President Yoweri Museveni has promoted Michael Atingi-Ego to the position of the new Governor of the Bank of Uganda
Atingi-Ego has previously been serving as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Uganda, he has been replaced by Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba as the new Deputy Governor.
Michael Atingi-Ego is a Ugandan economist, At the time of his appointment, he had been serving as the Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda and was previously executive director of the Macroeconomics and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and Southern Africa (MEFMI), based in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Prof. Nuwagaba is an international consultant on economic transformation. He is a wealth creation expert in Africa.
He is qualified (MBA) in application of central bank monetary policy on commercial bank competitiveness.
Prof. Nuwagaba has worked intensively in analysis of fiscal metrics for governments in Africa, review of financial performance and analysis of tax policies.