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,…
Uganda has set itself one of the most ambitious economic targets anywhere on the African continent: expanding the economy from approximately US$50 billion today to US$500 billion by 2040. If realised, the target would fundamentally alter the country’s economic position…
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…
MTN Uganda Chairman and prominent businessman Dr Charles Mbire is set to headline the inaugural SBG Securities Investor Day on Friday, June 26, 2026, as part of an initiative to drive local participation in Uganda’s financial markets. The event will…
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…
The end of Umeme Limited’s electricity distribution concession and the rise of Uganda Electricity Distribution Company Limited (UEDCL) has reignited a familiar debate: should critical public services be privately managed or state-run? It is the wrong debate. Uganda’s infrastructure challenge…
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…
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.…
Reports of workforce reductions within the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project have understandably sparked concern among many Ugandans who viewed the country’s emerging petroleum industry as a long-term source of employment and economic opportunity. Yet the layoffs themselves…
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…
NCBA Bank Uganda has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening Uganda’s financial markets, positioning the sector as a critical enabler of the country’s economic transformation ambitions. The bank’s Global Markets Division participated in the ACI Financial Markets Authority (FMA) Uganda Dealers’…
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,…
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…
For years, Uganda’s agricultural conversation has largely revolved around one dominant narrative: farmers need more support, more financing, more inputs, more seedlings, more tractors and more training. While all these interventions matter, they may not fully address the real structural…