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H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President of Uganda
H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni
President of Uganda
His Excellency Y.K. Museveni, President of Uganda guest of honour of the 12th Uganda-UK Trade Summit (UCUK2022) at Park Plaza London Riverbank Hotel, London SE1 7TJ on 10th Sept 2022.
Lord Dolar Popat
The UK prime minister's trade envoy to Uganda, DRC and Rwanda
Lord Dolar Popat
The UK prime minister's trade envoy to Uganda, DRC and Rwanda
He became a Member of the House of Lords back in July 2010 and is the first Gujarati to represent the Conservative Party in the House of Lords. He was born on 14 June 1953, in Busolwe and brought up in Tororo, Uganda.
Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni
The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports
Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni
The First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports
Mrs Janet Kataaha Museveni was born on 24th June, 1948 at Ntungamo District, Uganda. Married to H.E. Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President of the Republic of Uganda with four children and fifteen grandchildren.
She held a Master of Arts in Organizational Leadership and Management, Uganda Christian University (2015), Bachelor of Education, Makerere University (1997) and a Diploma in Child Cognitive and Physiological Development, Montessori Education Centre, Dublin (1993).
She is the Minister of Education and Sports (June 2016 to date).
She has held various portfolio including:
- Minister for Karamoja Affairs (2009-June2016) - Involved in guiding Government Development Programmes in the Karamoja Sub Region. Providing oversight and supervisory role over the implementation of all government projects and programmes in the region including education, health, water and sanitation, wealth creation and agriculture.
- Member of Parliament for Ruhaama County Ntungamo District, 2006-May 2016). She has made a tremendous contribution to the transformation of the livelihood of the people of Ruhaama County through her various interventions namely: Construction of school classrooms, renovation and equipping of health centres, provision of micro credit to youth, women and men groups, introduction of income generating projects for the most vulnerable, improvement in agriculture and environment, expansion of rural electrification, improving the road network in the County and training and empowering the people with life skills for poverty eradication.
- Founder and Patron of Uganda Women's Effort to Save Orphans (UWESO) an indigenous NGO which cares for war-related and HIV/AIDS affected orphans in all the Districts of Uganda. The NGO has been in operation since 1986 and works with major UN agencies and other international donor organizations.
- Founder and Patron of National Strategy for Advancement of rural Women in Uganda (NSARWU), an indigenous NGO which works with poor rural women to empower them economically through various interventions like micro credit. The NGO has been in operation for 20 years and works closely with international donor agencies.
- Founder and Patron of Uganda Youth Forum (UYF) an NGO that engages the youth of Uganda for character and behaviour formation particularly with regard to HIV/AIDS prevention. This NGO was founded in 1992 and provides a platform for open dialogue on issues and challenges of growing up, such as sexuality, relationships, adolescence, and career choices.
- Goodwill Ambassador for Safe Motherhood in Uganda on behalf of the Ugandan Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) with a major role of advocating for reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity.
- Active member of the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA Uganda), an NGO established in 2002 to effectively respond to the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Sub Saharan Africa.
- The first Chairperson of African First Ladies Forum on Cervical and Breast Cancer Prevention. She is The Patron of this Forum and has been instrumental in facilitating the initiation and scale up of this intervention since 2007.
- Co-Chair of CURE Hospital – a specialized neurosurgery teaching Hospital for disabled children in Uganda, in partnership with CURE International.
- Conference Speaker both in Uganda and at many international fora concerning various social development topics, particularly HIV/AIDS, poverty eradication and women economic empowerment.
- Janet Museveni is a professed and active Christian whose work and life is driven by faith.
Packed with expert advice, knowledge, world leading speakers and suppliers, the FDI Summit stands as the most important summit for businesses looking to set up operations in Uganda (East Africa). Event Speakers
Willy Mutenza
Chairman and Founder Uganda Convention - UK
Willy Mutenza
Chairman and Founder Uganda Convention - UK
Willy Mutenza is a successful entrepreneur, ethnic marketing consultant and community activist who turned his hobbies into a successful business. Willy has lived and worked in London for the last 29 years. He graduated from the University of West London in 2000 with a BA in Digital Arts and Multimedia Computing.
Founder and Managing Director of the award winning ThePromota africa Ltd: A multi-cultural marketing agency that specialises in Financial companies offering not to mention financial services like money transfer to the ethnic community targeting the ethnic audience in the UK, Nordic countries and Germany. To date he has has the privilege to serve the top Fintech companies including: Western Union, MoneyGram, WorldRemit, Lebara, Pockit, Brussels airlines, as the only exclusive contract/consultancy.
Hon. Ruth Ssentamu Nankabirwa
Minister of Energy and Mineral Development
Hon. Ruth Ssentamu Nankabirwa
Minister of Energy and Mineral Development
Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa Sentamu is the Minister of Energy and Mineral Development a position she has held effective June 2021. Before that, she was the Government Chief Whip, a position she was appointed to in 2015. She has previously served as State Minister for Fisheries, State Minister for Microfinance, State Minister for Defence and State Minister for Luwero Triangle.
In 1994 through 1995, she served as a delegate to the Constituent Assembly that enacted the 1995 Constitution for the Republic of Uganda.
Hon. Ruth Nankabirwa Sentamu holds a Masters of Arts Degree in Conflict Studies, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art, both from Makerere University. She hails from Kiboga District, and was the District Woman Representative from 1996 – 2021.
Hon. Nabakooba Judith Nalule
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
Hon. Nabakooba Judith Nalule
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
She holds Master’s degree in Human Rights, Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication, from Makerere University, Diploma in Strategic Leadership Management from Charted Management Institute in United Kingdom and a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and in Monitoring and Evaluation at Uganda Management Institute respectively.
Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development from July 2021 up-to-date
As the cabinet minister of lands, she is responsible for "policy direction, national standards and coordination of all matters concerning lands, housing and urban development.
Minister of ICT from January 2019 to April 2021
She was responsible for formulation and implementation of information and communications Technology to sustain manage and oversee information
and communications.
In 2015 left Uganda Police for active politics.
Woman Member of Parliament Mityana District from 2016 to 2021, During her time as an MP she chaired the Uganda Parliamentary Committee on defense and Internal Affairs; she was a member of the Parliamentary Business Committee and Parliament Committee commissions, state authorities and state enterprises.
Before joining politics Hon Judith worked in Uganda Police as Deputy Spokes Person from 2004 to 2010 and was promoted to the rank of Commissioner and in that capacity served as the Spokes Person for Uganda police from 2011 to 2015 before she resigned.
RT. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa
Deputy Speaker Parliament of Uganda.
RT. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa
Deputy Speaker Parliament of Uganda.
Thomas Tayebwa is an entrepreneur with interests in communications and media, culture and heritage, transport and cosmetics.
Elizabeth Rossiello
Founder and CEO, AZA Finance
Elizabeth Rossiello
Founder and CEO, AZA Finance
Elizabeth is the CEO and founder of AZA, an established provider of currency trading solutions which accelerate global access to frontier markets through an innovative infrastructure. By leveraging cutting edge technology in our flagship products, TransferZero and BFX, AZA is able to significantly lower the cost and increase the speed of business payments to and from frontier markets. AZA is now a market-maker in every major African currency and facilitates payments into G20 currencies directly.
Elizabeth founded the company in 2013 in Nairobi, Kenya and has expanded it to 10+ markets across Africa and Europe. Before founding AZA, Elizabeth was a rating analyst for microfinance institutions across sub-Saharan Africa, consulting for Grameen Foundation, Gates Foundation and the Acumen Fund, as well as working with regulators and policy-makers on legislation for financial innovations. Elizabeth co-chairs the World Economic Forum's Council on Blockchain and holds an M.A. in International Business and Finance from Columbia University.
Mahamoud Andama
Director Investments, Uganda Development Bank
Mahamoud Andama
Director Investments, Uganda Development Bank
Mahamoud Andama joined the Bank in August 2015 as the Manager Business Development, later being appointed Director Investments in May 2018. He is a driven, focused and effective leader with more than 14 years’ diverse experience in development and commercial banking. His adeptness at credit process management, development and execution of profitable business initiatives, negotiation and relationship management has seen and the bank’s business grow by more than double during his tenure.
Mahamoud has been pivotal in developing the bank’s strategic plans aligned to the national development priorities and sustainable development goals. He is specifically credited for building a successful, high performing team that has delivered phenomenon business growth, resulting in effective utilization of lines of credit and improved portfolio quality. He also championed the delineation of sector expertise in the bank and took on oversight of additional diverse internal and external stakeholders outside of his reporting line in order to manage business more effectively.
Prior to joining UDBL, Mahamoud worked with large financial institutions of repute like Barclays and Stanbic (Standard Bank) in various capacities both in credit and business functions where he played an instrumental role in funding large investment projects in Uganda undertaken by prominent multinational corporations.
Currently undertaking his MBA at Edinburgh Business School-Heriot WATT University Scotland UK, Mahamoud holds a Master of Arts in International Economics and Trade degree from Shanghai University-Peoples Republic of China. He also holds a first-class honors degree in Bachelor of Business Administration from Makerere University – Uganda. Mahamoud is a Member of the Association of the Certified Chartered Accountants (UK).
Simon Hodson
Chief Executive Officer at Gridworks
Simon Hodson
Chief Executive Officer at Gridworks
Entrepreneurial international investment professional with a proven track record of managing businesses and executing successful deals across a wide range of sectors.
A seasoned global operator with hands-on experience in emerging markets, including Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. Specialising in project/structured finance, venture capital, corporate finance and portfolio management, with a particular focus on infrastructure, real estate, power and telecoms.
Richard Burge
Chief Executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Richard Burge
Chief Executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Richard has been the chief executive of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry since February 2020.
He has led five multi-million pound organisations as chief executive over a total of 18 years. They include an internationally famous charity, a UK government foreign affairs agency, a private company, and three of them were large membership bodies.
He has been on the Board and a non-executive chair/director of five corporations including companies, charities, two government agencies, and a research-intensive university.
Richard has worked in over 55 countries, specialising in Africa, the wider Commonwealth, and post-conflict situations and locations.
He was Chief Executive, Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council from 2017 to 2019. For the previous 8 years, he was Chief Executive of Wilton Park (a Foreign and Commonwealth Office agency for conciliation and dialogue on conflict and crises). He was a Commissioner for Commonwealth Scholarships, and on the Council of Durham University. He is currently a Governor of the National Institute of Social and Economic Research.
He has been CEO of the Countryside Alliance, Director General of the Zoological Society of London, and for ten years served with the British Council in Africa and the Middle East.
He graduated from Durham University (Hatfield College) in1980 and was a Commonwealth Research Scholar at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (1983-1986). He was born in Hong Kong.
Hon. Evelyn Anite
Minister of State for Privatization and Investment
Hon. Evelyn Anite
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.
Hon. F. Ngobi Gume
Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives
Hon. F. Ngobi Gume
Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives
Frederick Ngobi Gume, is a politician in Uganda. He is the State Minister for Cooperatives in the Ugandan Cabinet. He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016. He concurrently serves as the elected member of parliament representing Bulamogi North West County, Kaliro District in the 10th Parliament (2016 - 2021).
Hon Persis Namuganza
Minister of State for Housing
Hon Persis Namuganza
Minister of State for Housing
Persis Namuganza is a Ugandan politician and the state minister for lands in the Cabinet of Uganda. She was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016. Namuganza concurrently serves as the elected representative of Bukono County, in Namutumba District, in the 10th Parliament (2016–2021)
Amin Mawji OBE
Diplomatic Representative at Aga Khan Development Network
Amin Mawji OBE
Diplomatic Representative at Aga Khan Development Network
Mr Mawji is a former Partner at Ernst & Young (EY), where he held a number of senior leadership positions.
Mr Mawji graduated in Economics from the London School of Economics and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Over the past 30 years, he has advised on several international projects, mergers and acquisitions.
Subhash Thakrar
The past Chairman of the London Chamber of Commerce
Subhash Thakrar
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.
DR. HATWIB MUGASA
ED - National Informational Technology Authority Uganda
DR. HATWIB MUGASA
ED - National Informational Technology Authority Uganda
Executive Director - National Informational Technology Authority Uganda (NITA-U). He has over 15 years of professional experience in the field of telecommunication and innovation research.
Dr. Mugasa holds a Doctorate in Computational Analysis and Modeling, an interdisciplinary degree in Computational Mathematics, Data Science and Statistics. He holds two Masters of Science Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science.
ODREK RWABWOGO
Director, Tomosi’s Farm and Presidential Adviser on Special Tasks
ODREK RWABWOGO
Director, Tomosi’s Farm and Presidential Adviser on Special Tasks
Odrek holds a BSc Economics and Political science from Makerere University and Master’s degree in Media from University of Wales Cardiff. A director at Tomosi Group Tomosi Group which produces dairy products under the Milkman brand in partnership with a private equity Fund, also in construction, security and media and employing directly more than 400 young people.
Peace A. Kabunga
Executive Director - Housing Finance Bank
Peace A. Kabunga
Executive Director - Housing Finance Bank
Peace Ayebazibwe Kabunga is the Chief Business Officer/Executive Director at Housing Finance Bank. She has a professional banking experience of 15 years spanning an extensive career path in sales and relationship management, credit, and Finance.
She holds a Master’s Degree in Financial Management from Amity University, India,and a Bachelor of Statistics (MUK) and ACCA.
Peace is an Alumnus of SBS having attended several short-term courses including: The Effective Director Programme, CEO Apprenticeship Program, and Women in Leadership course. She is currently on the advanced management Programme 2020.
Above all, she is an expert in mortgage financing and offers free advisory services on real estate investments in Uganda and has also been trained as a financial literacy trainer by Bank of Uganda and is passionate about money matters.
Housing Finance Bank provides viable housing finance solutions in Uganda and no one structures a mortgage more than we do.
Louis Arinaitwe
Country Director Department for International Trade
Louis Arinaitwe
Country Director Department for International Trade
Louis Arinaitwe is the Country Director – Department for International Trade at the British High Commission in Kampala, Uganda.
Robert Mukiza
Director General Uganda Investment Authority
Robert Mukiza
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).
Prof. Pamela Mbabazi
Chairperson National Planning Authority
Prof. Pamela Mbabazi
Chairperson National Planning Authority
Pamela Mbabazi is a Professor of Development Studies and currently the Executive Chair, National Planning Authority, Government of the Republic of Uganda. Previously, Prof. Mbabazi served as Head of Research for the GIZ supported Africa Peace & Security Program at the Institute for Peace & Security Studies, Addis Ababa University. Prior to that, Mbabazi served as the Dean of Development Studies at Mbarara University (1998–2010), where she established the Faculty of Development Studies.
Eng. David Luyimbazi
Deputy Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority
Eng. David Luyimbazi
Deputy Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Authority
In order to ensure effective supervision, it was proposed that the office of the Deputy Executive Director supervise the Directorate of education and social services, Gender and Community development, Public health and environment, Directorate Physical Planning and Directorate of Engineering and Technical Services. The office also supervises the following departments; Information and Communication Technology, Public and Corporate Affairs, Procurement and Disposal Unit & Research and Strategy Management.
Chris Baywood Ibe
President / CEO Baywood Continental Ltd (Nigeria)
Chris Baywood Ibe
President / CEO Baywood Continental Ltd (Nigeria)
Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe is a notable entrepreneur, a consummate corporate executive, a manager of people, institutional strategist, philanthropist and social activist. He superintends over one of the ten {10} foremost indigenous leading conglomerates involved in array of business including Oil and Gas, Engineering & Construction, Media & Aviation amongst others as founder and CEO.
Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe was born in Enugu, the then East Central State of Nigeria. He received his early education at Central Primary School Isu-Awaa and thereafter at Colliery Comprehensive Secondary School, Ngwo, Enugu, before proceeding for training majoring in Quantity Surveying, Cost Management specializing in Value/ Asset Development in Beograd then Yugoslavia in 1987.
CAREER
Chris Baywood Ibe on return to Nigeria worked as an Intern with UME LTD, a firm of Architects and Constructors however, his drive for entrepreneurship led to the establishment of Baywood Continental Ltd in 1989. His various Management Trainings supported by his dynamic local and global economic understanding laced with strong pedigree in economic analytics has helped the Boardroom expert in maintaining a steady growth trajectory in a very organic but steady expansion while developing human capital, creating employment spanning across all the business spectrum of Baywood Integrated group.
As a seasoned administrator/ Strategist, Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe has succeeded in running an enviable conglomerate for over three decades while investing in Nigerian Economy through development of trained manpower, social investment through the much-desired private sector initiative that can be brought to play in any Public Establishment, Agencies of Government and or any sector to strengthen the economy.
Emperor, Chris Baywood Ibe is an achiever per Excellence, a motivational speaker and public presenter on economic and strategic matters, he believes in teamwork and diversity in culture, social and skill training and acquisition.
RECOGNITIONS/AWARDS
- Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe is an Alumnus of the world-famous Del Carnegie Institute in Canada.
- A member of Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria {PETAN}
- A member of the Vision 20:2020 Presidential Committee, Energy Thematic Group
- 2014 Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria Industry Achievement Award
- Honoured as Humanitarian Man of the year 2018 by Sun Newspaper
- Fellow of Institute of Directors of Nigeria and UK {IOD}
- Chairman of Governing Board, Nigerian Institute of Palm Oil Research
- Fellow of Society for Peace Studies and Practice, a prestigious award on Human and manpower development
- A knight of St Christopher KSC
- RATTAWU Distinguished Award for Humanitarian Initiatives
- A Fellow of institute of Administrators and Researchers
Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives has been community based, social re-engineering, Youth Empowerment through value re-orientation and promotion of Youths involvement/inclusion in policy in governance as a panacea to youth restiveness as well as championing rural infrastructural support. He established the Baywood Foundation as a vehicle of giving back to the society which he has sustained for over 14 years. The Baywood Foundation and the African Union signed a Memorandum of Understanding towards “PROMOTING YOUTH INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.”
Emperor Chris Baywood Ibe is happily married with children.
Ms. Proscovia Nabbanja
Chief Executive officer, Uganda National Oil Company
Ms. Proscovia Nabbanja
Chief Executive officer, Uganda National Oil Company
Proscovia Nabbanja is the Chief Executive officer of the Uganda National Oil Company. She is responsible for executing the company’s Corporate Strategy and Plans, managing the business aspects of State Participation across the petroleum value chain, including upstream, refining, transportation and storage and identifying new commercially viable investments. She previously served as Chief Operating Officer – Upstream, Uganda National Oil Company. She has more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas sector. She started her career as a Geologist with the Ministry of energy and Mineral Development.
She holds a Master of Business Administration from the Imperial College Business School, London, a Master of Science in Petroleum Geoscience from the Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geology and Chemistry from Makerere University.
Mrs Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya
Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs in Uganda Revenue Authority
Mrs Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya
Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs in Uganda Revenue Authority
Mrs Patience Tumusiime Rubagumya is a Ugandan lawyer, corporate executive and taxation expert who currently serves as the Commissioner Legal Services and Board Affairs in Uganda Revenue Authority, Uganda. She has served in Uganda Revenue Authority for the last twenty years in various capacities in tax administration functions specifically in the legal services field and advising on tax policy. She holds a Masters of Laws Degree in Oil and Gas, a Bachelor of Laws Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice. She is a Chartered Secretary, member of ICSA, Uganda Law Society and East African Law Society.
She also serves as the Secretary to the Uganda Revenue Authority Board of Directors.
Ms Rosemary Kisembo
Executive Director National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA)
Ms Rosemary Kisembo
Executive Director National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA)
Rosemary Kisembo is the recently appointed Executive Director of Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), since May 15, 2021. She is an experienced software engineer and prior to her present role was Head of ICT at the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), a role she served in between 2016 and 2021.
HE Ambassador Nimisha Madhvani
High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland
HE Ambassador Nimisha Madhvani
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.
Morrison Rwakakamba
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Uganda Investment Authority.
Morrison Rwakakamba
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Uganda Investment Authority.
Rwakakamba is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Uganda Investment Authority.
He is the former Global Senior Director of Policy at Fenix International, a company of ENGIE and Vice President of Global Off-Grid Lighting Association (GOGLA). At Fenix, Morrison was member of the global senior management team and leads a team of policy professionals working with and engaging governments and off-grid sector stakeholders to create a conducive policy environment necessary to expand energy access and transform lives of almost 600 million people that still have no access to electricity in Africa and 1.7 billion people globally.
Rwakakamba has 15+ years of experience in private sector development, project development and execution, public policy analysis, and government. He has worked as the founding Chief Executive Officer at Agency for Transformation (AfT), a think and do tank on agriculture, energy and environmental policy, the CEO of Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Special Assistant to the President of the Republic of Uganda from 2013 to 2017, charged with public policy research and information in the Presidency.
As a manager for Policy Research and Advocacy at Uganda National Farmers Federation in 2007, Rwakakamba directed research and mobilized the farmers’ fraternity to amplify their voice and shape favorable agriculture policies. He has also chaired a number of international expert committees moderated by the International Federation of Agricultural Producers in Paris, France.
As HIID Merit Scholar and Mason Fellow in Public Policy Management, Rwakakamba graduated with Masters degree in Public Administration from Harvard University – Kennedy School of Government in 2016.
Rwakakamba received his first degree in Education from Makerere University, Kampala in 2003. He later attended the School of Political Science at Makerere University where he obtained a Master’s Degree in International Relations and Diplomatic Studies (IRDS) in 2006.
Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira
Managing Director, Uganda Coffee Development Authority
Emmanuel Iyamulemye Niyibigira
Managing Director, Uganda Coffee Development Authority
Emmanuel Niyibigira is an agricultural scientist (PhD, MBA), with over 15 years experience in agriculture related programme design and delivery. His core competences are in strategic planning, and programme management, reviews and evaluations; his technical background and competences are agriculture, agribusiness, rural development, crop protection, import and export risk analysis, sanitary and phytosanitary issues.
Since August 2010, Emmanuel is the National Programme Coordinator for the EU funded Northern Uganda Agriculture Livelihoods Recovery Programme (ALREP - € 20 million) and the Karamoja Livelihoods Programme (KALIP - € 15 million), in the Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda. As such he manages 32 staff in Kampala, Gulu and Moroto and has the overall responsibility for programme design and delivery, within the framework of the GoU policies and EU rules and procedures
Dr. Ibrahim Semaganda
Managing Director of Buildnet
Dr. Ibrahim Semaganda
Managing Director of Buildnet
Dr. Ibrahim Semaganda is the Managing Director of Buildnet. At the helm of his career, he saw the growth of Buildnet from a supplier of choice to an acclaimed real estate’s developer as it is today.
Eric Olanya
Country Director, Gridworks Partners
Eric Olanya
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
MAJ. GEN. APOLLO KASIITA-GOWA
Director Citizenship & Immigration Control
MAJ. GEN. APOLLO KASIITA-GOWA
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.
Eng. Ziria Tibalwa Waako
Chief Executive Officer - Electricity Regulatory Authority
Eng. Ziria Tibalwa Waako
Chief Executive Officer - Electricity Regulatory Authority
Eng. Waako is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Electricity Regulatory Authority, a position she assumed on 23rd March 2017. Her position involves providing strategic direction to the ERA Secretariat to ensure that the organization effectively delivers on its mandate efficiently.
She possesses over 30 years of work experience in and vast knowledge of Uganda’s Electricity sub-Sector, 15 of which have been at Senior Management Level. She holds a MSc. and BSc. Electrical Engineering, both from Makerere University, and a Master of Business Administration in Leadership from Walden University, USA.
Eng. Waako is a Registered Engineer with the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers and the National Engineers Registration Board; as well as a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) of New York, United States of America. She was awarded the Excellent Performance Engineers Award by the National Engineers Registration Board at its 50th Anniversary celebrations in 2019. During Eng. Waako’s tenure as Chief Executive, ERA has had various National and International Recognitions and Awards.
Mr. Edward Katende
Chairman, Uganda Development Forum
Brenda Katarikawe Opus
Senior Export Marketing Executive, Uganda Export Promotion Board
Brenda Katarikawe Opus
Senior Export Marketing Executive, Uganda Export Promotion Board
She holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA). Brenda is a Certified Export Development Advisor (International Trade Centre).
Managed market research projects to enable Uganda suppliers link to buyers in Europe, Asia and Africa markets including the recently concluded Uganda DRCongo Mission.
Eng. Ssempebwa Kibuuka Ronald
Executive Assistant To Chief Coordinator, Office Of The President | Operation Wealth Creation
Eng. Ssempebwa Kibuuka Ronald
Executive Assistant To Chief Coordinator, Office Of The President | Operation Wealth Creation
Executive Assistant – Technical to the Chairman of Operation Wealth Creation Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho. SS (rtd) Director - He has over 16 years of professional experience in the field of Electrical, Electronics and Mechanical Engineering.
He advised the Chairman of Operation Wealth Creation (CC-OWC) on all technical matters concerning the socioeconomic development of Uganda which poses an inclination on technology dynamics
Eng. Ssempebwa Kibuuka Ronald has finished PhD research in Food process Engineering (Extrusion Food processing), holds two Masters; Mechatronics and Engineering Projects Management respectively, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering.
Stephen Asiimwe
Chief Executive Officer Private Sector Foundation Uganda
Stephen Asiimwe
Chief Executive Officer Private Sector Foundation Uganda
Stephen is one of the most highly skilled, talented, versatile, honest and multi-disciplined, accomplished and experienced business managers in the Eastern African region. A pioneer regional media practitioner, and also an accomplished businessman, manager, marketer, lecturer, speaker, and statesman.
Ms Rosemary Kisembo
Executive Director National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA)
Ms Rosemary Kisembo
Executive Director National Identification & Registration Authority (NIRA)
Rosemary Kisembo is the recently appointed Executive Director of Uganda’s National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA), since May 15, 2021. She is an experienced software engineer and prior to her present role was Head of ICT at the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA), a role she served in between 2016 and 2021.
Andrew A Blanch
Managing Director at Alvan Blanch Development Company Ltd
Andrew A Blanch
Managing Director at Alvan Blanch Development Company Ltd
Alvan Blanch is a British manufacturing and project engineering company with a global outlook, specialising in the design, production and supply of quality machines and integrated systems for the primary and secondary processing of agricultural produce and waste materials.
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Lord Dolar Popat
The UK prime minister's trade envoy to Uganda, DRC and Rwanda
Lord Dolar Popat
The UK prime minister's trade envoy to Uganda, DRC and Rwanda
He became a Member of the House of Lords back in July 2010 and is the first Gujarati to represent the Conservative Party in the House of Lords. He was born on 14 June 1953, in Busolwe and brought up in Tororo, Uganda.