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Manifestos vs Vision: Do Presidential Candidates Align with the 10x Growth Strategy?

Jeff WintersThe Big StoryNovember 13, 2025November 17, 2025

Every election season in Uganda blooms with promises of transformation. Candidates unfurl manifestos brimming with pledges to create jobs, industrialize, end poverty, and modernize agriculture. Yet beneath the familiar rhetoric…

Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija, Lauds National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB) Board and Management on Transforming Gaming Sector; Challenges New Board to Sustain Growth

Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany News News & AnalysisJuly 29, 2025July 29, 2025

Hon. Matia Kasaija, Uganda’s Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, today officiated the handover ceremony of the National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB), commending the outgoing Board for…

Uganda’s Banking Sector Gears Up to Support Ambitious USD500 bn GDP Growth Plan

Muhereza KyamuteteraIndustry & Analysis The Big StoryFebruary 19, 2025February 19, 2025

The Uganda Bankers’ Association (UBA) has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the Ugandan government’s ambitious economic expansion strategy, which aims to grow the country’s GDP from USD 50 billion to…

PARADOX OF PLENTY: Uganda’s Tourism Mathematics Does Not Add Up

Muhereza KyamuteteraIndustry & Analysis The Big StoryDecember 28, 2024December 28, 2024

This festive season, I had time to reflect deeply on how insanely gifted Uganda, the Pearl of Africa, is by nature and how we, as a country, have failed to…