towns, to increase penet [...]
Uganda insurance regulator stresses need for more innovations to deepen penetration
The Uganda insurance sector regulator is challenging players to tweak the packaging of their current products and develop new ones to fit the changing [...]
How Uganda insurers are readying for oil boom business
Uganda’s insurers are strengthening their capacity to tap into the expected boom in the oil and gas sector as the East African economy brushes aside p [...]
Push to include community-based health insurance into Uganda’s proposed national scheme
The push to integrate community-based health insurance schemes (CBHIS) into Uganda’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is gaining momentum, rais [...]
Uganda lawmakers, civil society push for speedy implementation of NHI
The story of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Uganda is far from over, with numerous challenges and debates expected in the coming month [...]
The pain of offering health insurance and why penetration rates remain low in Uganda
Only 400,000 of Uganda’s 47 million people benefit from cover provided by private health insurance providers. Data contained in the Industrial Actuari [...]
New smart siren technology to bridge emergency healthcare access gaps
With ambulances stuck in traffic a common sight in Uganda, overall, it takes more than 90 minutes from ‘Trauma to Treatment’. Several reports indicate [...]