Year: 2026

• News

Auditor General’s Office Seeks UGX94.8bn To Hire Extra Staff, Purchase New Vehicles & Carry Special Audits Into PDM, Oil Activities

BusinessFocus Reporter January 28, 2026 0

Edward Akol, Uganda’s Auditor General The Office of the Auditor General (OAG) wants UGX94.819Bn to hire extra...

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• News

UWA Seeks UGX10bn To Buy Helicopter To Monitor National Parks, Rescue Animals

BusinessFocus Reporter January 28, 2026 0

A lion in Queen Elizabeth National Park The Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) wants Government to avail it...

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• Analysis & Opinions
• Banking

Why MoMO Withdrawal Charges, Bank To Wallet Electronic Cash Movement Are Expensive

BusinessFocus Reporter January 28, 2026 0

MTN MOMO’s Yego upbeat about impact of National Payments Switch on electronic cash transactions Mobile Money platform...

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• Analysis & Opinions

2026: Politics, AFCON, And The Next Phase Of Uganda’s Oil Story

BusinessFocus Reporter January 28, 2026 0

By Ali Ssekatawa They say “the sun that rises slowly lasts till evening,” and 2026 is shaping...

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• News

URA Blames Low Revenue Collections On Election Disruptions As Tax Body Misses UGX17.5Trn Target

BusinessFocus Reporter January 28, 2026 0

Denis Kugonza Kateeba, Commissioner Domestic Taxes at URA Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) has revealed that it collected...

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• Analysis & Opinions

Uganda’s Real Problem: The Sovereignty Of The Individual Vs. The Fragility Of The State

BusinessFocus Reporter January 28, 2026 0

By Tom Wodeya For too long, conversations about national progress in Uganda have revolved around leadership: who...

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• Analysis & Opinions

Uganda Ranks 3rd In The 2025 Absa Africa Financial Markets Index

BusinessFocus Reporter January 28, 2026 0

David Wandera, the Absa Bank Uganda Managing Director Uganda has jumped into the 3rd position in the...

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• Entrepreneurship
• News

From Hawker to National Honouree: The Remarkable Journey of Barot Harshad Maganbhai, the founder of Tirupati Group in Uganda

BusinessFocus Reporter January 27, 2026 0

Barot Harshad Maganbhai receiving his medal as President Museveni looks on When Mr. Barot Harshad Maganbhai, the...

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• Banking
• Interviews

Q&A: What Parents and Schools Need to Know About dfcu’s Back-to-School Financing Solutions

BusinessFocus Reporter January 27, 2026 0

Bryan Katamba, Sector Head, Education and Health at dfcu Bank As schools across Uganda prepare to reopen...

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• News

Gov’t Has So Far Sunk UGX723bn Into Lubowa International Specialized Hospital Construction

BusinessFocus Reporter January 27, 2026 0

Artistic impression of International Specialized Hospital, Lubowa The Ministry of Finance has revealed that US$209.1Million (UGX723.75bn) has...

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