The countries within East Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have been integrating over the years with projection to have a political federation in about 20 years. Source: monitor.co.ug

Arthur Mukembo the regional director Reimax, the company undertaking the redevelopment of Nakawa-Naguru Estates, gave the example of the Nakawa project as an area where the pension fund managers can decide S...

Bank of Uganda Governor Emmanuel Mutebile said on Friday the central bank has also conveyed Crane Bank’s assets to DFCU bank Source: monitor.co.ug

As Parliament peruses the proposed 2017/18 Budget, activists in civil society have expressed concern over government’s failure to implement national budgets despite good budgetary allocations Source: monitor...

Nevertheless there is no questioning the appeal of big, powerful luxury flagships such as the Mercedes S-Class, Audi A8, BMW 7-Series Source: monitor.co.ug

I am planning to buy a fuel-efficient car, yet a bit raised. I will be a first time driver. Could you kindly advise me between a Toyota RAV 4, Allex and Spacio new model? Source: monitor.co.ug

Makerere University Holdings Company has secured two acres of land within the university to construct the Emmanuel Mutebile Centre of Excellence to process and refine innovations and ideas Source: monitor.co...

Sub-Saharan Africa is concerned about the future of a trade pact with the United States after President Donald Trump said it only benefits the corrupt Source: monitor.co.ug

Following the outbreak of bird flu in the country, dealers in poultry products are already counting their losses, forcing government to begin diplomatic lobbying to persuade neighbours to reconsider import bans...

Uganda’s domestic borrowing is expected to rise in the next financial year as government increases spending on road infrastructure in the Albertine Graben Source: monitor.co.ug

The current state of banking shows that there are excess reserves of around Shs700 billion in Ugandan banks, which require the Central Bank to mope it up Source: monitor.co.ug

Ms Lagarde was received by finance minister Matia Kasaija, and Ms Clara Mira, the IMF resident representative in Uganda Source: monitor.co.ug

Mr Matia Kasaija, the minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, while speaking during the launch of the yield fund, urged the stake holders to work hard to ensure the success of the fund. Sourc...

This financial year, several economic analysts have hinged the 23% interest rate to increased government domestic borrowing which crowds- out individual business borrowers. Source: monitor.co.ug

As schools prepare to open, they are also looking for enough stock. Source: monitor.co.ug

Ms Largade, together with her entourage, touched down at the Entebbe International Airport on Wednesday evening at about 7:30 pm aboard a private jet Source: monitor.co.ug

Islamic banks offer a wide range of traditional retail financing facilities which deal with services for individual customers rather than for business and corporate customers. Source: monitor.co.ug

A wave of technological innovation has suddenly swept through the Ugandan banking space in recent times. Source: monitor.co.ug

Fish maws once regarded as waste is increasingly becoming a delicacy in Asia, something which has seen its export volumes from Uganda increase by leaps and bounds Source: monitor.co.ug

Attracting, winning and retaining contracts is the sole dream of every company for exposure, international certification and growth which is their ultimate goal. Source: monitor.co.ug

The Uganda National Bureau of Standards (UNBS) plans to implement the UNBS Enforcement of Compulsory Standard Specifications Regulations in the 2017/2018 financial year Source: monitor.co.ug

Mr Adam Byarugaba, a commercial lawyer in Kampala, says failure of either of the parties to meet their contractual obligations leads to breach of the contract which in most cases leads to termination of the con...

Some companies have invested in the processing of milk into several products such as ice cream, ghee, powdered milk and yoghurt, among others. Source: monitor.co.ug

Uganda has great tourism potential and a few mature tourism businesses. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council, tourism & travel has made great contributions to Uganda’s economy. Source: monit...

External recruitment agencies have asked government to cancel the ban on exportation of domestic workers to enable Ugandans tap into foreign jobs Source: monitor.co.ug

The product, a joint venture between MTN and MMI holdings, an insurance provider in South Africa, offers two insurance products to the subscribers; Recharge with Care and Send with Care Source: monitor.co.u...

Based on the fiscal framework that the government outlined in December, our assessment is that Uganda remains at low risk of debt distress Source: monitor.co.ug

A water packaging firm Pure Products Limited (PPL) has won the entrepreneur of the year award at the 4th edition of the E4Impact MBA programme targeting entrepreneurs Source: monitor.co.ug

The privatisation was driven by the failure of government to run the business. The privatisation of UCB is one of those issues that haunt Mr Ezra Suruma, Uganda’s former Finance minister and also managing direc...

The minister of Works and Transport Monica Azuba has signed the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) local content strategy paving way for its implementation Source: monitor.co.ug

The Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) has asked government to come up with a law that requires all Ugandans to forcibly save their income as a way of increasing domestic savings in the country Sourc...

As the dry spell hits the county hard, activists under their umbrella body Civil Society Budget Advocacy Group (CSBAG), have called upon government to allocate a specialised budget to rejuvenate irrigation vall...

The Kampala-Entebbe Expressway project has recognised and awarded up to 30 Ugandan employees working with the project, for their outstanding contribution to the implementation of the new 51.4 kilometre road ...

London's benchmark FTSE 100 was flat in afternoon trading, supported by a weak pound boosting exporters' share prices and thanks to some positive Chinese data, traders said Source: monitor.co.ug

City businessman has been charged with alleged fraud for forging export documents and Value Added Tax (VAT) returns worth more than Shs14.7 billion Source: monitor.co.ug

I have just bought a used 2.4 L petrol 2004 Nissan XTrail against a back drop of warnings that it is prone to fuel system failure Source: monitor.co.ug

Ethiopian Airlines will fly to seven new destinations in the next five months, the firm said on Tuesday Source: monitor.co.ug

Hardly a kilometre from their site, Hima Cement is also expected to have started production by June 2018 on its $40m (Shs144b) plant, also located in Tororo District Source: monitor.co.ug

Authorities in Iganga District have identified more than 140 acres of land required by the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) to establish an industrial park Source: monitor.co.ug

Uganda has defined a vision for middle income status with a per capita income of $1,039 (Shs3.7m). Given that Uganda is pursuing a private sector led strategy Source: monitor.co.ug

Finance minister Matia Kasaija said there is currently little money in circulation because a huge chunk of the budget which government injected into the road sector is going to foreign companies working on proj...

Speaking at a consultative meeting in Entebbe last week, the chairperson Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee, Mr Alex Byarugaba, said that a number of communities have been affected by the impacts of clim...

Power dams being built will provide energy for the factories Source: monitor.co.ug

The IMF says in those advanced economies where balance sheets remain impaired, an extended shortfall in private demand and inadequate progress on reforms could lead to permanently lower growth and inflation, wi...

Africa is the fastest growing region in the world after Asia Source: monitor.co.ug

Speaking in an interview on Monday, Mr Walusimbi revealed that none of the real estate companies operating in the area has registered despite giving them enough grace period Source: monitor.co.ug

The new Global Economic Prospects (GEPs) by the World Bank (WB) states that global economic growth is forecast to accelerate moderately to 2.7 per cent in 2017 after a post-crisis low growth Source: monitor....

On Monday, the four, Uganda Baati and the trustees of the Chandaria Foundation appeared in the civil division of the High Court Source: monitor.co.ug

Ms Lagarde is expected to visit Uganda between January 25 and 28 in what she described as a trip that will help her understand Uganda’s economic agenda Source: monitor.co.ug

Ms Jackline Nakirijja, was abandoned by her parents in Primary Seven which forced her to stay with her aunt. Source: monitor.co.ug

Banks and other financial sector players in Uganda await the issuance of the Agency Banking regulations in growing anticipation. Source: monitor.co.ug

Uganda’s Primate Lodge was selected among the best 19 tourism accommodations for travellers to look out for in the years to come by Essence, a Black Women Magazine in the United States of America. Source: mo...

Soya bean, the raw material used in the production of the flour, can be got across the country but particularly in the districts of Pallisa, Soroti and Kumi where it’s widely grown on commercial basis. Sourc...

Tullow’s Uganda success was driven by another wildcat oil company, Energy Africa, a South African exploration company. Tullow acquired it for $500m (Shs1.8 trillion) at the time Source: monitor.co.ug

Uganda and Rwanda registered highest sales at the latest Mombasa Tea auction held at the beginning of the year despite distressing weather problems Source: monitor.co.ug

We have information that the Innovation Fund was incorporated into the annual plans of the ministry of ICT & National Guidance and was given a nod of approval by the President Source: monitor.co.ug

Bid evaluation involves opening and evaluation of the bids by the tender committee to determine who among the bidders meets the requirements set by the procuring entity Source: monitor.co.ug