Uganda’s accession to BRICS as a partner state presents strategic opportunities for economic development and attracting new investments. This partnership allows Uganda to leverage BRICS’ industrial and technological capabilities while positioning its vast natural resources as a prime investment destination. Uganda’s membership opens new avenues for infrastructure development and enhances its position among emerging economies in the global economic landscape.
BRICS bridge- Uganda’s recent entry into BRICS as a partner state is being lauded as a critical strategic milestone that will continue to tie the East African nation to the world’s most significant engines of rapid economic growth and hasten the realization of its national potential. In a recent interview with Xinhua News Agency, John Mulimba, Uganda’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, underscored BRICS’ industrial and technological capabilities, especially in information and communication technology (ICT). These, he stressed, are powerful tools Uganda can use for economic transformation and social progress.
Uganda has huge energy and mineral wealth and is therefore an investment destination for states that are members of BRICS, Mulimba added. BRICS members have a hunger for access to these resources: as a new partner, Uganda will almost certainly open new investment streams by providing the financing necessary for its own infrastructure development and for economic modernization. One BRICS Bridge to another — as this collaboration can open wider economic avenues and bring greater investments.
Egypt and Uganda have been accepted into BRICS as partner states, along with Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Thailand, and Uzbekistan (the latter of which formally joined on January 1, 2025). The bloc’s aspiring membership has also witnessed interest from over 20 additional countries, further validating BRICS’ commitment to expanding the organization while boosting the inclusion of emerging economies. Uganda’s admission, therefore, presents an opportunity boost its influence among developing economies in the new world order.