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UEDCL revealed it has already processed 110,000 applications in four months as it works to clear a 127,000-connection backlog left by UMEME, with a target of 230,000 new connections ...
To escape the trap of raw mineral exports, Africa must build a regionally integrated beneficiation and manufacturing ecosystem, powered by the AfCFTA and a new industrial hub-and-spoke model.
Umeme, an electricity distribution company, announced on 2 June that it will take its quarrel with the Ugandan government to an arbitration court in London, after weeks of unsuccessful negotiations.
The Finance ministry says they have, over the years, upgraded and improved its IT systems that led to last year’s heist ...
The World Bank’s new study, drawing on UNESCO, OECD, and other research, warns that simply exposing children to technology is ...
Uganda has inaugurated its first large-scale gold mine, a $250 million Chinese-owned project in the country's east that will also refine the bullion to 99.9% purity, according to a statement from the ...
US retail sales showed consecutive gains, easing concerns about consumer spending amid tariff worries, while inflation saw a services-led rise. China's economy slowed due to price wars and US tariffs, ...
This is the fourth edition of the Uganda Economic Update series. As with previous editions, this update first provides ...
As President Yoweri Museveni keeps reminding us, Uganda’s economy then was an enclave economy dependent only on cotton, coffee, copper, tobacco, tea and tourism.
Ten years ago, Uganda’s capital Kampala was facing a strange problem: trees were falling over on the city’s streets, injuring ...