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SACCOs offer big opportunity to market insurance

BoU data shows members’ deposits stood at Shs.884.96 billion, while shares and other equity amounted to Shs.865.61 billion and Shs.1.471 trillion Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Local insurers in Uganda, just like their counterparts across Africa, are leveraging on bancassurance, agents and their physical outlets to increase insurance sales and …

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What next for economy?

World Bank, BoU explain short-term, long term opportunities, challenges Kampala, Uganda | AGENCIES | The outlook for long term economic growth is positive but a lot of drag persists in the short term. Viewed that way, the latest World Bank outlook for Africa matches the sentiment of the latest outlook of …

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Yuan challenge of dollar dominance welcome – BOU

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Bank of Uganda had downplayed talk of negative effects on the global economies in light of the developments around the US dollar and the renminbi, the Chinese currency. Talk of a possible US dollar collapse has dominated international headlines, with some terming it imminent, …

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Experts caution Uganda on commercial loans, BOU debt

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is getting many of its economic priorities wrong which could plunge it into deeper crisis even as it tries to recover from the effects of a three-year global slowdown, according to experts. Economic and financial experts say the critical areas that need special …

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