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DANIEL OGONG(MBA)

Who is Daniel Ogong?

Daniel Ogong is one of Uganda`s most  accomplished marketing leaders and CEO material  with over 2 decades of professional experience across  various sectors including FMCG, Financial services among others

He is the current Executive Head, Marketing, Communications and Client Experience at Uganda`s leading bank, Stanbic Bank.

Experience

Prior to his current role, Daniel served as Marketing Director Nile Breweries for a period of 15 years when parent company SAB Miller was taken over by AB InBev

Daniel spearheaded several major initiatives over the years in support and development of music, entertainment and related industries in Uganda including the Uganda Video Music Awards, myriad of concerts, festivals, and support initiatives for talent across the region.

Why Daniel stands out

Daniel Ogong announced as a member of the Hall of Fame Africa and League of Kings & Queens Executive Board.

He is a highly acclaimed and respected Ugandan and East African business mogul, former Marketing Director of Nile Breweries .

He brought on board a wealth of experience that will has shaped Stanbic’s Marketing and Communications strategy to reinforce and sustain the bank’s position as market leader while supporting the delivery of innovative solutions that respond to today’s customer needs.

 

At Nile Breweries, Ogong played a pivotal role in building a stable portfolio of brands that saw the company sore to market leadership. He was responsible for reviving fortune beers like Nile Gold, Club, Castle lager during his tenure.

The  15 years of service at Nile Breweries is a testament of Daniel`s resilience and dedication that’s worth celebrating.

Education

A husband/father has an MBA, Marketing among his various academic qualifications

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EVELYN MWASA(FCIM, CHARTERED MARKETER,CAM)

Who is Evelyn Mwasa?

Evelyn is in a league of CIM UK Fellows, an accomplished marketer making her a legend.

She is the current Director Communications and Marketing at World Vision Uganda a role she has been in since 2020.

Experience

Evelyn possesses over 20 years’ experience in communications, business development, stakeholder relationship/Partnerships management, advocacy, grant management, Strategy and public health programming

She was a Coordinator Resource Mobilization, Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) for a period of 2 years.

Evelyn has also been a Director/Head -Marketing and Strategic Communications at USAID/ Johns Hopkins University-CCP and Uganda Health Marketing Group Consortium for a period of 5 years.

She served as Senior Assistant Manager- Business Development Insurance Company of East Africa (ICEA Group) for 4 years, Guest Lecturer (Stakeholder Marketing, Delivering Customer Value Through Marketing),Uganda Management Institute/Chartered Institute of Marketing-UK Programme for 2 years,

Evelyn was previously the Head of Marketing Dembe FM radio (Now under Nation Media Group) for I year having come from Sanyu FM as Head Marketing for 7 years.

She is still a Board Executive (Academics & Discipline)Board Executive (Academics & Discipline) Namilyango College for the last 6 years

Why she stands out

Evelyn was part of the think tank that dared to start the first FM radio Station, Sanyu FM, when the government liberalized the industry. That was the time when one had to move around with a music player, tune out the sound to convince prospective advertising decision makers of a new  frequency, not a program on radio Uganda.

At Sanyu , she started off as a Senior Marketing Executive then to Key Account Manager, and finally Head of Marketing. Her first account was Nile Breweries for which she developed compelling properties to drive the brand and it’s still a key account to this day

At Dembe FM she Set out to turn around the Station’s bottom line when it was bought by Simba Group. Worked to position the Station in the top 5 tier of local FM stations, making it attractive to Nation Media Group who acquired it.

At ICEA she Managed the health of the Corporate Brand, and steered growth of the branch network.

Education
Evelyn is a Fellow with the Chartered Institute of Marketing/CIM -UK, a Chartered marketer (9947576), advanced qualifications in communications (CAM)-UK.

She is an Alumna of the Johns Hopkins University Leadership in Strategic Health Communications, Social Scientist.

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CLINTON MAWANDA(FCIM,MBA, CHARTERED MARKETER)

Who is Clinton Mawanda?

Clinton Mawanda is one of Uganda`s few CIM UK Fellows. He is the Co-founder Ultra Group a marketing and communications group and  formerly Country Head of Marketing Delight Solar having left the Solar company early this year.

Experience

Prior to joining Delight Solar, Mawanda served as Head Marketing and Corporate Communications Uganda Development Bank for 5 years .

Clinton is also an Associate consultant for CIM UK at Uganda Management Institute study center since 2016.He is responsible for course/modules including Managing campaigns, Customer Experience among others.

Clinton has previously served as Country Demand creation Manager Carlsberg Uganda and offered strategic business growth of the Carlberg brand.

Why Clinton stands out

Clinton has mentored and taught over 200 marketing professionals at UMI and this effort has contributed towards professionalizing the industry since 2016.

Clinton is an entrepreneur with over 13 years of marketing experience. He contributed to the finding of Ultra group of companies as a forward-thinking alternative to traditional marketing models. Ultra has managed clients including Exim Bank, Oryx Energies among others.

While at  Marketing United Bank for Africa  as Head Branding & Marketing made the UBA prepaid card a household card for online payments for over 3 years he worked at Africa`s global bank.

Education

Clinton is pursuing a PHD in business leadership  from SBL school of business  Leadership Kwazulu

The FCIM UK and Chartered marketer also holds a bachelor’s degree, Economics & Applied statistics from Makerere University and an MBA from UTAMU among his other qualifications.

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CLAVER SERUMAGA(FCIM, MBA, CHARTERED MARKETER)

Who is Claver Serumaga?

Claver is the current Deputy Managing Director of Bank of Africa Kenya. Claver was appointed as Deputy Managing Director, Bank of Africa-Kenya in October 2019.

Experience 

Claver previously served as Bank of Africa Group Chief Digital Officer for a period of four years responsible for  the Group`s digital banking strategy.

Prior to this, Claver was the General Manager, Business Development at Bank of Africa Uganda.

He previously served as Head Retail Banking and Marketing at Orient Bank

Claver has over 17 years of experience in fields of Marketing ,Retail Banking Business Strategy Risk Management Commercial Banking ,Business Analysis ,Project Management ,Business Planning, Credit Analysis within the Banking industry in Uganda and Morocco.

Why Claver Serumaga stands out.

He established and rolled out BOA Group Digital Transformation strategy and organization across 14 countries in Africa

Anyone who remembers the Bank of Africa mobile app launch in 2014 should know that Claver Serumaga was the man behind one of the best digital product development projects in Uganda’s banking sector.

Education

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) – UK and holds an MBA in Executive Management from the Graduate School of Business University of Cape Town (GSB UCT)

 

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JACKIE RUKARE NAMARA CHARTERED MARKETER, FCIM

Who is Jackie Namara?

Jackie is one of the few Fellows and chartered marketers of Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK). A chartered Marketer is a status that recognizes purely outstanding marketers in the industry. This is currently accessible by members graded by CIM the leading professional marketing body in the world.

Experience

Jackie has over 20 years of experience in strategy, marketing communications, customer experience, building and managing brands. That’s two decades of solid  business growth support, and a test of time.

Her career began in the mid-90s with a one-year cameo at Bank of Uganda. She later moved to Unliver where she worked as a Brand Manager – Laundry and Personal Wash

She also served at Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) as a brand Manager before being named the Group Brand Manager. Here, she worked for two years before moving to Airtel Uganda.

She later moved to work as the Head of marketing at Stanbic Bank Uganda, a position she held for nearly a decade. This is no mean feat.

Jackie later moved to Vodafone Uganda in the same capacity, where she worked for 2 years before they exited the Ugandan market. She still soared with outstanding delivery.

Education

The vibrant Rotarian is a Fellow and Chartered Marketer of Chartered Institute of Marketing UK (FCIM), hold an MBA from the University of Technology Sydney  among her various qualifications.

 

Why Jackie Stands out

Five years ago, Jackie consolidated her marketing prowess into a consulting firm—Iguru Consult Limited, an agency which serves to help business thrive through Strategy, Marketing and Communications.

She lectures graduate students at the prestigious Uganda Management Institute and MAT Abacus Business School on how to prioritize marketing for sustained business growth and development.

Jackie has mentored close to 500 Marketing and Communications professionals and serves as a key member of the Uganda Marketers Society (UMS).

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NGULUMI IMMACULATE NABATTE (CHARTERED MARKETER FCIM,MBA,CMA)

Who is Immaculate Ngulumi Nabatte?

She is one of the most accomplished Professional Marketers and CEO material Uganda has ever had with leadership and senior management experience spanning over 20 years in private, financial, FMCGs, sectors.

Immaculate is the current Chief Marketing Officer of Centenary Bank, Uganda’s 2nd largest bank directly supervising  Branding, Marketing, Product development, Advertising functions.

Why Immaculate stands out

For over 2 decades, she has served in Private, FMCGS, and financial sectors at senior management level with 8 years in a leadership position as Bank`s CMO offering strategic direction to over 1500 members of staff both directly and indirectly.

Immaculate oversaw professionalization of the Banks’s marketing team, development of over 15 products and solutions including Mobile loans, Online account opening, Diaspora Funeral cover, Mobile banking app, Superwoman account and spearheading various marketing campaigns year on year.

She previously worked with UgaChick Poultry breeders Ltd and pioneered the growth of commercial poultry farming in Uganda and the East African region. She was  directly responsible for Marketing and sales of poultry and poultry feeds in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Kenya, and Congo. She also led channel and partner management, communications, and public relations functions of UgaChick

Additional Experience

Still at UgaChick, she oversaw and pioneered the diversification to growth of fish farming as an enterprise in Uganda and supervised the marketing function which saw the enterprise  extend reach into Kenya and Rwanda.

Academic Qualifications
The Wife and mother of 3 daughters is in a league of few Ugandans with a Fellow status of The Chartered Institute of Marketing UK(FCIM), Fellow and Chartered Marketing Analyst (CMA) of American Marketing Association(AMA), a Member of Chartered Institute of Public Relations UK(MCIPR) & holds an MBA from the Prestigious Makerere University among her other qualifications.

The Rotarian of the Rotary club of Muyenga Tankhill  has also undertaken Senior leadership program at  Strathmore Business School (SBS) and  an Associate Consultant at the Uganda Management institute where for the last 10 years having mentored over 500 marketing professionals.

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CHRIS MUHANGO(FCIM, CHARTERED MARKETER)

Who is Chris Muhango?

Chris is the current CEO and Founder Tig Marketing a consultation firm established in 2011 to solve Marketing planning Customer Experience, Strategy, Product development, Market research , Communications problems.

Experience
Chris begun his career way back in 1990 and served as a Commercial Officer for Foods and Beverages Uganda responsible for marketing and sales activities for Fresh Foods Subsidiary of Foods and Beverages

Chris has since worked in various positions including Marketing Manager Dairy Corporation, Uganda, Marketing and Communications Specialist at Appropriate Technology(AT) among several brands and roles.
Chris has generally seen it and done it all

Why Chris stands out
He has been a Fellow of CIM UK since 2011 at a time when there were only few of his status in Uganda.

He has been a senior consultant on major projects, multinationals, and brands across the East African region in various sectors including ARD, Inc/USAID Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Africa (SUWASA) Project ARD, Inc/USAID Sustainable Water and Sanitation in Africa (SUWASA) Project in Nairobi, Kenya with the most recent being the Uganda Airlines customer experience revamp project.

Education
Chris Muhango is a Fellow of CIM UK a level he has been for over a decade, chartered Marketer of CIM UK.

The graduate of Bachelor of Commerce-Marketing from Makerere University holds an MBA, Finance & Marketing from Nagpul University among his various academic qualifications.

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DR. BENEDICT MUGERWA(PHD)(FCIM)CHARTERED MARKETER

Who is Dr Benedict Mugerwa?

Dr Ben as people call him is one of the most accomplished and influential marketer Uganda has ever had.

He is the current Head of Professional Courses at Uganda Management Institute having returned to Uganda in 2002 after several years of working abroad in various Multinationals.

Dr Ben is a Chartered Marketer, Fellow of CIM-UK the highest level of professional Marketing from the University of South Africa
Dr Ben is Uganda`s visionary leader who introduced professional Marketing at Tertiary Institutions level making him the first CIM Coordinator.

He has literally taught every Ugandan CIM professional marketer at UMI and mentored over 5000 professionals.

Dr. Ben has nurtured marketing industry to a level that Uganda has now 3 CIM study Centers mostly headed by his former students, supported Launch of Uganda Marketers  Society whose first home was UMI.

Dr Ben is a public speaker and a consultant to many brands across East Africa

He is therefore the God father of Marketing in Uganda

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MARKETING PERSONALITY OF THE MONTH-MARCH 2022

Who’s is Emmy Hashakimana?

Emmy is the current Marketing and Innovations Director at Uganda`s  brewery giant Uganda Breweries Limited(UBL) a position he had held for the past 2 years.

Emmy`s key responsibilities at UBL include Leading the Marketing & Innovation Functions a subsidiary of DIAGEO Plc and part of the East African Breweries Group.

Experience

Emmy returned to UBL from Diageo Africa where he worked as Head of Innovations, Commercialization-Africa.

Emmy is not new to UBL, he joined UBL in 2012 as Head of Customer Marketing. In his time, he transformed the function from just a promotion focused function to the engine of commercial execution through setting up a clear planning and execution business rhythm focused on delivery of winning beer and spirits category growth drivers with customers. His work elevated Customer Marketing as a hub for top talent in the business.

Prior to joining Diageo, Emmy spent 6 years at Unilever. In his 2-year stint as Country Marketing Manager.

Why Emmy stands out

Delivering great commercialization plans for all new launches is among Emmy`s key competences with spearheading the launch of  the new Tusker Premium Cider.

Six months on his return to Uganda, Emmy Double hatted the Marketing & Innovations Director role (acting) with the Head of Beer role an experience that propelled him to the deeper understanding of strategy, senior management and a Marketing Guru he has become.

For the last 2 years as a Marketing & Innovations Director, Emmy has led the Uganda marketing department  to deliver unprecedented growth on the key brands amidst the closure of entertainment due to Covid19 pandemic. He is that special.

He  has since built deep relationships in each of the African markets and set up innovation commercialization structures driving a huge capability shift in the region. This makes Emmy exceptional to us.

Academic qualifications.

The old boy of SMACK is a graduate of  bachelor’s degree in Commerce from Makerere, holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Liverpool among his other academic qualifications.

Emmy! You have been served.

TOP CAMPAIGNS-FEB 2022

1. A Night with Chike Valentines Concert

There was no better way to open up Uganda’s social scene like A Night with Chike Valentines Concert. This show was about Ugandans celebrating love but also connecting with brand consumers.

Chike is Nigerian singer songwriter and A night with Chike’s show that took place on February 15 th at the Kampala Serena Hotel. The show that was sponsored by Baileys felt like a weekend in 2019 when Ugandans did not know of a global pandemic that would halt their entertainment.

This campaign was executed by Malembe Lifestyle an Events and Entertainment outfit that has been around for some time now.

The teasers for launch, digital marketing including tactics like influencer marketing,social media advertising created enough excitement for Ugandans to prepurchase tickets for the 1 st premium show since lifting the lockdown.

Entertainment On Event Day started off with an interlude from the Akadope Band, guests were treated to Allan Toniks whose “Romance” hit song sent love waves through
the Serena. His performance was then followed by songbird Naava Grey’s heavenly performance with songs like “ Alib’omu”, “Omooyo” and “So Kalami” turning guests into
pro singers as they sang along to every word.

The star of the night was kicked off his show with a tribute to fallen singer Moses Radio, performing his hit song “Take My Breath Away”. Clad in African inspired print, Chike
then dived straight into performing some of his hit songs like “Insecure”, “Out of Love”, “Loco” a song he recorded with Uganda’s Rema, working the crowd with his engaging
interludes, energetic performance, and live band prowess; the man was a sight to see.

The highlight of the night was the exact moment Chike stepped down from the stage
into the crowd, which sent waves throughout Serena as girls got to touch and dance
with the star. He closed of his performance with crowd favorites “Roju”,“If You No Love”and “ Running to You”.

We were definitely wowed by the Event Marketing prowess during this campaign.

2. The Jefreshed Start your adventure campaign by JESA

From a local dairy producing only raw milk, JESA has become a home grown,commercial success story and a leading East African dairy brand

The Jefreshed Start your adventure campaign is a rebrand of the old look and feel of JESA that had been around for a couple of years.

Launched in late January 2022 with a sky-blue teaser on social media sent the brand audience in speculation of what was coming.

An online launch that occurred in form of Videos opened a new chapter of JESA with a tagline `We are Jefreshed, start your Adventure ‘became clearer that Uganda`s leading
local diary producer of Milk was headed to a new chapter.

Executed by a young yet dynamic and creative agency Vidiyo in Business headed by Josh Mwesigwa aka `Josh the Fixer`, the campaign gained traction after implementation
of both ATL and BTL initiatives including radio, Digital, out of home/Billboards, instore,
TV and print all targeting their audience.

We like the fresh new look, liked the campaign execution from teasers, unveiling and
post campaign sustenance activities.
Well done to all the minds behind this campaign. You indeed Jefreshed Uganda.

3. Launch of 3 Toyotas and partnership for vehicle financing with NCBA

February 8 th saw CFAO Motors Uganda, formerly Toyota Uganda signing a
memorandum of understanding (asset financing) with NCBA Bank to provide vehicle asset financing to individuals, companies, and existing customers of CFAO Motors.
The purpose of the partnership is to provide convenient financing solutions to mutual
clients through the relationship with NCBA Bank

This is a one-of-a-kind partnership marketing and financing scheme for any customer to access financing to purchase new vehicles from CFAO Motors Uganda.

The rich Customer Value Preposition from NCBA Bank including flexible up to 95% asset financing from NCBA Bank, with up to 6 years repayment period and 60 days payment holiday makes it to our list this month.

We liked the branding and communication made across various channels and on launch day.

Some of the most highly anticipated new SUV models for individuals, corporate
companies, and small and medium enterprises were also unveiled at the launch and are now officially available in Uganda.

They include: the Starlet, Urban Cruiser and Corolla Cross
Kudos to Solutions East Africa for the amazing set up at the launch and Zeus the
Agency for out of the box digital marketing execution.

4. Tusker Premium Cider Launch

Tusker Premium Cider is the new UBL`s Premium Beer, the latest addition to their product portfolio.

#AppleIsHere hashtag coupled with crisp artworks were uploaded online on December 13 th , 2021, on new Twitter handles, Tusker Cider UG @tuskerciderug and we began tracking this new development at UBL.

Finally, the Brewery giant released final launch artworks with captivating crisp touch forging a new dawn of Premium beer consumption.

The Cider made from the finest quality apples, is an extremely rich and flavorful drink that is the perfect companion for consumers looking for new, easy going and exciting experiences through which to have a good time

Launched on Jan 27 th , 2022, at Legends Rugby Grounds, Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) officially unveiled Tusker Premium Cider to its youthful audience.

At the invite-only apple themed corporate ceremony the anticipation and the thirst on faces was palpable by revelers (especially the social media influencers) with a drink up treat at a well-lit and premium launch.

The sight of youthful guests crowding the stage and prancing as DJ Roja and Slick Stuart performed was memorable. The launch was hosted by TV and radio host, Sheila Salta, who was also unveiled as the brand’s ambassador.

This was one of the excellent tactics we liked about the launch of the 1 st cider to be
locally sourced and produced in East Africa. We liked the amazing product
photography, graphics and event set up.

We also liked that Tusker Cider was immediately made available on multiple e-commerce platforms like Jumia, Kikuubo Online and SafeBoda; supermarkets;
distributors; stockists; and different bars around the country. Partnership Marketing is the way to go.
Kudos to Pearl Guide, the Agency that executed this launch/campaign.

5. KFC streetwise remix campaign

KFC Uganda makes it to our list for the 1 st time with KFC Streetwise Remix campaign.

The remix is a campaign was launched with the new offers on KFC famous streetwise
chicken wings.

This campaign was centered on the better way to stay winning than with Streetwise
that came with 1piece original recipe, 2 zinger wings, 2 strips, regular chips at only UGX
18,000 and a free 350ml Coke.

KFC Uganda has mastered the art of localizing regional campaigns and didn’t
disappoint on this one with adoption of influencer, digital integrated with traditional marketing of Billboards and other out of home channels with clear and bold messages of the new streetwise offers.

We liked some campaign phrases like `Have you seen the new Streetwise in town?`,
`That’s right – we are back with a twist! For UGX 18,000 you can now get yourself 1 pc chicken, 2 zinger wings, 2 strips, regular chips and might we add you get a free 350ml
Coke too.

Very precise and to the point about the new CVP.

Well done TBWA Uganda, the agency behind this amazing top campaign.

See you in March

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