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Manifestos vs Vision: Do Presidential Candidates Align with the 10x Growth Strategy?

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryNovember 13, 2025November 17, 2025

Every election season in Uganda blooms with promises of transformation. Candidates unfurl manifestos brimming with pledges to create jobs, industrialize, end poverty, and modernize agriculture. Yet beneath the familiar rhetoric lies a deeper question: Will any of these promises align with Uganda’s long-term growth blueprint? NDP IV and the 10×10 growth strategy Uganda’s newly unveiled Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV), covering 2025/30, defines the economic direction for the next administration. It operationalizes the country’s 10×10 Growth Strategy, an ambitious framework designed to make the economy ten times larger by 2040. This plan, not the next manifesto, will determine whether…

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What Do Meta AI, ChatGPT and Perplexity AI Think About Uganda’s Economy?

Jonathan N. LubwamaBusiness & Markets Entrepreneurship Lists & Rankings News & Analysis The Big StoryAugust 14, 2024August 14, 2024

As the world continues to evolve, the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) has sparked a transformation across various sectors, including healthcare, agriculture, and education. As Ugandans embrace and understand AI more with each passing day, the question arises: what do leading AI platforms think about the country’s potential and challenges? In this exploration, I engaged with Meta AI, Perplexity AI, and ChatGPT to uncover their perspectives on what they think about Uganda’s economic performance, potential and whether we will become a middle-income country by 2050. Question 1: What Do You Know About Uganda? META AI: Uganda, located in East Africa,…

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NATIONAL BUDGET: Who will eat a bigger pie under Uganda’s four priority sectors in the new financial year

Paul MurungiNews & Analysis The Big StoryJune 14, 2024June 14, 2024

Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija yesterday unveiled the top four priority sectors in the 72 trillion Budget for the next Financial Year 2024/25 beginning July 1st. Presenting the National Budget at Kololo Ceremonial Grounds on June 13th, Kasaija gave a glowing perspective of Uganda’s economic outlook as, “positive and optimistic.” “The economy has remained resilient and has fully recovered from a myriad of internal and external shocks,” said the Minister Kasaija, adding that the economy is projected to grow between 6.4% & 7% next FY and double digit over the next 5 years. The Budget is the fifth, and therefore the…

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