The Bank of Uganda did not wait for its next scheduled meeting. At a special Monetary Policy Committee sitting on Wednesday, the central bank raised the Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 225 basis points, from 9.75% to 12%. The benchmark…
Picture race week in Bugesera, sometime around 2030. Every team has flown in with its crew, its cars and tonnes of freight. Thousands of fans are landing at a brand-new airport. Every one of them needs a bed, a ride,…
When Uganda begins exporting its crude oil, the country will gain a new source of foreign exchange and government revenue. But whether this wealth can help deliver the ambition of a $500 billion economy by 2040 will depend on how…
When fuel prices fall, will the cost of living follow? For Ugandan households, the answer matters far beyond the petrol station. Fuel affects the cost of transporting food, moving goods, operating businesses and getting to work. When prices rise, the…
Uganda does not need to convince Italy to buy its coffee. Italy is already one of its largest export markets. The bigger opportunity is to turn that established trade into businesses that create more value locally, from processing and roasting…
Stephen Tio Kauma‘s career is difficult to place neatly into one industry. And perhaps that is precisely the point. From professional services and manufacturing to continental finance, education and contemporary African art, the Ugandan executive has spent more than two…
For generations, agriculture in Uganda has been presented primarily as a production question. We have asked how to increase yields, get more young people into farming, improve access to inputs and put more land under commercial production. The assumption has…
East Africa’s banking industry is entering a new phase. For years, the defining measure of ambition was expansion: opening branches, entering new markets, acquiring customers and building regional footprints. Now, as banking becomes more technology-intensive and the cost of competing…
For most consumers, a bottle of beer begins on a supermarket shelf or behind the counter of a bar. In reality, it begins much earlier. It starts on farms where barley and sorghum are grown. It moves through packaging manufacturers,…
One year ago, one of Uganda’s leading homegrown commercial banks embarked on one of the most significant transformations in its history. The institution formerly known as Post Bank Uganda unveiled a new identity as Pearl Bank, signalling far more than…
Africa sits on one of the world’s largest stores of natural wealth. Its forests absorb billions of tonnes of carbon, its wetlands regulate ecosystems, its mangroves protect coastlines and its vast landscapes hold enormous potential for nature-based climate solutions. Yet…
When Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania secured the right to jointly host the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations under the “Pamoja” (Together) bid, the headlines naturally focused on football. Yet with less than a year before the continent’s biggest sporting spectacle…
By Publicist East Africa When Euromoney named Stanbic Bank Uganda the country’s Best Investment Bank for 2026, it recognised more than another year of strong institutional performance. It acknowledged the growing role of investment banking in financing Uganda’s economic transformation.…
With aggregation, farmers become suppliers. They gain access to larger markets, better market information, improved inputs and stronger bargaining power. Businesses, in turn, gain what they need most: reliable, predictable supply. Modern agricultural markets are no longer built simply on…
Uganda has set itself one of Africa’s most ambitious economic targets: expanding its economy from approximately US$50 billion today to US$500 billion by 2040. If achieved, the transformation would fundamentally reshape the country’s economic standing, strengthen its influence within East…