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By the time the curtain falls on Macfrut 2026 in Rimini, Italy this week, Uganda will have made its pitch to some of the world's most powerful fruit and vegetable buyers. The question is whether Government is serious enough to make that pitch count - year after year.
Economic Digest
Grid Watch
Uganda is deepening its push for agricultural transformation by courting Danish expertise and capital, as government positions the sector for higher productivity, reduced post-harvest losses, and increased value addition.
The war that sealed the Strait of Hormuz is not a distant news story. It is the reason fuel costs more, food costs more, and doing business in East Africa costs more - today.
The construction of the East African...
The Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) is edging closer to finalizing Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) contracts for the country’s first oil refinery, a $4 billion (UGX 15.2 trillion) project.
Uganda has officially rolled out a national biofuel blending programme that will see petrol mixed with ethanol extracted from crops such as maize, cassava, and sugarcane, a development expected to enhance energy security, reduce environmental degradation, and significantly raise farmer incomes.
Market Pulse
Business
Banking sector adds its voice to the chorus of voices from different stakeholders cautioning the government against serious unintended consequences of enacting the controversial law.
There is a quiet crisis in Uganda’s classrooms. Every month, thousands of......
MTN MoMo's new campaign makes payments below UGX 5,000 free - a small move with very big implications for Ugandan businesses and consumers.
NCBA Group PLC has reported a 7% increase in net profit to......
The Group, which also has operations in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and DR Congo, said its pretax profit surged 52% to $711.47 million.
Cross Border
State Minister for Finance David Bahati says Uganda is committed to strengthening economic cooperation with Japan as part of its industrialisation agenda.
The Tax Appeals Tribunal faulted the tax body for ignoring documentary evidence and imposing an arbitrary valuation on the importer.
Historically marred by protectionist quotas and non-tariff barriers, sugar trade between the two neighbors is booming following a landmark 2025 Free Trade Agreement.
Export growth to DRC highlights the potential of intra-African trade to drive national development
Uganda is losing up to $3.5 billion (UGX 13 trillion) every year in perishable agricultural exports due to persistent border delays, poor infrastructure, and outdated trade systems.
Edge Watch
Telecom Front
MTN Uganda has named 25 community projects to receive funding under the......
A new alliance with Infobip gives Ugandan enterprises access to a world-class communications network — and signals a serious shift in how business gets done locally.
Full-year results for 2025 reveal a company in robust health — growing faster than the broader economy, rewarding shareholders generously, and investing boldly in Uganda's digital future.
The Executive Director of Kampala Capital City Authority, Sharifah Buzeki, has applauded......
The Canal+ takeover of DStv is more than a corporate transaction; it is a continental reset that every African viewer, especially Ugandans, should try to make sense of.
Mining & Minerals
Industry players say lack of clear policy frameworks would hamper the sector's contribution to Uganda’s Ten-Fold Growth Strategy.
dfcu Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to empowering Ugandan enterprises to seize......
Africa is poised for substantial growth in its refining capacity, set to......
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project is going on according to schedule, with an official stating that the pipeline has now reached 58% completion.
EACOP Ltd., the company in charge of the construction and future operation of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline project from Kabaale in Uganda to Tanga in Tanzania, has announced that it has closed the first tranche of external financing for the project, provided by a syndicate of financial institutions including regional banks such as African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), the Standard Bank of South Africa Limited, Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited, KCB Bank Uganda and The Islamic Corporation for the Development of the Private Sector (ICD).
