Joshua Karamagi

Joshua Karamagi also known as Eng. Joshua K. R. Karamagi is a Ugandan Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and former chief executive officer of the Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL).

Education background Eng. Karamagi holds a bachelor's degree of commerce from Makerere University and a master's degree from Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom.

Career Eng. Karamagi began his career as an accountant, working with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) as an audit senior before holding a position of financial accountant at Celtel Uganda (now Airtel Uganda) in January 1999.

In January 2002, he joined AfricaOnline as the Chief Accountant before joining Uganda Breweries as Chief Accountant. In 2003, he became the Chief Financial Officer of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) Uganda a position he held until August 2007 and from August 2007 to November 2010, he served as an Assistant Commissioner at the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.

From 2010 to 2014, Eng. Karamagi served as financial director/university bursar of Makerere University and in 2015, he joined the Uganda Electricity Generation Company Limited (UEGCL) as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In March 2023, Karamagi was appointed chief executive officer of Uganda Electricity Transmission Company Limited (UETCL) a position he held until July 2025.