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    Uganda Securities Exchange’s Paul Bwiso is new Chairman of East African Securities Exchanges Association (EASEA)

    Brian EmorutCompany NewsPolitics & GovermentThe Big StoryMarch 25, 2025March 25, 2025

    Paul Bwiso, the Chief Executive Officer of the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), has been appointed the new Chairman of the East African Securities Exchanges Association (EASEA), following the association’s 34th…

    Banks and pension funds feast on gov’t securities gravy train as businesses get more starved of credit and choked by high interest rates.

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 19, 2024February 19, 2024

    The government of Uganda’s continued uncontrolled borrowing from commercial banks via government securities and at anti-market rates to the detriment of the private sector dominated the greater part of the…

    Q&A: Absa Bank’s David Wandera’s take on the financial markets in 2023 and 2024 and the 6th of February  release of Absa’s #AFMIndex2023

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryFebruary 3, 2024February 3, 2024

    Ahead of the event,  David Wandera FCCA, the Absa Executive Director & Head of Financial Markets discusses the financial markets landscape in 2023 and why it is important for financial…

    PSST Ggoobi and BoU’s Dr. Atingi-Ego to headline Absa’s #AFMIndex2023 and Economic Outlook Forum 

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryFebruary 3, 2024February 3, 2024

    Ramathan Ggoobi, the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST) and Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego, the Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor are headlining this year’s Africa Financial Markets Index (AFMI)…

    May 13th – May 19th, 2023: Weekly financial markets review and outlook

    Stephen KaboyoBanking & Financial ServicesNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMay 19, 2023May 19, 2023

    The Ugandan Shilling was relatively stable with flows from commodity Exeter’s and offshore investors lending support. The unit held in a narrow range of  2715/25. In the neighbouring Kenya market,…

    PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: Turn your aspirations into success stories with the  SBG Securities’ Wezimbe Unit Trust 

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsThe Big StoryFebruary 8, 2023February 8, 2023

    What is the Wezimbe Unit Trust?  Wezimbe Unit Trust is an investment product that enables you to pool your money together with other investors to create a large fund. This…

    Uganda ranked No.1 in East Africa and 5th on the African Continent in the 2021 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index.

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryMarch 11, 2022March 11, 2022

    Ugandan financial markets have been ranked in the top spot in East Africa and the fifth on the African continent, according to the just-released 2021 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index….

    Non-Performing Loans Jump to UGX 783billion – BOU

    URNBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryJuly 7, 2020July 8, 2020

    The amount of money where borrowers have not made any payments for at least three months grew by 15 per cent to UGX783 billion between January and March 2020, the…

    Bank of Uganda further expected to cut Central Bank Rate to below 8 per cent

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesThe Big StoryJune 7, 2020June 7, 2020

    Ahead of the Central Bank’s announcement of its June 2020 Monetary Policy, experts have predicted that Bank of Uganda, will further cut its Central Bank Rate (CBR), in a bid…

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