Uganda
Economy
BMI View: Due to continued growth in imports, we expect the current account deficit to remain in the red. We are forecasting a deficit of 9.8% of GDP in 2013.
2013-05-23Economy
Police raided the offices of a leading newspaper in Uganda following its publication of a letter which alleges that President Yoweri Museveni plotted to silence critics of a purported...
2013-05-23Economy
BMI View: We expect growth to pick up in 2013 compared to the previous year, as interest rates begin to fall and investment increases. We are forecasting real GDP expansion of 6.1%...
2013-04-25Economy
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is being criticised after donating around US$100,000 in cash to a youth group in the country. According to the leader of the main opposition Forum...
2013-04-25Economy
BMI View: We believe that an improvement in tax administration will increase the Ugandan government's revenue over the coming years, helping to reduce the budget deficit. We are forecasting...
2013-03-28Economy
The 3,000 Ugandan troops hunting for Joseph Kony and remnants of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the area encompassing the border regions of the Central African Republic (CAR),...
2013-03-28Economy
The government of Uganda has announced the opening of an embassy in Somalia, according to State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem. Sam Turyamuhika is the new...
2013-02-25Economy
BMI View: Thanks in large part to beneficial statistical base effects, we expect that inflation will remain in the single digits throughout 2013, but will start to tick up by the end...
2013-02-25



