In Africa, lockdowns to control the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus outbreak will hurt urban families — most of who depend on informal sector jobs — the most. Therefore, reshaping African cities in the pandemic’s aftermath to ensure they can be engines of economic growth in the future, will be key
The elections take place in January/February 2021. Scores of young voters will be ineligible to vote – despite meeting the age requirement at the time of the election. Considering that over 75% of Uganda’s population is below 30, the implications could be significant
Mathu Kiunjuri was named British American Tobacco Uganda’s managing director in October 2017, replacing Dadson Mwaura. Before his elevation, he was the head of trade marketing and distribution at the company
Africa’s ability to use monetary and fiscal policies to mitigate the pandemic’s economic impact is limited. Whereas governments and central banks around the world have adopted robust and often unprecedented short-run stimulus measures, most African countries lack the policy space and capacity to do so, or are constrained by monetary arrangements that prevent them from implementing national strategies
The portfolio of commercial bank lending to the private sector, a measure of the financial sector’s contribution to economic activity, firmed up in January, according to central bank data
Mastercard today released a white paper revealing that giving people the ability to pay only for what they use, as they need it, can lift millions of people across Africa out of poverty and make prosperity possible
The current locust invasion in East Africa has caused significant damage in pastoral regions, where the pests have devoured pasture and tree leaves. They are now reaching some of the major maize growing areas where they are likely to cause a lot of damage to the crops
Rwanda’s Paul Kagame wants President Museveni to kick out Rwanda National Congress dissidents, or – in Kagame’s view – ‘terrorists’. Whether Museveni will do that is the question
Current commercial bank interest rates and charges as at 1 January 2020. Compare fixed deposit and lending rates from Uganda’s 24 commercial banks to get the best rate
Studies show that insect-pest related yield losses for maize, rice and wheat are expected to increase by between 10% and 25% for each degree Celsius of warming. The impact will be huge