Uganda is expanding access to agricultural machinery, but the bigger test of its mechanisation drive begins after the machines are handed over. …
A UGX3 billion partnership between Stanbic and France is backing entrepreneurs turning environmental challenges into businesses, with 106 enterprises completing the first …
By Ali Ssekatawa The online furore that followed President Yoweri Museveni’s unveiling of Uganda’s crude oil trading name, “Pearl Sweet,” reminded me …
Uganda has identified more than 58 categories of minerals and invested in geological surveys to better understand what lies beneath its soil. …
East Africa has spent decades trying to attract more tourists. Now, some of its most valuable destinations face a different challenge: how …
For three days this September, Uganda’s national parks will remove one of the biggest barriers to wildlife tourism: the entrance fee. From …
A year after changing its name from PostBank Uganda, Pearl Bank has crossed UGX1 trillion in lending, giving the government-owned bank one …
Uganda has moved closer to one of its most ambitious economic targets. The economy, according to Trade and Industry Minister Sanjay Tanna, …
For decades, getting a formal loan in East Africa depended on a familiar set of questions: Does the borrower have a salary? …
Uganda’s cocoa industry is entering a new phase. The crop is no longer a small agricultural story; it is becoming a significant …
A decade after Ernest Rubondo beat Fred Kabanda to become the first Executive Director of the Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU), Kabanda …
Uganda was supposed to produce its first commercial oil by July 31, 2026. That deadline has passed, and First Oil has now …
Africa is moving rapidly into the artificial intelligence era. Governments are developing AI strategies, companies are experimenting with generative AI and Agentic …
For more than a century, Pan-Africanism gave Africa a powerful political idea: that the continent was stronger when Africans stood together. From …
Aliko Dangote is betting that East Africa can become a major refining market. His proposed 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery in Lamu, Kenya, could become …
Pearl Bank says “When You Grow, Uganda Prospers.” The more interesting question is whether the economics behind that promise can be seen …
Africa has sunshine, wind, forests, minerals, agricultural land and one of the world’s youngest populations. It also has an expanding pipeline of …
Kenya’s milk shortage has exposed a contradiction at the heart of East Africa’s food economy: one of the region’s largest dairy producers …
Kenya’s attempt to protect small businesses is exposing a bigger question for East Africa: can national economic interests coexist with the promise …
Uganda is exporting coffee at record levels. But with more than 95% of production still leaving the country as green beans, the …
Starlink has entered Uganda’s internet market. But its biggest impact may not be in Kampala, where fibre and mobile broadband already compete …
A decade after losing the contest to lead Uganda’s petroleum regulator, Fred Kabanda is again at the centre of the succession debate …
When Uber arrived in Kampala in June 2016, the idea of ordering a car or boda through a phone was still unfamiliar …
Uganda’s oil has spent nearly two decades underground, in boardrooms, financing negotiations and political speeches. On Wednesday, it finally got a name. …