乌干达央行将关键贷款利率维持在12.0%不变。

Ministry of Transport said that in the week Nov 2–8 monitored ports handled 257.19 mln tonnes of cargo, down 5.69% week‑on‑week; container throughput rose 6.56% WoW to 7.062 mln TEU. Rail freight totaled 83.755 mln tonnes, up 0.31% WoW. Highway truck passages were 53.993 mln, down 3.13% WoW. Civil aviation operated 114,000 flights (total flights down 1.97% WoW); cargo flights numbered 5,458 (3,528 international, 1,930 domestic). Postal and express pick‑ups were about 4.254 bln items, up 0.71% WoW; deliveries about 4.219 bln items, down 0.54% WoW.

Gulf M&A activity cooled sharply: Q3 deal value involving Gulf companies fell to about $5bn, the weakest quarterly total since 2022 and down from $69bn a year earlier. Since the start of Q4, regional deal value has declined by more than 90% YoY. Market participants point to disruptions from the Iran war and the prospect of tougher U.S. merger scrutiny under a shifting U.S. political backdrop; 2025’s surge—highlighted by a roughly $55bn Electronic Arts transaction—made the current slowdown look like post-boom normalization rather than a market exit. Activity remains above the five‑year average and Wall Street banks are still expanding local teams. Lumina Capital Advisers partner James Jarvis said corporate boards paused deals early in the conflict to reassess business impacts, delaying M&A and divestitures.