Finance
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Report reveals how dfcu Bank financed 6,527 SMEs and supported 80,000 women entrepreneurs
dfcu Bank financed 6,527 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in 2025, while its Women in Business programme supported more than…
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A Costlier Dollar, Tougher Choices: How Uganda Is Responding to Shilling Pressure
Uganda is tightening monetary and fiscal measures to contain pressure on the shilling after it weakened from about Shs3,604 per…
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Ggoobi: Uganda’s Economic Fundamentals Remain Strong Despite Shilling Depreciation
The Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST), Ramathan Ggoobi, has defended the Bank of Uganda’s monetary policy measures…
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Fresh from high profile World Bank meetings in Thailand, Musasizi now seeks tax waivers for UPPC, City Harvest and Northern Uganda Diocese
Fresh from high profile World Bank meetings in Thailand, Musasizi now seeks tax waivers for UPPC, City Harvest and Northern…
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UGAFODE wins global award for empowering 4,500 refugee women entrepreneurs
UGAFODE Microfinance Limited has won an international Consumer Education Award for its initiative supporting refugee women entrepreneurs, recognising efforts to…
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Uganda’s economy grows 6.4% as government releases Shs21.82 trillion for Q2
Uganda’s economy grew by 6.4 per cent in the 2025/26 financial year, up from 6.3 per cent the previous year,…
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World Bank blames bureaucracy for Uganda’s delayed projects
World Bank Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa Ndiamé Diop has blamed bureaucratic bottlenecks for delays in Uganda’s development…
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Why Bank of Uganda believes raising bank reserve requirement, interest rate will curb shilling pressure
The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has tightened monetary policy by requiring commercial banks to hold more deposits in reserves and…
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Ggoobi seeks billions of dollars in long-term financing for Uganda’s infrastructure
Uganda is seeking billions of dollars in long-term financing for priority infrastructure projects as the government pursues its Tenfold Growth…
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Central bank licenses four more large SACCOs as regulatory push gains momentum
The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has licensed four more large Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs). This expands the number…
