Financial Services, Policy

Insights into new changes of Uganda’s capital gains tax regime

May 22

The recent Income Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2023 proposed a raft of changes regarding taxation of capital […]

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Companies, Finance, Financial Services, Markets

Equity Uganda maintaining positive outlook despite dip in 2022 profits

May 8

Regional lender Equity’s Ugandan unit remains upbeat about prospects for 2023, despite booking a 52pc dip […]

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Business, Finance, Financial Services

Goldmine Finance opens new branch touting innovative services

May 5

Goldmine Finance Limited, an innovative financial institution intent on expanding its footprint, recently opened a new […]

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Business, Companies, Financial Services

Fitch upgrades Stanbic Bank Uganda credit rating as profits soar

April 11

Fitch Ratings, the International credit rating agency, has upgraded Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited’s (SBUL) Viability Rating […]

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Business, Financial Services

Close to $100m profit for Stanbic Bank Uganda during 2022

March 30

For the year ending December 2022, Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited (SBUL), the anchor subsidiary of Stanbic […]

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Business, Financial Services

Stanbic Bank leads in Uganda’s bancassurance segment

March 23

At one percent, insurance penetration in Uganda remains low, but products like bancassurance, are steadily improving […]

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Business, Companies, Financial Services

Equity takes Uganda branch tally to 50 with Paidha launch

December 13

Regional lender Equity Bank has expanded its Ugandan footprint to 50 branches, after opening a branch […]

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Companies, Financial Services, Foreign News

Migereko eulogises FINCA founder Rupert Scofield’s pioneering spirit

December 9

Ugandan politician, businessman and hotelier Daudi Migereko, has described FINCA International founder Rupert Scofield as person […]

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Business, Financial Services, Policy

BoU tells Ugandans to bear short-term pains of tight monetary policy

October 4

Ugandans will have to live with the short-term pains of interventionist monetary policy, as lender of […]

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Financial Services, Technology & Telecoms

Mckinsey survey predicts e-payments surge across Africa in next 3 years

September 28

In 2020, Africa’s e-payments industry, across domestic and cross-border payments, generated approxi­mately $24 billion in revenues, […]

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