When Uber arrived in Kampala in June 2016, the idea of ordering a car or boda through a phone was still unfamiliar to many Ugandans. Ten years later, ride-hailing is no longer an experiment. It is part of how many…
Uganda needs an estimated US$28.1 billion for climate action by 2030, with government expecting 86 percent of the financing to come from private and international sources. But there is a wide gap between that ambition and the money currently reaching…
After decades of failed revival attempts, Uganda has put Kilembe Mines under a new ownership and production-sharing model. The government has a direct 15% stake and copper production is targeted for 2029. But the real test is no longer whether…
Nearly UGX 200 billion mobilised from more than 130,000 savers is an impressive start for NSSF’s Smartlife Flexi. But another number may matter even more: 97% of those savers are using mobile money. As NSSF renews its partnership with Airtel…
The disruption at Kenya’s main aviation gateway is a reminder of how closely Uganda remains tied to Nairobi. But it also highlights an opportunity: build Entebbe into a stronger, more reliable gateway so that Uganda has more options when regional…
When thousands of runners descended on Kasese for the fifth Tusker Lite Rwenzori Marathon, they came to run. But the activity surrounding them told a much bigger story. Hotels received guests, restaurants served visitors, transport operators moved people around the…
For Uganda’s digital creators, data is not simply something they use to browse social media. It is part of the cost of producing their work. A TikTok creator needs data to upload videos and interact with an audience. A YouTuber…
Kenya Airways enters the next stage of its turnaround with an interesting contradiction. Passenger demand remains relatively strong and revenues are growing, but the airline is still struggling to translate that activity into profitability. In the first half of 2026,…
For a Ugandan exporter selling to Kenya, a Kenyan bank financing a business in Uganda or a Tanzanian manufacturer buying regional inputs, doing business across East Africa currently means dealing with different currencies, exchange-rate movements and cross-border payment systems. A…
Uganda’s farmers have a collateral problem. It is not necessarily that they lack productive assets. Many smallholders own land, grow crops, keep livestock or manage trees, but much of that productive wealth remains difficult for conventional lenders to recognise as…
Uganda’s US$500 billion economic ambition comes with a financial requirement that is almost as striking as the target itself, private-sector credit will have to rise from roughly Shs30 trillion today to more than Shs490 trillion by 2040. That means the…
Uganda’s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are about more than whether the country needs another financial programme. They offer a window into a broader shift across East Africa, governments still have ambitious development plans, but financing those ambitions…
Uganda wants more of the world to come to her and more of what it produces to reach the world. That ambition is increasingly visible in its plans to grow tourism, expand exports and use major international events such as…
Uganda is building up its financial reserves, but the strategy is exposing a bigger question about the country’s economic resilience, can Uganda generate enough foreign currency to make those reserves sustainable? The Bank of Uganda has begun buying locally produced…
Uganda’s next tax revolution may already be happening in the pockets of millions of citizens. Every time someone sends mobile money, buys airtime, pays for data, makes a digital payment or receives money through a mobile wallet, they leave behind…