The European Union (EU) has partnered with the German Development Agency to commit a grant of EUR 6.25 million (UGX 25.7 billion) as a form of support for the formalisation,…
The Minister of Gender, Labour, and Social Development Hon Betty Amongi has appointed a new Board of Directors for the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) for a 3-year term effective…
A businessman, Moses Asasira, the Projects Coordinator/ Director of Adroit Consult International has appealed to Mr Ramathan Ggoobi, the Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PS/ST), to…
Billionaire Ugandan businessman, Dr. Sudhir Ruparelia who has made a USD1 billion fortune investing in Uganda since the 1980s, will be a keynote speaker at this year’s, 14th UK-Uganda Annual…
PostBank Uganda Managing Director who also doubles as Uganda Bankers Association (UBA) Chairman, Julius Kakeeto has encouraged businesses to embrace Environmental Sustainability Governance (ESG) practices not just as a regulatory requirement, but also as a strategic move towards enduring sustainability and resilience in a dynamic business environment. Mr Kakeeto was speaking at the 7th Annual Bankers Conference held under the…
The Finance Ministry Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury, Mr Ramathan Ggoobi has outlined budget opportunities in the UGX 72 trillion Budget for the Financial Year 2024/25, urging private sector players to take advantage of them. Mr Ggoobi was delivering a keynote speech during the 2024 Post Budget Dialogue organised by Absa Bank Uganda in collaboration with Deloitte among…
Moody’s Ratings (Moody’s) one of the global leaders in credit ratings for companies, governments has downgraded the Government of Uganda’s long-term foreign-currency and local-currency issuer ratings to B3 from B2…
The government of Uganda’s continued uncontrolled borrowing from commercial banks via government securities and at anti-market rates to the detriment of the private sector dominated the greater part of the…
Ahead of the event, David Wandera FCCA, the Absa Executive Director & Head of Financial Markets discusses the financial markets landscape in 2023 and why it is important for financial…
Ramathan Ggoobi, the Permanent Secretary and Secretary to the Treasury (PSST) and Dr. Michael Atingi-Ego, the Bank of Uganda Deputy Governor are headlining this year’s Africa Financial Markets Index (AFMI)…
