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Uganda has accumulated substantial domestic savings, but how much of that money reaches productive businesses and infrastructure? Josephine Okwui-Ossia explains why capital markets matter to the country’s growth ambitions.

Uganda wants to grow its economy from about US$ 50 billion in 2023 to US$ 500 billion by 2040. But can taxes, government borrowing, and development grants finance that ambition? With development assistance shrinking, debt payments absorbing public resources and private-sector credit remaining limited, the country faces a fundamental financing challenge. Dr Francis Mwesigye, Chief Economist at the Uganda Development Bank and co-author of a policy paper on financing the tenfold growth target, argues that Uganda must rethink its financial architecture and mobilise capital through markets and new financing instruments. We captured part of his submission as he sets the context for a much bigger conversation at a UDB webinar hosted under the theme Mobilising Capital Beyond the National Budget: Financing Uganda's Tenfold Growth Strategy."

Africa has the potential to grow, but reforms must deliver jobs and investment. What separates economic policy announcements from results

Why can it still be easier for an African business to buy from outside the continent than from another African country? The African Continental Free Trade Area promises a single market, but turning that ambition into reality requires more than signing agreements. Countries must simplify customs procedures, harmonise standards, recognise rules of origin and invest in transport, logistics and energy infrastructure. Egypt is upgrading trade infrastructure and positioning itself as a bridge between regions, while Nigeria is working on a national single window to make border processes more seamless. Now, we ask what it will take to make trading across Africa easier, cheaper and more competitive.

When competing land uses promise quicker returns, can carbon credits and nature-based businesses make conservation pay for the communities protecting Uganda’s ecosystems?

Microsoft is winding down its Africa Development Centre (ADC) in Nairobi, putting nearly 400 jobs at risk and reversing a seven-year effort to make Kenya a hub for building technology for global markets.

The International Energy Agency is urging governments to accelerate emergency oil stock releases and prioritise diesel supplies as disruptions to global oil trade tighten refined petroleum markets. The agency says disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, coupled with reduced Russian supplies following Ukrainian attacks on oil refineries, have created unprecedented tightness in global diesel markets.

South Africa’s spam calls reached 17.5 billion in the first half of 2026. Now, the government wants companies to prove they have checked who they call before they press send.

In this episode of "Meet the CEO," we feature Ken Njoroge, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Cellulant. Ken is not a man who shies away from the challenges of entrepreneurship. In this episode, he discusses what it truly takes for an African business to scale across a fragmented continent. He shares his journey, from surviving the collapse of a major banking partner to launching a digital platform in 35 markets within just 90 days.

Africa now has its own credit rating agency. But can AfCRA bring an African perspective to sovereign risk while earning the independence and rigour global markets demand?

Africa needs more aviation connectivity, but is access to capital really the biggest constraint? With airlines earning much of their revenue in local currencies while paying for aircraft, fuel, maintenance, and other costs in dollars or euros, how should financing structures respond to that currency mismatch? What role should African banks, pension funds, and development finance institutions play in financing aviation without simply providing rescue capital? There is also a regulatory question: can stronger implementation of the Cape Town Convention and IDERA give financiers greater confidence to invest? Now, we ask what needs to change to make African aviation investable.

National airlines are often expected to do more than make money from supporting tourism and trade to maintaining strategically important routes. But who pays when those routes are not commercially viable? Should governments formally separate commercial routes from public-service obligations, rather than allowing national mandates to weaken an airline’s balance sheet and creditworthiness?

Africa’s aviation sector is often framed as a financing problem. But is the bigger issue actually whether airlines are ready for the capital they are seeking? What are financiers looking for beyond the need for more aircraft and how do governance, credible financial reporting, foreign exchange risk and regulatory certainty affect the cost of capital?  In the first part of this financing series, Derek Nseko, Airspace Africa, lays the groundwork as he asks the hard questions.

We bring you Daniel Yu of the Africa Jobs Fund in our beloved series, Meet The CEO.  He answers tough questions and challenges the stereotypical view of Africa's Job market.