Development Bank Ltd (UDBL), the country’s national Development Finance Institution, in partnership with the European Union, has today announced a special call for eligible businesses in the tourism sector to apply for and receive up to Shs1 billion in grants…
War can be avoided. Technology is about human innovation and ingenuity. However, in speaking about the availability of wheat for bread today, where the same has been disrupted by the conflict in Ukraine or that wheat cultivation on the scale…
The Democratic Republic of Congo, sub-Sahara’s largest country, became the 7th member state of the East African Community (EAC) on 29th March 2022, joining Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. This development comes with many advantages including easy…
By Bob Twinomugisha Over the last two years, the pandemic impacted businesses on national and global scale. Governments in many developing countries introduced severe containment measures, involving restrictions on economic activity and mobility, to curb the spread of COVID-19. In…
Why we should be concerned about climate change Alongside social inequalities, environmental degradation, and economic stress, the World Economic Forum presents climate change as one of the greatest threats to humanity in the present times. Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on…
The Greater Ankole Investment Symposium has officially opened in Mbarara City under the theme - “The contribution of Financial Innovation to the resilience of the economy for sustained growth”. Organised by Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL) in partnership with Operation…
The saying “if it is not broken, do not fix it” is sound advice for the timing of interventions in life, business, and finance. As a philosophy it is about efficiency. I was thinking about the simplicity of this maxim,…
The Uganda Development Bank Ltd (UDBL), the country’s national Development Finance Institution, approved projects worth Shs926 Billion of which a total of Shs589 Billion has so been disbursed into the Ugandan economy to support businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic period…
By Bob Twinomugisha John Mukasa Junior (not real names) is the most documented member of his family. Aged 9 years, he has more pictures in one month than his great grandfather Masimo Mukasa, his grandfather Peter Mukasa and his father…
The Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDBL),the country’s national Development Finance Institution, has today unveiled a thematic campaign aimed at drawing attention to the national “can do” spirit with a message that taps into the inspiration, persistence and achievements of ordinary…