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…
Indian-Swiss entrepreneur Vasundhara Oswal has filed a human rights petition at the High Court of Uganda against several high-ranking security and prosecution officials, accusing them of orchestrating her arbitrary arrest,…
President Yoweri Museveni has directed that former Ethiopian Airlines Chief Executive Officer Girma Wake be appointed to lead a management transition at Uganda Airlines, amid ongoing efforts to stabilise the…
The Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda, Prof. Augustus Nuwagaba, has drawn attention to a key structural feature of Uganda’s recent gold export performance: while gold has become the country’s largest…
Hardly two weeks after Absa Group CEO Kenny Fihla concluded a high-level working visit to Nairobi, Kenya, the Group this week announced that it had hired Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as its…
Ecobank Kenya has named Mrs. Rebecca M. Mbithi as its new Managing Director, succeeding Mrs. Josephine Anan-Ankomah, who has fully transitioned to a regional leadership role within Ecobank Group. Mbithi’s…
Absa Group has confirmed the appointment of M-PESA Africa chief executive Sitoyo Lopokoiyit as the new head of its Personal and Private Banking division, marking a significant leadership move as…
MTN Uganda shares have staged a strong rally on the Uganda Securities Exchange (USE), delivering massive gains to its largest local investors in just eight weeks as the stock surged…
Uganda’s Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) has resolved 146 tax disputes and unlocked UGX203.4 billion back into the economy in the first half of the 2025/26 financial year, as the quasi-judicial…
Government paid at least UGX 46.8 billion in terminal benefits to staff of rationalised agencies who were later re-appointed into public service. The payments, the Auditor General noted in the…
