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Behind Uganda’s failing industries

Experts blame ‘weak’ govt, disjointed policies Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a new paper titled ‘The political economy of reviving industrial policy in Uganda,’ Pritish Behuria; a Professor in Politics, Governance and Development at The University of Manchester, attempts to explain why Buy Uganda Build Uganda (BUBU), a …

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MPs task gov’t on comprehensive plan on industrialisation

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament have tasked government to come up with a comprehensive plan on industrialisation for the country. The followed presentatation of a ministerial policy statement by the Minister of State for Trade, David Bahati, on the commemoration of the Africa industrialisation Day and other matters …

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Can Africa industrialise in its present form?

Lessons from Europe | Dr. Eng. Kant Ateenyi Kanyarusoke: M-ASHRAE; M-SASEE | This is Part 2 of Dr. Eng. Kant Ateenyi Kanyarusoke’s four part series titled: ` Can Africa industrialise in its present form? – Lessons from elsewhere’. Here he discusses what he calls “enabling factors for industrialisation”. Wherever the …

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Green industrialisation for Africa

Africa’s late industrialisation, which put it at a significant disadvantage, can be its greatest asset | TARIYE ISOUN GBADEGESIN | Africa has contributed less to the climate crisis than any other continent, but it will suffer some of the worst consequences. It already is: this year, Cyclone Idai killed more …

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Govt must lead Uganda’s Industrialisation – Economists

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Researchers Ramadhan Ggoobi and Prof Julius Kiiza say for Uganda’s economy to transform into an industrial one the government must take the lead by intervening and investing in strategic areas like manufacturing. The duo were dialoguing with editors and journalists in Kampala under the theme …

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Uganda’s manufacturing sector slows growth

Sector executives, analysts predict better performance in the second half of 2016/17 The emergence of several structures at the Kampala Industrial and Business Park at Namanve, Uganda’s newest hub for manufacturers seem to give an impressive face of Uganda’s manufacturing sector to whoever glances at it from the Kampala-Jinja Highway. …

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Uganda’s failure to transform

Why in spite of registering good welfare outcomes we have made little progress at structural transformation I have just been reading the National Population and Housing Census (NHPC) report for 2014. It shows Uganda has registered many welfare improvements, but also reveals that President Yoweri Museveni’s dream of transforming Uganda …

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