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Six months into his tenure, Wake has already put a mark on the airline that matches the scale of the ambition Uganda has long held for its national carrier.
That story changed on June 25, 2026, when the Ugandan government stood on a stage in Brussels and gave the country's coffee something it has never formally had: a name of its own.
The same BoU reports, tells a more complicated story: while foreign-owned companies operating in Uganda posted higher profits in 2024, they also sent record amounts of money back home.
Oil flows for the first time. Boeing jets are ordered. A railway is rising from the red earth. With the biggest budget in Uganda's history, Kampala has placed an extraordinary wager on the next fourteen years.
A subsidiary of Yaobai International Holding completes a landmark double milestone – a Karamoja clinker plant commissioned by the President and a new cement product now on shelves nationwide – signalling a new era in Uganda’s cement and construction industry.
On any given morning in Kampala, the sound of the city waking up is inseparable from the buzz and roar of motorcycle engines. Tens of thousands of boda bodas weave through Nakasero, Kalerwe, Ntinda and Bwaise, ferrying office workers, market traders, school children and hospital patients through traffic that cars simply cannot navigate.
East Africa’s media industry is entering a defining moment. Traditional media giants that once dominated the region’s information ecosystem are being forced to reinvent themselves as digital platforms reshape how audiences consume news and entertainment.
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