May 30, 2022
East Africa: 40 Days 40 Fintechs Initiative Expands to East Africa
HiPipo Uganda has today Monday launched the third season of the 40 Days 40 FinTechs with a call to digital innovators and financial technology companies (fintechs) across East… Read more »
May 26, 2022
Uganda: Afriland First Bank Exits Uganda Over Lack of Customers
Bank of Uganda has approved a request by Afriland First Bank Uganda Limited to apply to the High court for voluntary liquidation (a self-imposed wind-up and dissolution of a… Read more »
May 18, 2022
Uganda: Public Debt Soars As Uganda Seeks to Borrow Shs 9.7 Trillion
Government is set to borrow Shs 9.7 trillion in a bid to finance its Shs 47 trillion 2022/2023 financial year budget, the National Budget Framework Paper indicates. Read more »
Uganda: Why Uganda's Critical Minerals Industry Is Important
Recently, the world met in South Africa's Cape Town for the Mining and Alternative Mining Indaba. The Mining Indaba Conference is the largest of its kind in the world. Read more »
May 03, 2022
Uganda: Current High Prices Call for Self-Imposed Lockdowns
The increasing prices of commodities in Uganda seem to be going on unabated with no clear indication of when they will stabilize. Read more »
Uganda: Coffee Deal a Minefield for Coffee Stakeholders, Warns Top Exporter
Government's controversial Shs 284bn deal with Uganda Vinci Coffee Company to process and export Ugandan coffee has come under much criticism from various stakeholders over… Read more »
September 19, 2016
Uganda: Ugandans Spend Shs 150 Billion Every Year On Gambling
The National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board has revealed that Ugandans spend an estimated Shs 150bn annually on gambling. Read more »
September 02, 2015
Uganda: Billions Lost in Secret Gold Trade
Kitumbi sub-county in Mubende district looks like a refugee camp. Seen from a hill in Bukuya town, it's a vast outpost of makeshift tents with dust hovering over them. Read more »