{"id":11570,"date":"2026-10-15T10:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/?p=11570"},"modified":"2026-10-15T11:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T11:17:25","slug":"uganda-to-turn-sports-infrastructure-into-tourism-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/2026\/10\/15\/uganda-to-turn-sports-infrastructure-into-tourism-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda to Turn Sports Infrastructure into Tourism Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Edward Byamukama<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Uganda is seeking to turn investments in sports infrastructure ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) into lasting tourism growth, jobs and business opportunities, as policymakers push for more Ugandans to benefit from the sector.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The issue featured prominently on the second day of the 7th Uganda Economic Forum in Kampala, where discussions focused on how the anticipated influx of visitors for the continental football tournament could stimulate local businesses and improve household incomes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Delivering the keynote address, Minister of State for Sports Peter Ogwang said the government had invested more than Shs3.5 trillion in sports facilities and supporting infrastructure ahead of AFCON 2027.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">He said the investments presented an opportunity to expand tourism, generate employment and create new markets for Ugandan businesses, but urged stakeholders to plan for benefits that would extend beyond the tournament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">As preparations for AFCON 2027 advance, the challenge for Uganda will be to turn the tournament into a catalyst for sustainable tourism growth, stronger local enterprises and improved household incomes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Edward Byamukama Uganda is seeking to turn investments in sports infrastructure ahead of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) into lasting tourism growth, jobs and business opportunities, as policymakers push for more Ugandans to benefit from the sector. The issue featured prominently on the second day of the 7th Uganda Economic Forum in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11579,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11570","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"category-national"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11581,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11570\/revisions\/11581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spicemedia.ug\/spicefm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}