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Green finance

EIB backing targets climate-risk rules at Ugandan banks

Uganda’s green taxonomy and existing climate-risk rules move closer to implementation under EIB Global support
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Uganda Shilling

BoU turns to dollar sales as political warnings meet market pressure

Bank of Uganda sold foreign currency after rate rises failed to halt the shilling’s slide, despite warnings from Museveni and Ggoobi against using reserves
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Uganda Shilling

Shilling closes at record low a week after rate rise

Uganda’s shilling closed at Shs4,208.10 to the dollar, a record low, one week after the central bank raised its benchmark rate
A stack of Ugandan shilling banknotes—50,000, 20,000, 10,000, and 5,000—arranged in a currency counting machine.
Exchange rates

Shilling surrenders rate-hike gains as the dollar returns

Uganda’s shilling erased Wednesday’s gains by Friday, with the dollar back above its opening level on the day of the Bank of Uganda’s rate increase
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Explainer

What the Bank of Uganda’s rise to 12 per cent means for the shilling, fuel and loans

How the Bank of Uganda's increase in its policy rate to 12 per cent could affect the shilling, pump prices, and existing loans and savings
The Bank of Uganda's headquarters in Kampala

Bank of Uganda raises benchmark rate to 12 per cent at special meeting

Uganda’s central bank lifted its rate to 12 per cent, the largest increase since 2011, and raised its inflation forecasts as the shilling weakened
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Absa Africa Financial Markets Index

Uganda ranks fourth in Absa’s markets index, held back by pensions and depth

Uganda is the only one of 26 African countries scored in both years to lose ground in Absa's financial markets index since 2022, as Kenya and Ghana close in
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Foreign exchange

Shilling opens past Shs4,150 as Bloomberg reports offshore selling of bonds

The shilling has lost 12.8 per cent this year, and Absa and Alpha Capital Partners name offshore selling, corporate dollar demand and energy costs
The head office of the Bank of Uganda in Kampala
Bank of Uganda

Provision releases and currency gains drive Bank of Uganda’s doubled surplus

Bank of Uganda's reported surplus doubled to Shs1.3tn ($365.5mn), but underlying earnings fell once provisions and currency gains are removed

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