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Hoima City Stadium: A worthy investment or another white elephant in the making? AFCON 2027 catalyst or white elephant? Testing Hoima City Stadium’s return on investment, tourism upside, and sustainability.

Hoima City Stadium will host some of the 2027 AFCON Games.

The $130 million (UGX 354 billion) Hoima City Stadium has ignited a national debate: will it be a transformative investment for Uganda’s sports and tourism landscape, or another white elephant project? Built to host AFCON 2027, the 20,000-seat stadium stands on the outskirts of Hoima City, in Uganda’s oil-rich western region. While it symbolizes national ambition, critics question its remote location and long-term viability. Some sceptics argue that the stadium risks becoming a “white elephant,” a massive structure underutilised due to its distance from major urban centres. However, some proponents see it as a bold statement of Uganda’s growing petroleum…

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Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with extensive financial journalism training from institutions in South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage focuses on groundbreaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the General Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards for his articles on business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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