The pace of poverty reduction in Uganda had started to slow even before the COVID-19 pandemic. It worsened during the pandemic, with the Uganda Poverty Status Report 2021 indicating that poverty increased to 20.3% in 2020 from 18.7% a year before. The COVID-19 shock and the reversal in…
As at April 2023, 54 African Union states had signed the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement. At least 46 of these are already state parties. The AfCTA is one of the flagship projects of Agenda 2063: The Africa We Want. It is an ambitious trade agreement,…