Uganda, Feb. 27 -- The optimism around super power potential for Uganda is ripe and our leaders and communities at all levels are immersed in debate and actions on how to achieve geometric economic growth and become a first world country in our lifetime. Those late to the party need to show up.

In nominal terms, Uganda's ambition to grow her economy 10-fold translates into an average annual growth rate of 17 percent per annum over a 14-year period (2024/25-2037/38) as opposed to a 10-year period. Put simply, Uganda has to double the size of her GDP every 5 years for it to reach US$500 billion before 2040.This is a data driven consensus across Uganda's economists and public policy professionals.

Over the past decade, Uganda's economic gr...