Investment survey ranks Uganda among top ten sub-Saharan prospects
Uganda is among the top ten countries in sub-Saharan Africa where companies are looking to invest or expand over the next few years
Uganda Business News
Bank of Uganda’s role in socioeconomic transformation
The Bank of Uganda’s mandate rests on three pillars: maintaining price stability, ensuring the safety and soundness of financial institutions, and managing the payments system
Government applauds Stanbic for supporting women-owned businesses
Stanbic Bank’s Women in Business Forum has provided Shs65bn in discounted loans to female entrepreneurs
Rising income inequality within countries underlines importance of Africa’s economic growth
Income inequality between countries has been falling since the 2000s, but income inequality within countries is on the rise
Credit standards for business loans tightened in third quarter, BoU says
A central bank survey showed that commercial bank lending criteria tightened for all sectors except electricity and water utilities
Mulago, Stanbic discuss corporate cancer screening
Uganda Cancer Institute explores introduction of cancer screening initiative for busy corporate employees
Uganda maintains top 5 ranking in Africa capital markets index
Uganda ranks behind investment gateways South Africa and Mauritius, and the continent’s biggest economy, Nigeria
Airtel extends IPO closing date
Airtel Uganda has postponed the closing date for its initial public offering to 27 October from the original date of 13 October
New Vision slumps to its second annual loss
New Vision reported a sharp drop in earnings for the year ended June, dragged down by the poor performance of its recently added publishing revenue stream
AfDB project to improve farmers’ access to fertiliser with $2.9mn in loan guarantees and grants
The three-year project will support two wholesalers to sell subsidised fertiliser, and link them to agro-dealers who will act as resellers