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Don Wanyama returns Vision Group to profitability fueled by a record growth in revenue

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MAN OF THE WEEK: Don Wanyama disproves sceptics, returns Vision Group to profitability fueled by a record growth in revenue Vision Group, Uganda’s largest multi-media company, this October released its full-year results for the year ended June 2022, reporting a 36% jump in gross revenue. The industrial-area-based Vision Group reported that turnover in 2022 touched the UGX 111.4 billion mark, compared to UGX 81.9 billion in 2021. This is the first time; the company is crossing the UGX100 billion mark in its over 35 years of history. Don Wanyama is the Chief Executive Officer at Vision Group PLC (PHOTO/Courtesy). The increase in revenue, however, came at a stiff cost—the cost of sales increased by 47.7% from UGX59.9 billion to UGX88.4 billion. In a statement, Vision Group, said this was largely due to a UGX24.9 billion for printing published educational materials/books. However, the company reported that it was able to reduce administrative and other operating expenses by 7.3% fr...

Outgoing ULS President Pheona Wall appointed Vice Chairperson to the Policy Advisory Council at Efficacy Methodology

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  The former President of the Uganda Law Society (ULS) Pheona Wall has taken on fresh responsibility as the Vice Chairperson at Efficacy Methodology. "I'm happy to share that i will be serving as Vice Chairperson to the Policy Advisory Council at Efficacy Methodology," she wrote on her LinkedIn page on Wednesday 21st September. Pheona Wall is prominent Ugandan lawyer, advocate, Commissioner of Oaths and Chartered Mediator with a Bachelors’ Degree in Law, a Diploma in Legal Practice and an MBA in Management. She is a governance expert and a public relations practitioner with over 15 years’ experience currently serving as the Corporation Secretary National Water and Sewerage Corporation Insurance Company. She is also a Registered Trustee of Zamara Retirement Fund and a Board Member of Fields of Life and the East African Business Council. She is the immediate past President of the Uganda Law Society, the General Secretary of the Pan African Lawyers Union and a Council Memb...