Pura Organic Agro Tech Limited, a cassava processing factory in Nakasongola District was launched by H.E the President. The facility employs about 130 people and is expected to provide a stable market for cassava farmers in central Uganda. Over 1800 outgrower local farmers are embracing cassava production as these agro-processors invest in farmer training to increase yields, and value addition. Yields are expected to improve yields from 2 to 6 tons per acre.

Uganda set up UNMC to manage the state’s commercial interests, including exploration and mining where private entities are unwilling. Government views the mineral sector as a central to the country’s sustainable development and aims for the sector to contribute at least 7 percent of the economy’s GDP by 2040.

Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises are the lifeblood of Uganda’s economy, accounting for over 90% of private sector firms and employing millions of citizens. Their vitality directly impacts the livelihoods of countless families and communities across our country. This report shines a light on the tremendous entrepreneurial spirit of Ugandans and the resilience of our MSMEs, whilst also identifying critical gaps and barriers constraining their growth and success.

The World Investment Report 2025 indicates that global Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) expanded by 4% from USD1.45 trillion in 2023 to USD1.51 trillion recorded in 2024. The growth was however, inflated by volatile financial flows through several European economies with high levels of conduit flows. When these are excluded, global FDI flows contracted for the second consecutive year by 11% from USD1.67 trillion to USD1.49 trillion in 2023 and 2024 respectively.

The Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) inflows to Uganda registered a growth – expanding by 1.4 percent, rising from net inflows of USD2,952.9 million in 2022 to USD2,993.5 million in 2023. The increase was primarily driven by intensified activity in the Mining (oil) sector, transitioning from the exploration and appraisal phase to the development phase following the Final Investment Decision (FID) concluded in February 2022. This milestone initiated major construction works towards the development of the Tilenga, Kingfisher, and EACOP projects.

This report presents the estimates of the volume and value of informal (unrecorded) trade between Uganda and her neighbors.

Tourism Trends and Statistics play a critical role in shaping the Uganda’s Tourism Development Programme, including: informing policy and planning; guiding investment and business development; marketing and promotion; performance monitoring; and stakeholder engagement. The 2024 edition of the publication presents the Tourism performance statistics including among others Tourist Arrivals, Accommodation Statistics, Visitation to Attraction Sites and Foreign exchange earnings for the year 2024.

The 2024 Agricultural Finance Yearbook, which is the thirteenth edition in the series, offers the key highlights of Uganda’s Agricultural financing environment. The theme for this edition is “Achieving sustainable financing of Agriculture leveraging Wealth Creation Funds.

Energy employment includes jobs in fuel supply (coal, oil, natural gas, bio energy, nuclear fuel, low emissions hydrogen and critical minerals), the power sector (generation, transmission, distribution and storage), and end-uses (vehicle manufacturing and energy efficiency in buildings and industry)

The Oil and Gas Investment Statistics report monitors the development in estimated and final investments within the oil and gas sector. These include; i) exploration, development, operating expenses; ii) service costs; and iii) general and administrative expenses.

The key objective of the oil and gas investment statistics is to provide information on current and future anticipated investments in the Oil and Gas sector.