By David Rupiny Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) is the chief investment promotion agency of the Government of Uganda. It was established in 1991 under the Investment Code of the same year. UIA now operates under the new Investment Code Act of 201 ...
Crane Paper: An exemplar for sustainable green economy in Uganda
By David Rupiny One of Government of Uganda’s efforts towards a green economy is the phasing out the production of plastic packaging products in favour of recyclable and biodegradable paper products. To that end, the Uganda Investment Authority (UI ...
Zembo Electric Bikes spearheading e-mobility revolution in Uganda
A Zembo electric motorcycle boda-boda (D. Rupiny) By David Rupiny Uganda is “a boda-boda country”, what with over 600,000 motorcycle taxis and counting. The leaps and bounds growth of motorcycle taxi, popularly known as boda-bodas, has been fuel ...
Keynote Address by Executive Chair, National Planning Authority, Prof Pamela Mbabazi, at Economic ‘Mkutano’ 2021 on Industrialization
"Permit me, first and foremost, to thank our hosts “The Mkutano Company” for organizing this exciting and at the same time important “Mkutano” or meeting to discuss industrialization. Industrialization has been instrumental in the economic develop ...
India to support Uganda’s dairy, grain and cotton sectors, says Indian Minister of State for External Affairs
Visiting Indian Minister of State for External and Parliamentary Affairs Vellamvelly Muraleedhara (in white) with his Ugandan counterpart Henry Okello-Oryem. The visiting Indian Minister of State for External and Parliamentary Affairs, Vellamvelly ...