Companies

CompaniesCorporate earnings and resultsMarkets

Uganda Clays swings to profit on improved efficiency despite rising finance costs

Uganda Clays posts a marginal 2025 profit as costs fall and production stabilises, though finance costs remain a drag
Baked clay construction materials at Uganda Clays factory in Kamonkoli, Budaka District
CompaniesCorporate earnings and resultsMarketsMedia

New Vision swings back into profit in first half

Vision Group returns to profit in its first half as production cost cuts outweigh a 4.2% revenue decline, with operating cash flow swinging sharply positive
Head offices of the New Vision Printing and Publishing Company Ltd on First Street, Industrial Area, Kampala
BankingCompaniesCorporate earnings and resultsMarkets

Stanbic trading desk powers record profit

Stanbic Uganda Holdings posted its strongest profit growth in three years in 2025, led by a surge in trading income and compressed interest margins
Standard Bank Group's headquarters in Johannesburg
CompaniesPolitics & Policy

Fitch holds Uganda Development Bank at ‘B’, citing sovereign ceiling

Fitch keeps Uganda Development Bank at 'B' as falling bad loans and robust profits are offset by sovereign credit constraints
The Uganda Development Bank Headquarters in Kampala, undergoing renovation by Arch Forum Media
Art & CultureTechnology sector

The sound of the scam — how Afrobeats became a moral text for cybercrime

A study of 40 Afrobeats songs finds their lyrics actively rationalise cybercrime, dehumanise victims, and frame fraud as divine favour
A group of young people dancing at a crowded nighttime event.
CompaniesMediaMergers & Acquisitions

Why the Aga Khan Fund is parting with Nation Media Group after 66 years

AKFED sells its controlling stake in Nation Media Group to a Tanzanian businessman, ending a 66-year relationship with East Africa's biggest media house
The Nation Media Group's head offices in Nairobi
Companies

Bank of Baroda Uganda appoints new managing director

Bank of Baroda Uganda appoints Chandan Singh as managing director after receiving regulatory approval from Bank of Uganda
Bank of Baroda's headquarters on Kampala road, Kampala
Companies

Formalisation for whom? Uganda’s boda-boda drivers find the gig economy delivers for platforms, not riders

New research finds Uganda's ride-hail platforms extract wealth from informal boda-boda drivers while offering no meaningful labour protections
Boda boda riders in Kampala
Technology sector

Zoho brings low-code training to East Africa in push to democratise software development

Zoho's Young Creators Programme, teaches participants to build business apps using low-code technology — users create software by describing what they want in plain language rather than writing traditional code
Zoho's headquarters in Chennai, India
CompaniesTechnology sectorTravel & Tourism

Uganda Airlines faces potential disruption as Airbus orders software fix for A320 jets

Airbus has ordered an immediate software update for about 6,000 of its A320 family aircraft — roughly half of the global fleet — after discovering that intense solar radiation can corrupt critical flight control data
Uganda Airlines Airbus A330 aircraft on the runway at Entebbe International Airport.
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