Kampala property market improves on robust economy
Market could have performed even better, but demand for prime housing and large office space from oil and gas sector fell short of expectations
Uganda Business News
Umeme issues profit warning, blames assets writedown
Accounting charge relates to the writedown of the utility’s non-current intangible assets over the shorter of the remaining term of its distribution concession or their useful life
Bobi Wine’s 2021 bid highlights youth vote challenge—and Museveni’s mastery
Despite widespread “youth wave” optimism, the NRM employed diverse, embedded strategies and tactics to obstruct Bobi Wine’s efforts to build a national youth constituency
Coffee exports down on poor Elgon arabica crop
Coffee exports fell for the second consecutive month in December, with arabica shipments down due to a small crop in the Elgon region and rains that delayed drying of new harvests
Uganda Securities Exchange Weekly Trade Briefing
Activity on the Uganda Securities Exchange was higher over the week, with more stocks active than in the previous week and the volume traded increasing
Community Pass Customer Summit in Uganda paves way for digital and financial inclusion with Mastercard
Mastercard’s second annual Community Pass Customer Summit brought together over 100 partners from the public and private sectors dedicated to creating sustainable solutions for financial inclusion in Africa and beyond
South Africa’s genocide case against Israel: what to expect from the International Court of Justice
Three cases alleging violations of the Genocide Convention have been brought before the ICJ, the first in 1993; of these, the ICJ has only issued a final judgment in one case, 14 years after it was initiated
Uganda Securities Exchange Weekly Trade Briefing
In the first week of 2024, 3,002,860 shares of locally listed companies were traded on the Uganda Securities Exchange, compared to 271,066 shares in the last week of 2023
Electricity prices drop by 1.6%
Electricity tariffs to be charged by Umeme for the first three months of the year reduce by an average of 1.6 per cent
The conceptual roots of the debt crisis in the Global South
Growing debt crisis in the Global South largely the result of a flawed multilateral system, and also reflects inadequacies of the dominant analytical and policy frameworks