Uganda’s banks are posting record profits, but the productive economy is still struggling to access credit. The gap is not a shortage of money. It is a system that converts liquidity into safe returns faster than it converts enterprise into…
Uganda’s agricultural sector presents one of the country’s most enduring contradictions. It employs the majority of the population, contributes significantly to export earnings, occupies a central place in government policy and is frequently described as the backbone of the economy.…
The excitement surrounding Burkina Faso’s recent diaspora bond should not be viewed simply as a financial success story from West Africa. It should force countries such as Uganda to confront a much deeper question about development, agriculture, and the sources…
Across Africa’s rapidly urbanizing economies, housing remains one of the most persistent development challenges. Cities are expanding at a pace that continues to outstrip infrastructure and housing delivery. In this environment, Shelter Afrique Development Bank’s 2025 financial performance presents a…
At 45 years old, institutions are often expected to settle into maturity, to refine what they already are, not rethink what they could become. Yet Shelter Afrique Development Bank is doing the opposite. It is choosing reinvention. In Rabat, Morocco,…
Part 2: What Emerging Development Finance Models Reveal If industrialisation is Uganda’s declared ambition, then the structure of its capital will determine whether that ambition materialises at scale. Development finance is no longer simply about lending; it is about instrument…