Jibran Qureishi

L–R: Bethuel Karanja, Head of Global Markets, Stanbic Bank Uganda; Damoni Kitabire, Board Chairman, Stanbic Bank Uganda; Michael Niyitegeka, Executive Director, Refactory; Dr. Joseph Muvawala, Executive Director, National Planning Authority; Daisy Nitwe, Country Lead – Structured Solutions, Stanbic Bank Uganda; Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda; and Mumba Kalifungwa, Chief Executive, Stanbic Bank Uganda — the leadership voices behind the Stanbic Bank Economic Forum 2026, convened to interrogate Uganda’s growth inflection point and chart a disciplined path from macro optimism to execution-led prosperity.

Big Dreams Need a Big Bank — and the 9 Other Things I Took Away from the Stanbic Bank Economic Forum 2026

2026 finds Uganda at a rare convergence of economic catalysts and structural pressures. First oil is nearing. Gold is redefining export performance. Technology — particularly AI — is compressing the time between
L-R: Emma Mugisha, Stanbic Bank Executive Director, Richard Mubiru, from Uganda Manufacturers Association, Atingi-Ego, Deputy Governor Bank of Uganda and Ramathan Ggoobi, the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury at the Ministry of Finance taking part in a panel discussion at the Stanbic Bank - 2022 Economic Outlook Forum held at Serena Hotel on February 11.

Ugandan economy to bounce back stronger, economists Affirm

Uganda’s economy will register progressively steady growth in the next 3 to 5 years as the country bounces back from more than two years of battling the Covid-19 pandemic which saw critical

 

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