Category Economy

Staff at the Uganda Revenue Authority are now working by hand after bosses cut ties with an Indian company that ran the tax database and reconciliation systems. An internal memo shows management ended the contract because they called the foreign…

Look beyond the headlines and you’ll see that Uganda’s current crop of wealthiest individuals tells a story of steady economic building blocks rather than overnight fortunes. Stable prices, careful interest-rate management and a focus on bricks-and-mortar assets have quietly shaped…

Last year Uganda made a record thirteen point four three billion dollars from exports. Gold brought in over six point four billion, coffee added two point four six billion and even cocoa, electricity and fish did very well. On paper…