Africa moved one step closer to full economic integration in October when representatives from three regional trade blocs, including six Heads of State, agreed at a summit hosted by Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala, to form a new cross-regional free trade bloc and customs union. The new bloc, to be comprised of the 26 member nations of the Common Market of Southern and Eastern Africa (COMESA), the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC), will create the largest free trade area on the African continent with a market of over 527 million people and a combined GDP of $624 billion.
Thank you Whittaker Group for helping us to promote Uganda and the investment opportunities available.
However please explain why when I click on Uganda, the first item I see is about Tanzania!
Also I wish to inform you that the Uganda Investment Authority(UIA) has a lot of information, holds numerous events and has a lot of news both local and international, details and even pictures. The UIA Research Unit has data and information which investors are always looking for.
Please contact Sheila on skarungi@ugandainvest.com or Doris on dmitti@ugandainvest.com. These are the PR and Communication staff at UIA. You will be able to obtain a lot of information, details, news etc in order to provide a “wholesome meal” about Uganda for the visitors to your site.
I am confident that this collaboration can yield low hanging fruit for Uganda.
Thank you
Tom Buringuriza
Deputy Executive Director
Uganda Investment Authority.
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Kenya is this year set to register the highest growth in three years, adding Sh72 billion into the economy and addressing the escalating youth unemployment crisis. The National Economic and Social Council which advises President Mwai Kibaki said the economy would grow at 5.2 per cent this year, adding that incentives for the manufacturing sector, more invest […]
Egypt plans to spend an initial 60 billion Egyptian pounds to upgrade the country's irrigation network, a newspaper reported on Tuesday, citing the agriculture minister. Countries along the Nile will need more water as their populations grow, a development which could affect Egypt's share of the river's flow, al-Mal quoted the minister, Amin A […]
In the latest Ease of Doing Business ranking from the World Bank, one country made a spectacular leap—from 143rd on the list to 67th. It was Rwanda, whose population and institutions had been decimated by genocide in the 1990s. On the World Bank list, Rwanda catapulted out of the neighborhood of Haiti, Liberia, and the West Bank and Gaza, and sailed past It […]
Sustainability is the "primary moral and economic imperative of the 21st century and the pre-eminent challenge for corporate leaders is the mainstreaming of sustainability in business operations." […]
Access Bank Ghana, new entrant into Ghana's banking sector has expressed its commitment at bringing its expertise to bear and supplement governments efforts at growing a local bond market. […]
Up to 60% of cocoa produced in the country’s Western Region is smuggled out of the country (mostly into Ivory Coast), said Abeka Ewusi, executive director of the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease Control Unit (CSSVDCU) of the Ghana Cocoa Board. […]
Given the abundance of various types of agricultural residues, including maize and rice straw, husks, millet and sorghum straw, Ghana stands a better chance of achieving a breakthrough in expanding beyond jatropha and sugarcane and developing a comprehensive cost-effective and environmentally friendly biofuel. […]
The Norwegian model divides petroleum revenue into three pools - budget, heritage and stabilization funds- is inscribed in the Petroleum Revenue Management Bill before Parliament. The Heritage Fund would compel the government to save windfall revenues for future generations, while the Stabilization Fund would mitigate short-term volatility. […]
During a meeting this week with Ghana’s vice president John Dramani Mahama, a delegation of businessmen from Russia and Belarus expressed their interest in investing in fertilizer production, security and safety services, production and assembling of tractors and other automobiles. The delegation announced that Belarus would set up an embassy in Ghana soon. […]
The $22 million will provide about 28 million metric tons of food assistance to over 432,250 people in the three Northern Regions over a two-year period. […]
Kenya's central bank began selling a 31.6 billion shilling infrastructure bond on Friday -- the country's biggest ever single bond issue. The sales period runs until August 24. The bulk of the proceeds will be spent on energy projects, and the remainder will finance water and sewerage projects and road construction. […]
Kenya’s new constitution is designed to re-distribute political power away from the capital, Nairobi, to 47 newly created counties. But economist James Shikwati of the Inter Region Economic Network says it’s also likely to help re-distribute economic power. […]
Malawi needs to invest $2 billion in electricity generation to end blackouts across the country according to Energy Minister Grain Malunga. The government plans to repair existing generating stations and build new ones to boost power generation from 283 megawatts now to 407 megawatts by 2020. […]
Trade volumes between Uganda and China increased by at least 10% in 2009 following the signing of a MOU between the two countries’ employer organisations. In 2007, the Federation of Uganda Employers and the China Enterprise Confederation signed an agreement to promote good labor relations and encourage trade relations and investments. […]
Tom Buringuriza | May 27, 2009 | Reply
Thank you Whittaker Group for helping us to promote Uganda and the investment opportunities available.
However please explain why when I click on Uganda, the first item I see is about Tanzania!
Also I wish to inform you that the Uganda Investment Authority(UIA) has a lot of information, holds numerous events and has a lot of news both local and international, details and even pictures. The UIA Research Unit has data and information which investors are always looking for.
Please contact Sheila on skarungi@ugandainvest.com or Doris on dmitti@ugandainvest.com. These are the PR and Communication staff at UIA. You will be able to obtain a lot of information, details, news etc in order to provide a “wholesome meal” about Uganda for the visitors to your site.
I am confident that this collaboration can yield low hanging fruit for Uganda.
Thank you
Tom Buringuriza
Deputy Executive Director
Uganda Investment Authority.