Chinese investment on the African continent is huge. This in itself is not news. In recent times the Chinese economy has overtaken the United States as the world’s biggest economy. Yet, it is also a reality that Beijing began January 2016 by sending tremors of fear throughout regional and global…
On December 22 2015, the Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari presented his inaugural N6.08 trillion budget proposal to the joint session of the Nigerian National Assembly. For an administration which ascended to presidency on the change mantra, Nigerians were not surprised at the modestly reflationary budget geared towards the spluttering domestic…
Erukilede Julius is a legal practitioner, entrepreneur and energy professional.
For a continent far behind its peers in all strata of economic and social development but with one of the biggest natural and agricultural resources, economy diversification remains a vital step towards a manufacturing continent. But the socio-economic woes, dilapidated infrastructure and epileptic power supply facing the continent have largely…
Erukilede Julius is a legal practitioner, entrepreneur and energy professional.
The Ugandan shilling’s dramatic slide in the last year is putting the economy’s growth prospects under pressure and may force a rethink among planners of how the economy is structured. At the end of September the central bank quoted a mid-rate of Ushs 3,695.25 to the dollar compared to Ushs…
Paul Busharizi is currently a contributing editor (Business & Politics) at the Uganda's leading daily the New Vision.