Business, Finance, Policy

Bank of Uganda drops base rate down to 11%

April 12

April 12—Bank of Uganda (BoU) has cut the Central Bank Rate (CBR) by 0.5 percentage points […]

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Financial Services, Foreign News, Policy, Technology & Telecoms

58 banks in Tanzania as mobile money rolls on

April 12

April 12— Tanzania presently has 58 banks and a per capita reach of 2.5 bank branches […]

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Finance, Infrastructure, Policy

Kampala sees sharp rise in revenue collections

April 11

April 11–Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has seen a 180% growth in revenues to UGX84.9 billion […]

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Business, Companies, Policy, Trade & Industry

Uganda soft drink makers due for some relief

April 10

April 10—Soft drink makers in Uganda are due for some tax relief as the finance ministry […]

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Finance, Policy

Finance ministry tables $8bn budget for Uganda

April 5

April 5–Today, Parliament will discuss in detail and approve Uganda’s Budget for the financial year 2017/18. […]

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Finance, Financial Services, Policy

15pc of Ugandans lack financial services

March 29

March 29–About 15% of Uganda’s 37 million population have no direct access to financial services as […]

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Land & Agriculture, Policy, Real Estate & Property

Reliable land registry could ease lending rates

March 29

March 29-Unless Uganda puts in place an efficient and reliable land registration system which enables easy […]

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Land & Agriculture, Policy

Revamped farmers’ extension scheme in trouble

March 28

March 28–Implementation of a 2014 Cabinet decision to direct the agriculture ministry to develop the Single […]

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Policy

Decision on EU deal dogs EAC ministers talks

March 28

March 28–An inkling of whether the region will finally sign the European Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) […]

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Markets, Policy, Trade & Industry

Governor differs with Minister on buy Uganda

March 24

March 24–Uganda needs to implement a National Export Promotion Strategy which clearly indicates how the country […]

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