By Mariam Kigongo
Uganda’s economic update mainly focuses on the importance of jobs in the context of Uganda’s growing economy. As it is for other countries around the world, jobs are very essential for Uganda’s development because they determine the living standards of every individual and household. They also help support economic transformation and promote social cohesion.
Uganda’s economy has grown significantly over the past years. This growth will continue in the future. Currently however, a significant proportion of the country’s population are not benefiting optimally from this growth. Most of Uganda’s labor force is employed but in rather low productivity activities. This is largely because most of the largely productive and rapidly expanding economic sectors are often more capital intensive than labor intensive. For this reason they employ a small sector of well-experienced people in those fields.
“In 2016, we hope to see a change in the employment sector, where the everjobs Uganda team has noted that the majority of the companies in Uganda employ the most people in Sales and Marketing. Positions in Administration and ICT are also on the rise. We however note that with ICT, most employers require people with more experience in such fields to fill those positions.
