The employment agenda Job creation has remained top of the government's agenda since 2010 when Uganda started implementing her Vision 2040, delivered through six 5-year National Development Plans (NDPs). Since then, the government has launched various interventions to foster job creation. By August 2020, it had invested over…
The 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit, hosted by Uganda this month came off as a rare success. About 70 heads of State, government, and delegations attended the summit, which ran under the theme "Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Affluence". The Non-Aligned Movement is the second most extensive grouping…
In 2013, China launched the “One Belt One Road” initiative also known as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). This China’s initiative which is envisaged to cover about 65 percent of the world’s population and one-third of the world’s Gross Domestic Product aims to create viable economic belts:…
On December 8th, 2022, Umeme issued a public notice indicating that the Government of Uganda confirmed that Umeme’s current 20-year Concession, which expires on March 30th, 2025, will not be renewed. Several factors have been highlighted as the reason for the government’s decision. Still, the high cost of…
Climate change is currently one of the greatest challenges facing all countries worldwide. According to the World Bank, climate change could force about 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050. Still, this unprecedented migration pattern may emerge as soon as 2030, spreading and intensifying…
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Ugandan businesses has been greatly reported. However, the dent it has had on female-owned enterprises and the slow recovery they are experiencing is not getting the attention it deserves. Majority of women engaged in business in Uganda fall in the Micro,…
The Parish Development Model (PDM), launched by President Yoweri Museveni in Kibuku district last month, aims to lift 17.5 million Ugandans in 3.5 million households out of poverty through the total transformation of the subsistence households into the money economy. Since poverty and unemployment are linked, the PDM is…
Despite the easing of truck pile-up at the border which had been blamed for run-away fuel prices hike in Uganda, most pump stations are still selling fuel at or slightly over UGX 5,000. Between June 2021 and January 2022, fuel prices in Uganda have gone up by more…
There has been a shift in the global aid architecture following China’s economic rise over the past decades. Consequently, Uganda like other African countries has shifted its quest for loans from the West to Beijing. Unlike loans from the West which have preconditions of “good governance” and “political…
Since the start of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic spread all over the world, countries including Uganda have adopted various measures to contain the spread of the virus and avert a humanitarian catastrophe. These include restricted international travel, closure of schools, imposing nationwide lockdowns, suspension of public, social…