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Uganda
Uganda is a $62B economy (2025), growing 6.3% in real terms, with consumer inflation at 3.6%. 22 of 22 tracked series are published for this country.
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Economy
GDP · 2025
$62B
+15.0% vs 2024
#13 of 52Inflation · 2025
3.6%
+0.3 pts vs 2024
#23 of 50Data
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Source: World Bank Open Data · World Development Indicators & International Debt Statistics · rank among African countries with a recent print
The Wire
Uganda headlines
- Jamuliro Yusuf Wins Omumanyi Wa Salam TV Eastern Region Finals
[Nile Post] Jamuliro Yusuf from Nakaloke, Mbale, has emerged winner of the Eastern Region finals of the seventh edition of Omumanyi wa Salam TV, held at the Islamic University in Uganda (IUIU) Main Campus in Mbale.
AllAfrica·Uganda
- Police Hunt Suspects After Kassanda Home Attack Leaves Woman Dead, Husband and Son Injured
[Nile Post] Police in Kassanda District are investigating a suspected attack on a family in Kasawo West, Kiganda Sub-county, that left a woman dead and her husband and son critically injured.
AllAfrica·Uganda
- Elderly Ugandans Struggle With Loneliness, Poverty As Calls Grow for More Support
[Nile Post] Uganda's growing population of older persons is facing challenges including loneliness, economic hardship, poor nutrition and limited access to healthcare, prompting calls for stronger family and community support.
AllAfrica·Uganda
- Fidson selected as regional sublicensee to expand access to influenza treatment and strengthen pandemic preparedness
Fidson joins manufacturers across Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Uganda, Ukraine and Vietnam under sublicence agreements to develop and manufacture generic versions of Roche’s baloxavir marboxil through MPP’s voluntary licence, supporting diversified manufacturing cap
Nairametrics·Uganda
- Besigye Trial Resumes With His Physical Presence Still in Doubt
[Nile Post] The treason trial of opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye resumes today before the High Court in Kampala, with his physical presence still uncertain as the prosecution moves to its second witness after weeks of testimony from its key witness, Andrew Wilson.
AllAfrica·Uganda
- Somalia: Somalia, Uganda Parliamentary Speakers Discuss Stronger Regional Cooperation
[Shabelle] Arusha, Tanzania -- Somalia's parliamentary speaker, Abdirahman Mohamed Nur Jama, held talks with his Ugandan counterpart, Jacob M. Oboth, in the Tanzanian city of Arusha on strengthening cooperation between the two countries' legislatures.
- CNN's Christiane Amanpour Mislabels Uganda As Nigeria and Fails to Correct It
[Premium Times] Several followers, including Nigerians and Ugandans, have since pointed out this error in the comments.
- Sudan - the Horrors of War Return to Sennar
[Nile Post] Sennar State is one of the Sudanese states severely affected by the war that has been ongoing since mid-April 2023 between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, as it faces humanitarian crises on every front.
- Uganda Must Rethink HIV Testing to Reach Those Who Don't Know Their Status-Experts
[Independent (Kampala)] Kampala, Uganda -- Public health specialists have called for new strategies to identify Ugandans who are living with HIV but remain unaware of their status, warning that traditional facility-based testing alone may not be enough as the population continues
AllAfrica·Uganda
- Museveni Urges Church-Government Partnership As Gubazire Takes Over Kabale Diocese
[Nile Post] President Museveni has urged the Church to strengthen its partnership with government to promote socio-economic transformation and improve the livelihoods of Ugandans.
AllAfrica·Uganda
- Uganda's UN-Supported Wildlife Forensics Lab Turns Ivory Seizures Into Convictions
[UN News] The package originated in Entebbe, Uganda, bound for Cairo, containing 10 kilograms of thumb-sized pieces that could have been either bone or elephant ivory.
- Nigeria: Nigerian Drugmaker Fidson Selected to Manufacture Generic Influenza Antiviral Under Global Licence
[Premium Times] The selected manufacturers are from Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Uganda, Ukraine and Vietnam.
Capital
World Bank lending to Uganda
2 in the pipeline · 17 active · commitments as published by the Bank.
Source: World Bank Projects & Operations
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