For years, discussions about Uganda’s digital economy have largely centred on internet penetration, mobile money adoption and expanding broadband infrastructure. Yet a quieter transformation has been unfolding beneath the surface, one that suggests the country’s digital future may be financed…
Across Uganda, a quiet shift is redefining the nature of work. Increasingly, people are earning livelihoods as freelancers, consultants, digital traders, content creators, software developers and independent service providers. Many operate without registered companies, formal payrolls or conventional business structures,…
By Publicist East Africa Investors rarely fear bad markets; they fear uncertain ones. That distinction explains far more about investment patterns across Africa than many policy debates acknowledge. Across much of the continent, the greatest constraint is rarely the absence…
By Publicist East Africa Behind every great brand is a leader who understands not only consumers, but culture, innovation, reputation and growth. That reality was celebrated at the inaugural Africa CMO100, where four executives leading some of Uganda’s most influential…
By Publicist East Africa There are executives who master one industry. Then there are those who move from sector to sector, leaving each one measurably stronger than they found it. Mark Ocitti Ongom belongs firmly in the latter category. Effective…
Across global climate finance circles, carbon has become a currency of urgency, traded, priced, verified, and bundled into corporate sustainability strategies worth billions. But in Africa, where vast forests, wetlands, and grasslands are now being measured as carbon sinks, a…
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.…
Uganda’s oil sector has entered its most consequential phase. After more than two decades of exploration, negotiation, and infrastructure development in the Albertine Graben, the country is no longer waiting for oil to be discovered or approved. It is waiting…
By Publicist East Africa There are leaders who run organisations, then there are leaders whose work quietly shapes the direction of countries. Clare Akamanzi belongs firmly in the latter category. Today, she leads NBA Africa, one of the continent’s most…
President Yoweri Museveni’s 2026 State of the Nation Address has placed Uganda’s next policy cycle firmly in motion, with the Government set to table 38 Bills, policy frameworks, reports and statutory instruments before Parliament in the 2026/27 financial year. While…
For years, Uganda’s insurance sector was defined by one word: fragmentation. Dozens of insurers competed for relatively small market share in an industry where penetration remained among the lowest in Africa. Competition was abundant; scale was not. Many firms struggled…
In 2026, Uganda found itself celebrating two major export milestones, the country surpassed Ethiopia in monthly coffee export volumes, exporting 47,606 tonnes compared to Ethiopia’s 43,481 tonnes and reinforcing its growing position in global coffee markets. Around the same period,…
By Publicist East Africa Few regulators have done more to quietly reshape Uganda’s financial architecture than Alhaj Dr. Kaddunabbi Ibrahim Lubega. For more than fifteen years, he has led the transformation of Uganda’s insurance industry from a largely misunderstood and…
Uganda’s post-pandemic tourism story had been one of East Africa’s most compelling. In 2024, arrivals rose 7.7% to 1.37 million, earnings surged 26% to USD 1.28 billion, and the sector contributed 5.7% to GDP. By 2025, revenues had pushed toward…
As Africa’s economies navigate intensifying global uncertainty, accelerating digital disruption, climate-linked financial pressures, and shifting geopolitical trade dynamics, central banks across East Africa are quietly moving toward deeper coordination. While still informal and evolving, this trajectory signals the early formation…