Infrastructure
Lamu Oil Refinery
East Africa’s pipeline politics repeat themselves in the refinery race
Uganda and Tanzania's new Tanga energy hub follows Kenya's win of the Dangote refinery, extending east Africa's rivalry
Uganda gets $252.8mn road construction loan from African Development Bank
Roads, both to international borders, will help connect rural areas and facilitate regional integration
Uganda seeks $146mn Chinese loan for national fibre-optic project
China also funded the first three phases of the national fibre-optic backbone infrastructure project
Mahathi Infra Uganda secures investment from the Africa Finance Corporation
Investment by the Lagos-based multilateral development finance institution will bring the Lake Victoria fuel transportation project closer to completion
Africa’s free-trade area: removing tariffs not enough to unlock growth
Tariffs – which are already low – are not the main impediment to continental trade, faster industrialisation, and structural transformation in Africa
Getting the right institutions in place to run Africa’s rapidly growing cities
Historically, cities have been the drivers of productivity and engines of economic growth. But urbanisation in many sub-Saharan African countries is not delivering the benefits of people and firms clustering together
Journey to oil production mired in uncertainty as govt and oil firms haggle over pipeline
By now, Uganda, Tanzania and the oil companies active in the former's petroleum sector should have finalised negotiations on the development, construction, and operation of the Uganda-Tanzania crude oil pipeline
Uganda’s 2017/18 economic growth beats forecasts
Uganda's gross domestic product growth rebounded strongly in the 2017/2018 financial year on the strength of a pick-up in investments and exports, according to the World Bank