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Uganda Raised Rates by 225 Basis Points. The Shilling Kept Falling
Uganda’s largest interest rate increase in years briefly strengthened the shilling, but persistent...
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Uganda Becomes Africa’s Second Strongest Market for Foreign Exchange Access
Uganda has risen to second place in Africa for foreign exchange access as interbank trading, FX swap...
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Uganda Shilling Sinks Past 4,150 as Capital Flees Local Bonds
Uganda’s shilling has weakened beyond Shs4,150 per dollar after a surge in import demand and an es...
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Uganda Names Its Crude Oil "Pearl Sweet" as It Prepares for the Economic Reality of First Oil
President Yoweri Museveni named Uganda's crude oil blend "Pearl Sweet" on 2 September 2026 as the co...
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Uganda's Oil Keeps Almost Arriving. Investors Should Plan for 2027.
Uganda's oil was first projected to start flowing in 2018. It didn't. Then 2020. It didn't. Then lat...
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Uganda Bet $985 Million on 10 Boeing Jets. Its Current Fleet Is Down to Six.
Uganda Airlines signed a framework agreement worth approximately $985 million (Shs 3.7 trillion) wit...
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Uganda Eyes New Capital In Nakasongola As Minister Declares Kampala "Unlivable"
Uganda's State Minister for Urban Development, Margaret Muhanga, told Parliament's Lands and Housing...
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Uganda Has Overtaken Tanzania on GDP Per Capita for the First Time in a Decade. The Ranking Change Is Not the Story. What Caused It Is.
According to IMF World Economic Outlook projections, Uganda's GDP per capita has overtaken Tanzania'...
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Uganda Is Building a USD 1.4 Billion Expressway Between Kampala and Jinja. It Is the Infrastructure That Will Determine Whether East Africa Can Compete.
The Kampala-Jinja Expressway is a USD 1.4 billion infrastructure project managed by Uganda National ...