Uganda ranks very poorly in several important facets of the business environment including getting the relevant permits to start a business, the lack of reliable power supplies, registering property, dealing with construction permits and trading across borders.
The World Economic Forum’s 2012 Executive Opinion Survey, which is reported in The Africa Competitiveness Report 2013, sheds further light on the problems facing the business sector in Uganda. The Executive Opinion Survey asked respondents to select and rank the most problematic factors for doing business. The respondents in Uganda ranked corruption as the most problematic factor for business.