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Proscovia Nabbanja named UNOC caretaker chief executive

Proscovia Nabbanja has been appointed as caretaker chief executive officer at the Uganda National Oil Company, replacing Josephine Wapakabulo, who is resigning
Proscovia Nabbanja, the new acting chief executive at the Uganda National Oil Company
Politics & Policy

Agriculture: Stronger rural-urban linkages needed for development, says BoU governor

Government should join hands with the financial sector to strengthen rural-urban linkages and link local agriculture firms to external buyers and retailers
A man at a podium addressing a conference
CommoditiesPolitics & Policy

UN report links Uganda to smuggled DRC gold, says exports are underdeclared

Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi are the main transit routes of gold smuggled from the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to Dubai, according to a new United Nations report
Houses can be seen in the distance on the other side of Lake Kivu in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo. It is a verdant, lovely scene that belies the country's turbulent recent history, particularly in this region — the eastern part close to Rwanda and Uganda.
CommoditiesPolitics & Policy

Venezuelan gold behind Uganda’s best ever monthly exports

In March, Uganda's merchandise exports surged to $604.4mn from $296.3mn in the previous month, driven by a jump in gold exports to their highest level ever
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, Irene Muloni, minister for energy and minerals development (right), AGR Business Development Manager Alphonse Katerebe (centre) and two unidentified people stand near gold flakes and ingots at the African Gold Refinery in Entebbe on 20 February 2017. Alain Goetz, the Belgian owner of the refinery, stands next to Mr Museveni, and is partially obscured from view. The refinery was officially launched on 20 February 2017, and is Uganda's first official gold refinery. Uganda's locally mined gold is negligible, but the country is a transit point for gold exports from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, which has large reserves, and Tanzania, one of Africa's largest gold producers.
Energy, Oil & GasPolitics & Policy

#SaveMurchisonFalls: Is Bonang Power taking us for a ride?

Bonang Power, the South African company that says it intends to construct a 360MW hydropower dam near Murchison Falls, does not fit the profile of a firm capable of carrying out such a project
Murchison Falls
OpinionPolitics & Policy

African Free Trade Area ratification good step forward but more work needed

The African Continental Free Trade Area was ratified on May 30 but its practical implications are not immediate and significant work is required for it to deliver tangible results.
Mombasa Port in Kenya
Politics & Policy

German says it is withholding refugee aid to Uganda, questions anti-graft commitment

Germany will withhold $106 million (Shs400bn) in aid to Uganda pledged for refugee settlement over concerns that Kampala is not committed to punishing officials implicated in defrauding millions of dollars of refugee aid
EconomyPolitics & Policy

Uganda exports to Rwanda hit hard by border closure

The ongoing standoff between Uganda and Rwanda, which saw the latter closing its borders in late February, has hit Ugandan exports to its south-western neighbour, recent data show
Presidents Yoweri Museveni and Paul Kagame at State House, Entebbe, in March 2018.
InfrastructureOpinionPolitics & Policy

Getting the right institutions in place to run Africa’s rapidly growing cities

Historically, cities have been the drivers of productivity and engines of economic growth. But urbanisation in many sub-Saharan African countries is not delivering the benefits of people and firms clustering together
Downtown Kampala
Politics & Policy

World Bank approves $150m grant to scale up support for refugees and host communities

The World Bank said it had approved a $150 million grant for Uganda to support a project that improves access to basic social services and expands economic opportunities for refugees and host communities -- and also strengthens watchdog oversight over the project
Congolese refugees queuing up for aid in Bundibugyo district, Uganda
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