At least UGX 3.5 trillion is currently locked in unresolved commercial disputes within Uganda’s court system—capital that cannot be reinvested, circulated, or deployed productively in the economy. That stark reality...
The High Court has removed a key legal hurdle standing in the way of one of East Africa’s largest corporate transactions, dismissing an application that sought to block Diageo’s planned...
Nigeria’s Zenith Bank Plc has acquired 100 percent shareholding of Kenya’s Paramount Bank Limited, marking a significant expansion of the West African lender into East Africa’s banking sector. The Central...
Uganda’s fourth quarter budget release for the 2025/26 financial year reveals a clear hierarchy of national priorities, with debt servicing, wages, and infrastructure emerging as the dominant beneficiaries of government...
The proposed tax changes for the 2026/27 financial year go well beyond routine amendments. Taken together, they point to a deliberate policy shift toward easing the cost of doing business,...
BY PAUL TENTENA KAMPALA, UGANDA- Fifteen young African entrepreneurs have emerged as finalists from a field of more than 800 applicants for the seventh annual Anzisha Prize, Africa’s premier award…
BY OUR REPORTER ENTEBBE, UGANDA- The Board of Uganda Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has appointed David Mpango Kakuba the new Managing Director to replace Dr. Rama Makuza. Wenceslaus Rama Makuza…
BY OUR REPORTER Emirates and flydubai have unveiled an extensive partnership which will see the two Dubai-based airlines join forces to offer customers unmatched travel options. Both airlines will continue…
By Our Reporter Hima Cement and China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to supply 120,000 tons of cement to three mega infrastructure projects being carried…
By Our Reporter A report commissioned by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and produced by partner and forecaster Oxford Economics, provides a snapshot of the…
By Our Reporter The Stanbic Bank Purchase Managers Index (PMI) for June indicates that operating conditions in Uganda improved over the past month on the back of renewed local demand…
By Our Reporter SWIFT has announced that 22 additional global banks have joined its block chain Proof of Concept (PoC), designed to validate whether the technology can help banks reconcile…
By Our Reporter Samia Suluhu Hassan, the Vice President of the Republic of Tanzania has formally announced her support and participation in the upcoming Tanzania Oil & Gas Congress due…
By Our Reporter Water may be one of the basic needs of life, but access to clean and safe drinking water remains a challenge for countless Ugandans. Pollution and rampant…