Zimbabwe, Ghana and Rwanda are among the 10 countries on the globe that are hardest-hit by food price inflation, with Uganda and Egypt also seeing sharp rises, according to the latest numbers from the World Bank. They join Chad, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Sudan, which are among 15 nations identified by…
Laureen is the editor of Africa Times
The latest International Monetary Fund forecast for sub-Saharan Africa calls for continued slow economic growth through 2022, with similar conditions next year —an outlook that remains highly uncertain, the IMF said. “Late last year, sub-Saharan Africa appeared to be on a strong recovery path out of a long pandemic,” said…
Ugandans are looking to the New Year with a combination of hope but mostly concern as 2015, a year characterised by economic hardship and rising political tension, winds down. In April the central bank raised its policy rates, a move for which they received a lot of criticism as inflation…
Paul Busharizi is currently a contributing editor (Business & Politics) at the Uganda's leading daily the New Vision.