Dorothy Nakaweesi
Journalist at Daily Monitor
Media, Communication and PR, In Went (DED-GIZ) Fellow, FK Fellow, ICJF Fellow
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1 week ago |
monitor.co.ug | Dorothy Nakaweesi
In the six years to December 2024, Uganda’s vanilla economy has demonstrated a return to the heydays of the 90s and early 2000s, when vanilla carried so much value for farmers and the economy as a whole. Bank of Uganda data indicates that vanilla earnings had almost collapsed in the 2000s, dropping from $11.52m in 2003 to just $0.13m in 2013. However, current data indicates a progressive comeback.
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2 weeks ago |
monitor.co.ug | Dorothy Nakaweesi
What you need to know:The budgets suggest that each country within the East African Community is on its own, putting little emphasis on regional integration With Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda 2025/26 budgets now known, the region seems to be focusing on human capital and infrastructure development, debt servicing, and fiscal stability. But from the look of things, each country is on its own, with little emphasis on regional integration.
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3 weeks ago |
monitor.co.ug | Dorothy Nakaweesi
What you need to know:Uganda’s commercial banking sector still plays a vital role in the country’s economic development, providing essential financial services to individuals, businesses, and institutions. Finance Trust Bank, a women bank, registered an impressive financial growth of 178 per cent in after-tax profits of Shs10.36 billion, up from Shs3.73 billion in 2023.
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4 weeks ago |
monitor.co.ug | Dorothy Nakaweesi
What you need to know:Central Uganda is one of the most urbanised and industrialised parts of Uganda, generating more than 70 percent of the country’s gross domestic product The largest share of National Social Security Fund (NSSF) contributions comes from Central Uganda, an indication that social security is largely concentrated in just a single region.
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1 month ago |
monitor.co.ug | Dorothy Nakaweesi
On January 8, Uganda Tourism Board (UTB) published an advert in which it invited applicants for the chief executive officer job. The advert came ahead of Ms Lilly Ajarova’s end of two three-year terms, under which she had steered UTB through a stormy Covid-19 pandemic. Ms Ajarova, who has since been appointed Senior Presidential Advisor on Tourism, had arrived a year before Covid-19, one of the most chaotic periods that buffeted the entire tourism value chain.
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