East Africa produces large quantities of cotton, hides and oilseeds, but much of the region’s demand for clothes, footwear and cooking oil is met by imports. The region’s manufacturers say a shortage…
Seven mills now operate in and around the Busoga region, with the amount of sugar cane planted tripling in size between 2000 and 2024
Busoga, in eastern Uganda, is a low, fertile plateau surrounded on three sides by Lake Victoria, the River Nile and Lake Kyoga. Most of its 4.3 million people farm small, rain-fed plots. Yet hunger…
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Read the column More opinionUganda’s next phase of economic transformation will not be determined simply by how much capital the country can…
Uganda’s decision to add another sugar mill to an industry already producing a sizeable surplus reflects the country’s…
The lender maintained tight control over operating costs, with its cost-to-income ratio improving to 20% from 21% a year earlier
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