By Ian Ortega Aliro Ugandaโs food economy is changing faster than most people realize. While traditional staples such as matooke, cassava, and maize remain central to household diets, another staple has been steadily gaining ground, wheat. In 2025, Uganda consumed
By Ian Ortega Aliro Last month, I immersed myself inside a wheat and maize milling operation. One of the most eye-opening experiences of my career so far. I started in the Quality department. I always assumed the Quality guys were just chilling in those white lab coats. I was wrong.
By Ian Ortega Aliro In 2024, I attended Prof. Gituro Wainaina’s lecture on the future of Global Economics and Sustainable Development. Although I spent most of the lecture presenting my counterarguments, two months the road, I wanted to call him and say – “Prof, you were right on everything.” Prof.
The Observer (Uganda): Navigating Disruption, Reinventing Relevance is a strategic leadership case study examining two decades of independent journalism, institutional resilience, and organisational decline at one of Uganda’s most respected media institutions. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly shifting East African media landscape โ where social media platforms, digital-native
The Observer (Uganda): Navigating Disruption, Reinventing Relevance is a strategic leadership case study examining two decades of independent journalism, institutional resilience, and organisational decline at one of Uganda’s most respected media institutions. Set against the backdrop of a rapidly shifting East African media landscape โ where social media platforms, digital-native
Kamwokya, Kampala, October 2025 The boardroom is tense. Circulation has fallen below 4,000 weekly copies. Printing invoices require advance payment. Cash flow projections show that, without intervention, working capital will be exhausted within six months. An informal valuation of approximately UGX 1 billion is circulating among potential buyers, primarily as
Kamwokya, Kampala, October 2025 The boardroom is tense. Circulation has fallen below 4,000 weekly copies. Printing invoices require advance payment. Cash flow projections show that, without intervention, working capital will be exhausted within six months. An informal valuation of approximately UGX 1 billion is circulating among potential buyers, primarily as
By The Ortega Group There’s a lecture that changes how you see everything. For our team, it came during a Global Economics class at Strathmore, when the lecturer delivered what seemed like a simple closing statement: “If we speak of food security, we are speaking largely of grains and cereals.”
By The Ortega Group There’s a lecture that changes how you see everything. For our team, it came during a Global Economics class at Strathmore, when the lecturer delivered what seemed like a simple closing statement: “If we speak of food security, we are speaking largely of grains and cereals.”
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