Key 2025 Pakasa Forum speakers: Dr Dennis Ngabirano

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Dr Dennis Ngabirano is the CEO and founder of Psalms Food Industries Limited. He is a passionate psychologist, teacher, entrepreneur and Rotarian.

He holds a doctorate in business administration, a master’s of arts in counselling psychology of Ndejje University and a bachelor’s degree in guidance and counselling of St Lawrence University, Uganda and several other certificates.

Besides that, Ngabirano is a qualified primary school teacher with a 12-year of teaching experience. He started a snacks business at a basic level in 2010. Ngabirano has emerged as one of Africa’s finest CEOs in the last 15 years after growing a once $11 business to a fully-fledged ISO certified food company worth over $10m.

The company manufactures over 30 products, ranging from crisps, nuts, butters, extruded snacks, vegetable snacks, as well as baked products under three brand names — Sumz, Afrikan Harvest and Krunchables. The company employs over 500 youth and provides direct market to farmers.

Last year, Ngabirano won an accolade as one of the top 10 most outstanding entrepreneurs in Agro-Foods Processing by The Business Executive Africa.

He recently won an accolade as one of the top 100 most trusted CEOs in East Africa and was recently profiled as one of the top 10 CEOs in Africa to watch in 2025 by the CEO Views Magazine.

Last year, Ngabirano won another award as the Most Inspiring Entrepreneur and Best Innovative Agro-Food Product from Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs Awards – Africa Ghana, among others.

2025 Pakasa Forum

The 2025 Pakasa Forum, which is set for this Saturday, November 22, has successful entrepreneurs and experts who are ready to transfer knowledge and skills, offer career advice, and help participants navigate challenges, which can lead to greater success.

Organised by Vision Group in partnership with Enterprise Uganda, Centenary Bank, Post Bank/Pearl Bank and Uganda Registration Services Bureau, the forum will run under the theme: Opportunities and Ideas for Growing Businesses.

It will be held at Enterprise Uganda’s newly-constructed multi-billion-shilling business training facility opposite Butabika Hospital in Kampala.