INVESTMENTSUMMIT
Theme: “Unlocking Uganda’s Trade, investment and Export Potential.”
VENUE: The Skyline London, BLUE ORCHID HOTELS, TOWER BRIDGE, 100 Minories, London EC3N 1JY
I, William Mutenza, the organiser of the Ugandan Trade convention, and on behalf of the Ugandan Trade Convention; its attendees, sponsors and all affiliates, condemn the recent anti-LGBTQ laws made in Uganda and will uphold international human rights laws, including but not only, equality of rights for all persons irrespective of their sexual orientation.
Deputy Speaker Parliament of Uganda.
Thomas Tayebwa was born in present day Mitooma District on 10th November, 1980. He is married and blessed with one son.
He possesses a Bachelors of Laws (Hons) Degree and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences (Hons), both from Makerere University. He is currently a Fellow of MBA at Eastern and Southern Africa Management Institute (ESAMI). He also holds a Certificate in Negotiation ofHarvard Law School and a Professional Certificate in Parliamentary Affairs from International Centre for Parliamentary Studies, London.
Currently, he is serving as a Member of the 10th Parliament representing Ruhinda County North on ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party ticket. He was among a handful Members of Parliament who went through the 2016 parliamentary elections unopposed. He serves on the Natural Resources, and National Economy Committees of Parliament.He also served on the eight member select committee to investigate mismanagement of Uganda Telecom Limited (UTL). He was reelected resoundingly back to Parliament, in January, 2021.
Tayebwa is an entrepreneur with interests in communications and media, culture and heritage, transport and cosmetics. He is also a renowned philanthropist who has supported several community projects across the county, and continues to support several children from vulnerable backgrounds to attain education, medical care etc. He has also supported several youth start-ups with capital and as a business mentor.
Mayor of London Borough of Harrow
Cllr Ramji Chauhan is a Conservative Councillor for Harrow Weald Ward, currently serving in his fourth term. He is a family man with 2 children who has lived in Harrow for the past 37 years and since 2010 has represented Harrow Weald Ward. Working as a London & S. East Area Manager for a Pharmaceutical Sweet Confectionery Manufacturing Company, his interests as well as politics, include education and health.
Cllr Chauhan is passionate about improving the provisions and services for the community in these sectors, for both adults and children. He serves on various Council panels, committees and forums including; the Call-In Sub-Committee (Education, Reserve), the Education Consultative Forum (Reserve), the Grants Advisory Panel (Reserve), the Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Reserve), the Licensing and General Purposes Committee, School Placement Panel (Reserve), Harrow Business Consultative panel (Reserve) and Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Reserve).
As well as serving on the Harrow Environmental Forum, Harrow Weald Common Board of Conservators, Harrow Weald Safe Neighbourhood Panel, he is also representing the Council in local Environmental and Conservation Organisations and is a Member on the Cedars Youth Centre, Harrow Weald Common Board of Conservators Appointee and Community Centre. Cllr Chauhan was also a Governor of Glebe Primary School and Hatch End High School (Academy).
He also received the freedom of the City of London (2018) and is a member of The City of London Livery companies “The Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers”.
First Deputy Prime Minister Minister for East African Community Affairs
Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga is a Ugandan lawyer and politician who served as the Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda from 19 May 2011 until 21 May 2021. She currently serves as the First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda. She concurrently serves as Minister for East African Community Affairs, in the Cabinet of Uganda.
Commissioner General- Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
John Rujoki Musinguzi is the Commissioner General of the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), a statutory body mandated to assess, collect, and account for central government revenue and advise the Government on policy-related matters.
John assumed office at URA on 1st April 2020 in the thick of two COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdowns, during which he helped steer Uganda’s economic resilience. His mission is to have Uganda fully fund its national budget by rallying the efforts of eligible citizens and key economic players to work together and liberate the nation from the burden of borrowing.
He is a proponent of leveraging technology and stakeholder relations to ensure business continuity and increase trade facilitation. Under his leadership, URA has registered consecutive double-digit growth in revenue collection in the last three years. The taxpayer register has also expanded significantly, from 1.7 million taxpayers in 2020 to more than 3.2 million as of April 2023.
John has reinvented service delivery at URA, guided by the values of Patriotism, Integrity, and Professionalism.
Before joining the Uganda Revenue Authority, John worked with the State House as a Senior Presidential Advisor to H.E., the President of the Republic of Uganda, in charge of Information Technology (IT) and Investment matters. John also worked in the Private Sector with several IT multinationals for over a decade.
He also served the Ministry of Defence and Special Revenue Protection Services. John also served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Information Technology Authority (NITA).
John holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Makerere University Kampala (MUK). He also holds a master’s in computing and information Systems from Greenwich University in the United Kingdom.
John is a God-fearing man married to Mrs. Christine Musinguzi and blessed with the opportunity to raise five young God-fearing leaders of tomorrow.
Kwaku Daniel OWUSU Frimpong
Louis Arinaitwe
Willy Mutenza
HE Ambassador Nimisha Madhvani
Cllr Ramji Chauhan
Subhash Thakrar
RT. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa
Louis Arinaitwe
Andrew Bamanya
Lars Peter Jensen
Louis Arinaitwe
A Case Study By:
Akinwole Omoboriowo II
Robert Mukiza
Nicholas Oliver
Director General Uganda Investment Authority
Robert Mukiza is the Director General of Uganda Investment Authority. Prior to joining the Authority, Robert served as the Deputy Director for the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Representative to Ethiopia, the African Union and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
Head of Business Development at NMS International Group
Nick Oliver was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where he was awarded the Queen's Sword of Honour and served as an officer with the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards. He serves on the UK’s Department for International Trade Africa Infrastructure Board as Co-Chair with Anne-Marie Trevelyan, HM Trade Commissioner for Africa.
Nick is responsible for business development with a particular focus on social infrastructure projects in sub-Saharan Africa and further afield. He is an experienced procurement specialist with a successful track record in business development.
Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development
Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom is a human rights, democracy and justice enthusiast who has worked hard to defend the rights of women in Uganda including spearheading the campaign advocating for the scraping of refund of bride price in Uganda.
Through her work with global parliamentary associations; the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and the Inter Parliamentary Union, where she has been serving as an executive member, Hon. Amongi has travelled widely to Kenya, Nigeria, Somalia, Japan, Myanmar, Samoa, Tonga, Oman, Yemen, Gambia and Saudi Arabia to meet government officials in the campaign for inclusion of women in Parliament.
She has also been involved in global campaigns on Peace and Security.
Through her work in Somalia, the Clan Leaders who were opposed to a constitutional provision of including women representation in Parliament had accepted to progressively adopt a quota system for women.
She is an expert trainer of trainees for Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and IPU and serves as a Gender expert for the Uganda Gender partnership Donor group to help shape donor priorities in the areas of women's empowerment.
She is a trained professional in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies, Political Science and Gender and Development Studies.
She served as Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development before being posted to her current portfolio of Gender, Labour and Social Development.
Minister of State for Privatization and Investment
Anite Previously, served as State Minister for Youth.
In January 2018, Evelyn Anite was admitted to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts University, in Medford, Massachusetts, in the United States, to pursue the Master in International Relations and Diplomacy Programme. In July 2019, Anite graduated from Tufts University, having met all the requirements for the Master of Arts program.
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
Nimisha Jayant Madhvani is a Ugandan diplomat, formerly Uganda's Ambassador to the Nordic countries she was accredited to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Prior to that, she served as Uganda's Ambassador to United Arab Emirates, and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Before that, she was Uganda's ambassador to France, Spain, Portugal and UNESCO, based in Paris.
She was born in Uganda in 1959 to Meena Madhvani and Jayant Madhvani, both Ugandan citizens of Indian descent. Jayant was the firstborn of the five sons of Mulji Prabhudas Madhvani (1894–1958), the industrialist, entrepreneur who founded the Madhvani Group of Companies in 1930.
Nimisha grew up at the family estate in Kakira, about an hour and one half's drive east of the capital, Kampala. When dictator Idi Amin expelled Ugandan Asians in 1972, she located to the United Kingdom with her family, as a 13-year-old teenager.
Chief Executive Officer, Afida Africa
Director Lagan DOTT Namanve Limited
Gerry is the International Business Development Director for Lagan, a Belfast based group of companies with interests in property, housing, infrastructure and investment opportunities across Ireland, UK and Overseas. He is a Chartered Engineer who graduated from Queens University Belfast with a Master of Civil Engineering. Having worked in a number of construction companies in the UK, he specialised in Project Finance and was instrumental in securing a number of major Public Partnership projects in roads, water, education, healthand accommodation sectors such as Nuffield Hospital (£100m), DHE Housing (£275m), Aberdeen Ring Road (£750m) to name but a few. During this time, he completed his MBA from Edinburgh University. With Lagan, Gerry has been involved in securing for both PPP and Design Build Finance such as Limerick Tunnel Project (€500m), DBFO2 (£250m) and overseas project including Gan Airport, Maldives, accommodation infrastructure projects in Africa using a variety of funding sources. More recently, the team secured the Kampala Industrial Business Park project with the help of UKEF Agency.
Area Manager, Colas Ltd
Deputy Inspector General of Government
Ms Twinomugisha is a seasoned lawyer. She is a member of the Uganda Law Society, and has served under the Uganda Christian Lawyers Fraternity, East African Law Society and Uganda Federation of Women Lawyers. She also spent 15 years in the Ministry of Defence and Veteran Affairs under various portfolios; first as a prosecutor in the General Court Martial and rose through the ranks to the level of principal legal officer.
Ms Twinomugisha holds a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies from Makerere University, a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice from the Law Development Centre, a Post Graduate Diploma in Public Administration and Management from Uganda Management Institute and a Bachelor of Laws Degree from Makerere University. She is also credited for the establishment of the Veterans Legal Aid Clinic and creating a supportive mechanism for women’s involvement in peace building.
Chairman and CEO, Genesis Energy Group
Akinwole is a strategic & innovative thinker with board-based expertise in infrastructural project development, business management, financial economics and strategic leadership in gas & power sectors,
where he has demonstrated proven track records spanning several countries.
With over 20 years’ experience in the energy sector, Akinwole has led various executive teams in structuring, financing and implementing several innovative and commercially sound projects including solar PV plus battery storage, small hydro and energy efficiency projects of small-scale LNG & LPG-fired power projects to displace the more expensive and environmentally unfriendly diesel oil to several customers in Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda and Zimbabwe.
Akinwole is an Expert Advisor at the Oxford University’s SAID Business School. He continues to serve as an Advisory Board Member for various institutions including: The Global Thinkers Forum (UK), African Energy Chamber (South Africa), and previously on SHELL Foundation (UK) where they were tasked with advising on the creation of “the energy company of the future”.
Managing Director Housing Finance Bank (HFB)
Mr. Michael. K. Mugabi is the Managing Director of Housing Finance Bank in Uganda. Michael has a wealth of knowledge & experience in the Banking, Housing & Legal Sectors in Uganda, and a tenure that spans a period of over 25 years. In this role as Managing Director, Michael offers strategic oversight and business leadership to the Bank. Prior to his appointment as Managing Director, Michael served as Executive Director of the Bank, providing oversight to critical functions of the Bank including Credit, Information Technology and Bank Operations during a crucial transitional period that saw the Bank successfully transform from a mortgage banking institution into a fully-fledged commercial banking entity.
Over the years, Michael has been intimately involved in shaping key financial solutions designed to invigorate and spur the growth & development of the Housing Sector in Uganda. Michael is a Fellow of the Chartered Secretaries and Administrators, United Kingdom and currently serves as President of the Institute of Corporate Governance of Uganda (ICGU), both accreditations that draw upon his years of experience when he served as Company Secretary of the Bank. Michael has a Master of Laws Degree in Commercial and Corporate Law from the University of London, United Kingdom, a Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree from Makerere University Kampala, amongst other professional qualifications.
UK Representative, World sustainability Organisation
Otto Canon is a multiple award-winning Sustainability and Environment Consultant, committed to restoring our fast-degrading environment from breakage, advocating for the propagation of Sustainability across the world, and driving a lasting change through sustainability policy reforms across and amongst Governments, Corporations and Communities.
Over his 10 years-plus experience as a social entrepreneur, community organizer and sustainability consultant, he has worked with multilateral organizations across various sectors, and has helped to design, implement, and scale several social programs.
Otto is World Sustainability Organization Project Development Officer. The World Sustainability Organization has developed major Sustainability Certification Standards, such as Friend of the Sea and Friend of the Earth. The latter certifies products, including coffee, from sustainable agriculture.
Executive Director, British Coffee Association
Paul Rooke, Executive Director of the British Coffee Association, said: “The British Coffee Association warmly welcomes the UK’s signing of the 2022 International Coffee Agreement, demonstrating a real commitment from the Government to the future success of our industry. This new agreement seeks to strengthen the role of the private sector, within its overall objectives for a commercially and environmentally sustainable coffee industry. Promoting consumer choice by maintaining a diverse range of coffee origins, while underpinning the need for a profitable income for producers, is an ambition which BCA works towards in close co-ordination with industry and other coffee associations. We see ICO, and this updated agreement, as key components of delivering that ambition, and look forward to working with Government Departments and colleagues at ICO to ensure the UK plays a central role in securing a positive future for coffee.”
Country Director | Department for Business and Trade British High Commission | Kampala
Louis Arinaitwe is the Country Director – Department for International Trade at the British High Commission in Kampala, Uganda.
Commissioner Domestic Taxes - Uganda Revenue Authority (URA)
Commissioner Domestic Taxes
Ms. Chelangat Sarah Muzungyo:
Sarah’s tax career spans over a 20-year period. She started her tax career with the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) in the Domestic Tax department as a tax auditor where she advanced her tax knowledge with the Post Graduate Diploma in Tax Administration (PODITRA) at the URA training school.
Sarah worked in the various divisions of Domestic Tax namely; Audit, Collection, VAT refunds, Officer in Charge of Private Schools, Team Member Presumptive Tax Project, and team Member Audit of Top 20 IMF Taxpayers.
She later joined Ernst & Young as a Senior Tax Advisor where she worked for 10 years rising through the ranks from Manager, Senior Manager, and Associate Director of Tax. She draws her wealth of experience from both URA and EY on tax administration and advisory services in the different sectors of financial services, insurance, hospitality, construction, NGOs, Oil and Gas, telecommunication, consumer services and manufacturing. Sarah worked on the following assignments; transfer pricing, tax compliance, tax trainings, tax health checks, tax due diligences, restructuring assignments, tax controversies, tax negotiations with various clients.
Sarah also built tax regional experience having worked on tax advisory assignments with other Revenue Authorities in and out of East Africa namely Rwanda Revenue Authority and Somalia Revenue Authority.
She is a key member of the Technical committee on Taxation/Economic Policy at the ICPAU which handles tax proposals/budget proposals and lobbies with Ministry of Finance and Parliament of Uganda. She has previously served in the Marketing and Finance Committees at ICPAU.
She’s a Certified member of the Institute of Chartered Public Accountants of Uganda (CPA), and also an affiliate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT United Kingdom) where she was awarded an Advanced Diploma in International Tax (ADIT). She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce (Accounting Option) from Makerere University.
Over the years, Sarah has developed leadership skills from various trainings like Women as Leaders – University of Pretoria South Africa; Associate Director Leadership Program – South Africa; Senior Manager Leadership Training – Dublin, Ireland; and Manager Leadership Training – Amsterdam, Netherlands.
New Tax Senior leadership training – Nairobi Kenya.
Director Citizenship & Immigration Control
DCIC is a Public Service Institution under the Ministry of Internal Affairs responsible for managing migration to and from Uganda.
DCIC's mission is to facilitate the legal and orderly movement of persons to and from Uganda, regulate the residence of immigrants in Uganda, verify and process Uganda citizenship and enforce national and regional immigration laws for the development and security of Uganda.
Member of Parliament - Mbarara North
Robert Mwesigwa Rukaari is a Ugandan politician and legislator representing Mbarara North, Mbarara City.[1] He is the Chairman of the East African Procurement News Company Limited, a sister company of AMPROC INC which publishes a monthly Magazine that reviews the Procurement Industry in the East African Region and has been the Honorary Consul for the Republic of Malawi in Uganda.[2] He was also the Honorary Consul of the Kingdom of Morocco.[3]
He also serves as a member of the Central Executive Committee of National Resistance Movement, the ruling party in Uganda.[2]
National Resistance Movement -National Chairman, Entrepreneurship League and Member of the Central Executive Committee National Resistance Movement November 2015 – Present.[4]
CEO and Founder @ Volcano Coffee
Gerald Katabazi is a Ugandan social and economic entrepreneur passionate coffee farmers in Uganda, poverty reduction initiatives through structured human capital developments and other agricultural commodities like Cocoa.
He is a Founder and Managing Director of volcano Coffee Limited a famous specialty coffee brand in Africa, leading a bold vision of using innovative platforms to build a vertically integrated value chain that brings the farmer and consumer to the forefront of humanized digital transactions. He is also a Master Roaster certified by Specialty Coffee Association of America a Coffee barista and an entrepreneur facing Omni-channel roasting division as part of the company’s main case.
Gerald discovered his love for coffee over 19 years ago while pursuing his first Coffee quality course at Uganda Coffee Development Authority
His journey in coffee began at a green coffee classification, distribution and sample roasting facility in Kampala, Uganda as a beginner. He then moved to Kampala Serena hotel as head of coffee production, where he managed an internal brewing specification department mainly at the VIP wing, served as a production manager at Bourbon Coffee SARL in Rwanda as a retailer and wholesale distribution channels head.
3 years after bourbon coffee, he returned to play a role in the socio-economic recovery in Ugandan Coffee sector this time under his own company Volcano Coffee Limited, 2014 Volcano Coffee opened its doors to the public with a mission to educate the local coffee consumers on the benefits of consuming coffee, linking green coffee to external buyers and opening the deaf school with a target of the ghetto youth that are found in the per-urban and rural areas of Uganda as recruits, an initiative that led to the coffee opening space with a strategic plan to revamp the otherwise commodity low grade Ugandan coffee sector into the specialty market destination, he learned about the need for poverty reduction mechanisms through agriculture (Uganda’s economic backbone), to reconcile a nation once divided by the atrocities of a horrific past. This elevated the concept to co-develop a mechanism to enhance transparency in the coffee supply chain utilizing mobile technology to build an end to end traceability structures and systems.
In 2015, Gerald co-founded the first Ugandan coffee roasters forum, charged with roasting business in the country, National Coffee forum that is charged with all coffee developments and the brewers’ guild among others as well as retail establishment called Volcano Coffee, becoming the first specialty coffee company in the country.
BeyondTheBean.
Ms. Chelangat Sarah Muzungyo
Answering and providing insight on tax issues. The presentation tooutlines step-by-step taxpayer rights and duties, all with the goal ofassisting investors and Ugandans in the Diaspora to be tax aware and seetax as a reasonable business expenditure rather than a burden.
Perez Ochieng
Kenneth Barigye
James Shaw MEng AMIAgrE
Value addition in agriculture presents an opportunity to integrate the Ugandan agriculturalsector with the international food processing industry. A well-developed food processing sectorwith a higher level of processing will aid in the reduction of waste, enhance value addition,encourage crop diversification, and provide producers with a higher return.
Paul Rooke
Otto Canon
Perez Ochieng
Dr. Peter Kimbowa
PRESENTATION ON NSSF DIASPORA CONNECT AND THEBENEFITS OF NSSF VOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP PLANPROVIDES EMPLOYERS.
Hon. Alum Santa Sandra Ogwang
Hon. Nsegumire Muhamad Kibedi (MP)
Hon. Mugabe Martin Muzaale
Investors evaluating political risks consider:
Dennis Musinguzi
Rt. Hon. Rebecca Kadaga
Director & Lagan DOTT Namanve Project Director
Lagan DOTT Namanve Limited is a joint venture established between UK contractors Lagan Group Limited and Local Ugandan contractor DOTT Services Limited to develop the infrastructure for the Kampala Industrial Business Park. The Joint Venture brings together the application of international standards with local knowledge and expertise to develop a world class project for the Uganda government. Operating under an EPC Contract, the team assisted the Uganda Investment Authority to secure UKEF funding together with Standard Chartered to advance the project.
The development of the park represents a major commitment by the Ugandan government and the Lagan-DOTT joint venture, as strong international and local construction companies with the expertise to deliver the project on time. The development of the park will encourage local employment both during construction and during the operational stage. The team will work to ensure skills transfer through the construction period and beyond the project.
The park is current in its construction phase and we look forward to finalizing a high quality park to help promote and grow the Ugandan economy for the benefit of all.
Commenting on the status Andrew Bamanya Project Director advises:
“This project represents a major commitment to industry in Uganda and LDNL are pleased to be part of that journey. After all the difficulties of Covid we are keen to progress the project and complete its as soon as possible. The team look forward to other opportunities to assist the development of the Ugandan economy.”
Programme Manager | Country Director, Gridworks Partners
Eric Olanya is the former Head, Department for International at the British High Commission in Kampala, Uganda responsible for providing support to UK companies interested in doing business in Uganda. He is also the regional infrastructure lead (East Africa) and Oil and Gas lead in Uganda. As section head, he is responsible for UK-Uganda trade development, in particular developing opportunities in the oil and gas sector and leads on strategic partnerships with UK companies in large projects.
Eric holds a Bachelors degree in Engineering, a post graduate diploma in Management and International Trade and is currently studying an MSc in Petroleum Engineering. Over the years he has developed a good understanding of the economic and political climate in Uganda, market trends, and investment opportunities and understands the needs of UK companies in doing business in Uganda
Infrastructure Development Consultant
Elias A. Mugisha is a Private Secretary to H.E the President of Uganda on matters of Public Sector Infrastructure at Statehouse where he has served for the last 13years and responsible for overseeing the Nation’s flagship Infrastructure Investment portfolio.
He is also an Infrastructure Planning Technical Advisor to the Board Chairperson of the National Planning Authority (NPA) and responsible to consolidate all infrastructure plans across the National Development Plan.
He also serves as a Technical Assistant to the Chairperson of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) for both Karuma (600MW) & Isimba (183MW) Hydro Power Plants at Uganda Electricity Generation Company Ltd (UEGCL) and responsible to coordinate and to monitor both projects.
Elias holds a Bachelors degree in Civil Engineering & Environmental Technology and an MSc in Construction Management from Birmingham University.
Over the years he has developed a good understanding of the Infrastructure planning, economics & development and the political climate in Uganda, the investment opportunities and understands the needs for UK companies interested in investing in Public sector infrastructure projects in Uganda.
Board Chairman of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF)
Dr Peter Kimbowa (PK) has been appointed the new Board Chairman of the National Social Security Fund (NSSF) effective September 1, 2021.
He is also a Global Leadership Catalyst, Coach, Author, Speaker and International Award-Winning Futurist.
He is a Co-founder of the CEO Summit Uganda, the CEO Apprenticeship Programme (CAP), League of East African Directors (LEAD) and IFE Consultants Limited.
PK is the Board Chairman of Tondeka Metro Company and a Board Member of ESKOM, Baylor College of Medicine and Kampala Archdiocese Land Board. He is a Governance Advisor to many local and regional public, private and Civil Society organisations. He is also a Global platform speaker at many universities.
PK has interests in human and organisational transformational work and Learning from the future. He is passionate about Strategy and Sustainability Projects.
PK is a Rotarian (a major donor) and Past Assistant Governor.
Director, SACOMA Foods and Global Innovation
Perez is an award-winning business leader and scientist, global Women Inventor and Innovator and visionary and innovative business leader in the international food industry, who has initiated and managed groundbreaking projects, such as the IFE Innovation and the award winning SACOMA sweet potato initiative. She has been involved in collaborative scenario planning as well as social research on consumer-driven innovation, food retail models along with other disruptive manufacturing innovations in global food production with a focus on immune building, gut health, women’s health, men’s health, baby health, healthy aging and longevity and quality of life.
Perez has been involved in several disruptive manufacturing innovations in global food production. As an indigenous scientist who combines African traditional knowledge with academic research, she has researched healthy aging and personalised nutrition for the silver community in partnership with University of Kent, and Denmark’s Aarhus University; research into pre-biotic with Queensland University, Australia and research on viscosity for gluten free food for people aged 50+.
While her work over the last 25 years has been on promoting the consumption of natural foods and sustainable food production using novel ingredients through food quality, safety, security, authenticity, traceability as well as safe movement and trade of foods across borders she is also an promoter of the possible effects of future foods like plant-based proteins, insect as food and feed, lab-meat and herbs on health and wellbeing as well single origin coffees.
Perez has been involved in Knowledge Transfer partnership and a number of development projects for food Global Food Manufacturers, African governments, embassies and international organizations on trade (Imports/Exports), small enterprise development, agro business, value chain analysis, quality control systems and other initiatives aimed at improving the business climate in the voluntary, private sectors and public sectors.
She is passionate about the innovation of future foods like plant-based proteins, insects and herbs for health and wellbeing.
She is the founder of SACOMA Global Foods Innovation, an award-winning importer, exporter, manufacturer, and distributor with its own retail chain for organic & natural food & drinks in the United Kingdom together with a training college and retail Launchpad for food businesses that want to get into the UK retail market. Goods are imported from countries including Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, India, Australia, Spain, Italy, Bangladesh, Latin America and many more.
Member of Parliament representing Workers
Charles Bakkabulindi (born 25 November 1959), is a Ugandan politician. Of recent he served as the State Minister for Sports in the Ugandan Cabinet, Hamsom Obua succeeded him. He was appointed to that position in 2005.[1] In the cabinet reshuffles of 1 June 2006,[2] 16 February 2009,[3] that of 27 May 2011,[4] and that of 1 March 2015[5] he retained his cabinet post. He is also the Member of Parliament representing Workers.[6]
Director, NFT Consult Group
Badru Ntege has 30 years of Management and Senior Management as both a systems analyst and ICT consultant in the UK and Africa. He has a B. Eng Manufacturing Systems Engineering degree from Salford University in Manchester, UK.
Badru is a Past Chair for Africa Network Information Center (AFRINIC) and sits on the Presidential Investment Round table working group. Badru also is a current chair of ICT Sector at Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU); holds the position of Chairman for East African Science and Technology Commission (EASTECO) and Business Process Outsourcing Association of Uganda and he is also a member of the African Network Operators Group (AFNOG).
Badru is currently the Director/co-owner of NFT consult, a recruitment firm based in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Zambia and United Kingdom.
He is a certified Leadership facilitator with Franklin Covey for;
Membership of Professional Associations:
MP, Representative - Mityana North
Technical Sales Engineer – Alvan Blanch Development Co. Ltd., United Kingdom.
James is Technical Sales Engineer at Alvan Blanch, a British manufacturing and project engineering company exporting to Uganda and worldwide. James advises clients throughout the sales process, designing technical layouts for, and commissioning, new factories – while training staff on operation.
James has been awarded several industry awards for his work within the post-harvest development and organic fertiliser research fields.
Alvan Blanch has a Sales Engineer based in Kampala for the East African market as well as a Technical Service Hub in Uganda, and in Nigeria – with engineers supporting clients across Africa through installation to servicing of equipment. With their manufacturing facility in the UK, Alvan Blanch exports 85% of total turnover. Uganda continues to be a key market for Alvan Blanch over the last 50 years. Clients range from small agri-producers to larger scale traders, processors, multinationals and government - with silo storage and other value addition.
Member of Parliament Buzaaya County
District woman MP for Hoima district
Harriet Businge (born 12 October 1980) is a Ugandan professional teacher, politician and legislator.
Busingye represents the people of Hoima district as District woman representative in the parliament of Uganda. She entered parliament after winning the 2019 Hoima woman MP by-election where her main competitor was Asinansi Nyakato of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).[1] She is a member of the National resistance movement, the party in political leadership in Uganda under the chairmanship of HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, president of the republic of uganda[2] Towards the 2021 Uganda general elections, she lost the NRM flag bearer election to Beatrice Wembabazi and contested as an independent candidate in the General elections.
MP Soroti Municipality
Senior Manager BankTech, MTN Mobile Money Uganda Limited
Vice Chairperson, Government Assurances Committee
Woman MP - Oyam District
Alum Sandra Ogwang (born 2 December 1972) is a Ugandan social scientist, politician and legislator.[1] She represents the people of Oyam District as district Woman representative in the Parliament of Uganda.[2] She is a member of the Uganda People's Congress ( UPC),[3] a party under the chairmanship of Jimmy Akena, who is the member of parliament for Lira municipality[4] and son to former president Apollo Milton Obote.
Government Chief Whip, Parliament Of Uganda
Denis Hamson Obua (born 6 February 1980), is a Ugandan politician, who serves as the Government Chief Whip, a position he was appointed to on 21st July 2022.[1] The office was officially handed over to him on 16th August 2022.[2][3] He previously served as Minister of State for Sports,[4][5] in the Cabinet of Uganda, effective 14 December 2019.[6] He also concurrently serves as the incumbent Member of Parliament representing Ajuri County, Alebtong District in the 11th Parliament (2021 to 2026), a seat he also held in the 10th Parliament (2016 to 2021).
Woman MP Gomba District
Sylvia Nayebale, (born 22 November 1990) is a Ugandan journalist, businesswoman and politician, who serves as the incumbent Member of Parliament representing the Gomba District Women Constituency in the 10th Ugandan Parliament (2016 to 2021).[1] She was re elected in 2021 in the same position.[2][3][4][5]
She was born on 22 November 1990, in Gomba District, in the Buganda Region of Uganda. She attended local schools for her primary education. She studied at Nabisunsa Girls' Secondary School for her O-Level and A-Level schooling. In 2008, she was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, graduating in 2011, with a Bachelor of Mass Communication degree.[1]
The past Chairman of the London Chamber of Commerce
Subhash Vithaldas Thakrar is a professional chartered accountant. Subhash was the managing partner of Blackstone Franks LLP when in 2013 he negotiated a merger with CBW, another well-established firm of Chartered Accountants in London.
Head of Mission, The Embassy of the Republic of South Sudan
Agnes Oswaha, who is the current South Sudan ambassador to the United Kingdom, was recently awarded a prestigious award by the Diplomatic Magazine as the Africa Diplomat of the Year.
As the South Sudan ambassador to the United Kingdom, Agnes says despite the many hurdles she faced as a former refugee, she has managed to push herself to where she is now.
Managing Director - Mountain Harvest
I have 15 years of community impact investment and development expertise, 10 of which were leading international NGO and impact investment activities in Uganda.
I have developed and executed social and mission-driven business and organisational plans that match with national strategic frameworks and sector-specific agricultural livelihoods, agribusiness, and small-scale company strategies.
Since 2017, I've worked to de-commodify coffee exports by supplying roasters with high-quality specialty green beans.
The African Fine Coffees Association Board of Directors and the National Coffee Research Institute Advisory Council included me.
Housing Finance Bank
MTN Mobile Money by MTN
Universal Multi-purpose
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Alvan Blanch Development Company
Lagan DOTT Namanve Limited
With 300+ delegates anticipated to attend, the UK-Uganda Trade Summit is the most significant annual trade and investment summit to an East African market in the UK and is the ideal setting to discuss trade development and connect businesses to new markets.
Evolution Print & Design has been a trusted partner for over 12 years for convention preparations. Offering unmatched quality, tailored designs, prompt turnaround, comprehensive solutions, and personalised support.
Their talented and experienced team collaborates with clients to create visuals aligned with their brand identity and objectives. They prioritise efficiency and focus on meeting deadlines, allowing clients to focus on other crucial aspects of their exhibition.
Apart from convention printing, Evolution also provides merchandise and large-format printing for impactful displays to enhance brand visibility.
With a friendly and knowledgeable team, Evolution is committed to building solid client relationships. Delivering what you need, when and where it needs to be.
Address: 143 Cavendish Road, Leicester LE2 7PJ
Tel: 0116 274 7700
Email: sales@evolutiondc.co.uk
Office Hours: 9am – 5pm
The forum (UCUK) is organised with the support of Lord Popat (UK Trade Envoy to Uganda, DRC, and Rwanda), the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN), and the Department for Business and Trade - British High Commission, Kampala, UIA, and many others.
Looking to invest in Uganda, but not sure where to start, or eager to discuss opportunities as well as the challenges you are facing with peers and experts in the field?
A business exploring opportunities and seeking partners and, interested in building partnerships on the ground to further your business?
Looking to meet with decision-makers to help move your business forward, or partner to get you started?
Looking to showcase your company and amplify your brand in Uganda and the East African business and investment marketplace?
Looking to invest in Uganda, but not sure where to start, or eager to discuss opportunities as well as the challenges you are facing with peers and experts in the field?
UCUK attracts a wide range of business executives, buyers and sellers, exporters, business owners, and dealmakers from Uganda, India, and the East African region who represent investor-ready projects, businesses, and investment funds seeking debt and/or equity.
Closed – The Buyer-Seller side hub facilitates direct contact between exhibitors, sponsors and delegates and buyers from Uganda, India and UK markets through prescheduled meetings. This arrangement is closed, we advise delegates to take advantage of networking on the day, to meet new companies and potential customers.
1. Visit https://www.blueorchid.com/
2. Select hotel and dates
3. Select room types and number of rooms on any available flexible rate (full rate will display)
4. Proceed to “BOOK NOW”
5. Enter Promo Code UCUK. Click on “APPLY”
6. The discounted rate will appear on your checkout screen
7. Continue and complete your booking
UCUK attracts a wide range of business executives, buyers and sellers, exporters, business owners, and dealmakers from Uganda, India, and the East African region who represent investor-ready projects, businesses, and investment funds seeking debt and/or equity.
Thank you so much to our partners and sponsors for making last year's #Uganda-UKTradeSummit possible! We could not have succeeded without your input and supporters like you!
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The aim of UCUK and its partners are to bring together delegates from the international investor community especially from the United Kingdom, and Commonwealth countries, to explore opportunities in East Africa, COMESA and SADC.
BLUE ORCHID HOTELS, The Skyline London 100 Minories, London, UK.
Fri, 8 Sep 2023 09:00 - 16:30 BST
