The latest market, economy, central-bank, policy and company stories from Uganda, updated every 15 minutes. Last updated 19 October 2026.
| GDP growth (2025) | 6.3% | Fast growth. |
| Inflation (2025) | 3.6% | Above the usual central-bank targets. |
| Unemployment (2025) | 2.7% | Low: the job market is tight. |
| GDP per person (2025) | $1,206 | Average output per person: a rough measure of how wealthy a country is. |
| Current account (2024) | -7.8% of GDP | Deficit: spends more abroad than it earns, so it relies on foreign money. |
| Exports (2025) | 21.4% of GDP | Driven mostly by its home market. |
Latest official annual figures from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Context, not a forecast or financial advice.
[Nile Post] Uganda must move beyond preparing to host AFCON 2027 and ensure the tournament creates jobs, expands business opportunities and improves household incomes, stakeholders said at the 7th UG Economic Forum.
The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has raised its benchmark interest rate by 225 basis points to 12%, tightening monetary policy in response to the Ugandan shilling’s depreciation, worsening external balances, and rising inflation risks.
Uganda’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate by 225 basis points to 12 percent, its highest level since
[Nile Post] President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) to support efforts to curb mineral smuggling and ensure local processors have access to raw materials, accusing illegal miners of frustrating investors and depriving the country of revenue.
As African economies increasingly look inward to drive sustainable growth, Nigerian business leaders are expanding their footprint across regional borders.
[Independent (Kampala)] As Uganda marks 64 years of independence, cotton remains one of the country's traditional cash crops, but production and export earnings have fallen far short of its former position in the economy.
John Mitani spent years studying a huge community of chimpanzees in Uganda. But then things took a dark turn – and his findings stunned the scientific world John Mitani can still remember the first time he set foot in Uganda’s Kibale national park.
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Government has attributed the rise in fuel pump prices to a combination of international petroleum prices, taxation, exchange-rate movements or depreciation of the Uganda Shilling, freight, insurance and other supply-chain costs.
[Nile Post] Justice Flavia Nabakooza ruled that the affidavits, filed months after Rubongoya lodged his petition, were irregularly introduced without the required leave of court.
[Nile Post] The proposed US$1.2 billion investment pipeline for Uganda could create opportunities for businesses in North Dakota and the wider American Midwest to supply equipment, technology, agricultural solutions and professional services as projects under the Roosevelt Africa Trail move towards implementation.
[Nile Post] Government has reaffirmed its support for regulated medical cannabis and industrial hemp production, while warning investors and operators against diverting controlled substances into illicit markets.