Uganda’s shilling has come under renewed pressure in September, with the currency moving towards the Shs4,000-per-dollar mark as businesses increase their demand for foreign currency amid higher energy costs, import requirements and uncertainty in global markets. On September 17, commercial…
Uganda has moved closer to one of its most ambitious economic targets. The economy, according to Trade and Industry Minister Sanjay Tanna, has grown from roughly $50 billion when the government set out its $500 billion ambition to about $69…
Africa is moving rapidly into the artificial intelligence era. Governments are developing AI strategies, companies are experimenting with generative AI and Agentic AI, universities are expanding AI training, and investors are beginning to look at AI as the next major…
For more than a century, Pan-Africanism gave Africa a powerful political idea: that the continent was stronger when Africans stood together. From the anti-colonial struggle to the creation of the Organisation of African Unity and later the African Union, the…
Kenya’s attempt to protect small businesses is exposing a bigger question for East Africa: can national economic interests coexist with the promise of a single regional market? Kenya’s crackdown on foreign nationals operating small businesses has moved from a political…
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…