Absa Bank Uganda’s 2025 results were not just strong—they were unexpectedly strong for the moment in which they were delivered. In a year defined by leadership transition, shifting market dynamics,...
At the end of 2024, EADB reported total assets of approximately USD 506 million, but only about 30% of that balance sheet was deployed into customer lending. A significant portion...
Members of Parliament (MPs) have raised a red flag after learning that a single entity is lined up to take the lion’s share of funding for the Ministry of Trade....
Uganda’s decision to contract Citibank to mobilise funding for its Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) marks a significant turning point for a project that has faced years of delays, largely due...
Uganda is paying heavily to keep cash alive. Every year, trillions of shillings are absorbed into an economy still built around physical currency through the systems that print, transport, secure,...
We are now comfortably past H1 2023. Quickly take through an understanding of how the year has been. Have you been able to maintain 2022’s tempo? The year started sluggishly….
Over the last few months, a previously little-known law firm, Balon Advocates has been in the news, for all the wrong reasons. The New Vision of Saturday, August 21st 2022…
As Uganda celebrates 61 years of independence under the theme: ‘Sustaining a united and progressive nation, taking charge of our future as a free nation’, the country encounters noteworthy structural…
In this interview, Rytter Muzira, the Supervisor, Media Management at Uganda Revenue Authority, speaks to Robert Mutebi, the Commissioner of Information Technology and Innovation on the progress of this strategy…
Uganda Revenue Authority’s just-launched Digitalisation and IT Strategy 2023/24-2027/28 is a “living and breathing” testament to the tax authority’s determination to leverage cutting-edge technology to achieve the organisation’s mission to…
Ugandan banks have, under pressure from the central bank, agreed to drop a long-practised, but infamous practice of ‘fining’ customers for settling their outstanding loan obligations early. According to a…
The role of the CFO is fast-evolving to that of a Chief Value Officer (CVO). What unique challenges and opportunities does this present in the context of a central bank?…
For 21 of these 40 years, one man has been working, often unseen backstage, overseeing and guiding this operational excellence, resilience, innovation and growth. His name is Professor John Ddumba-Ssentamu,…
Sometime in June 2022, I and a few friends spent about 4-5 days in the Kasenda-Ndali areas of Kabarole and Bunyangabu districts documenting the various crater lakes⏤ they are said…
The Petroleum Authority of Uganda (PAU) has lifted the suspension of works at the Kingfisher Development Area (KFDA) in Kikuube District, paving the way for the resumption of operations. This…
