Uganda represented at the ISO Annual Meeting 2025
Uganda’s team at the ISO annual meeting 2025 Kigali, Rwanda
Import & Export
Uganda, Kenya: Remove Trade Barriers
The state minister for Trade, General Wilson Mbasu Mbadi, and his Kenyan counterpart, Lee Kinyanjui after signing the agreement to remove trade barriers
M7 Warns Europe Against Non-Trade Barriers, Exploitation
It is dangerous for Europe to continue importing raw materials from Africa and some of the other places like Latin America and process them into finished products, President Yoweri Museveni has told the at the 3rd Uganda-European Union Business Forum 2024, at Speke Resort Munyonyo.“When you are exporting a raw material, like I will take […]
Export Firm Support To Help Traders Access High-income Markets
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), and Development Partners working with the World Bank, have launched the Export Firm Support (EFS) to support Ugandan manufacturing businesses access regional and high-income markets.The EFS will help exporters and potential exporters with the assistance of local and international consultants to identify export opportunities and meet consumer demand through […]
Transport Minister, Contractor Give Bukasa Inland Port Development Update
President Yoweri Museveni has received an update on the development of Bukasa Inland Port. The President received the status report during a meeting with a delegation from the contractor, Gauff Engineering led by Dr. Ulrich Salzer at State House Entebbe.Museveni assured the firm of the government’s support to ensure that the project is a success. […]
How Aggressive URA Collected Shs6.8bn In One Week
Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) reveals that it has collected a whopping Shs6.8bn within one week of enforcing compliance with the Digital Tracking System (DTS) and the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing Solution (EFRIS) in the Kampala Central Business District (CBD).Sandra Kaitare, the Assistant Commissioner of the Petroleum and Mining Division, who is overseeing these operations […]
Africans Trading Together Good For Economic Development – Museveni
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has reiterated his position on access to markets, stressing that it is to everyone’s advantage and beneficial to all countries trading together. “Now after the liberation of Africa, what we need is economic development and transformation. Here we need four factors. Human resource development, infrastructure development, investment and the production of goods […]
Museveni Appeals To China To Welcome Ugandan Finished Goods
President Yoweri Museveni has appealed to China to open their market more for finished goods instead of raw materials. Museveni made the remarks on Wednesday 22nd November 2023 while meeting a delegation from the National People’s Congress of China led by the standing committee’s Deputy Chairman Luosang Jiangcun at State House Entebbe. The President noted that […]
Ugandan Traders Call For Retaliation Against Kenya
The Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) has urged the government to consider retaliation mechanisms against the Government of Kenya for what they termed as ill-treatment of Uganda and severe injury to investment.”Our very blunt demand as manufacturers is there should be a retaliatory measure because we cannot be in a marriage where you cannot enter some […]
PSFU, UFZA To Create Export Opportunities
The Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) reveals it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Uganda Free Zones Authority (UFZA). The MoU, PSFU said helps create opportunities for Export-oriented investment and job creation for the private sector.”We believe that our roles are complementary, and therefore, our partnership will promote value addition & grow […]