Mansour Matovu

Mansour Matovu, commonly known as Yanga, is a Ugandan businessman and real estate investor that owns and has developed various commercial buildings in the Central Business District of Kampala (CBD). According to Watchdog Uganda, he was listed as one of the top 10 Uganda's Billionaires in 2025 with a net worth of $785 million.

Early life Matovu was born in Masaka District where he attended school up to Senior Two (S.2) before dropping out to engage in small scale trading and vehicle repairs which he began at Kayondo Garage, Ndeeba, a Kampala suburb in the 1980s.

Business career He began his business career in the 1981 dealing in automobile repair, spare parts, and importation of second-hand motorcycles from Japan.

Properties and holdings Matovu’s real estate portfolio includes several buildings across Kampala’s Central Business District, notably MM Plaza, Nanaganda Plaza, Zai Plaza, and Soweto Plaza. He has also been associated with ownership disagreements related to Qualicel Bus Terminal and other properties in central Kampala. Matovu was involved in a legal battle with the late businessman Charles Muhangi and Drake Lubega over the ownership of Qualicel Bus Terminal and Nabukeera Plaza.