COMESA Commends Uganda on the Progress Made in Developing Infrastructure to Boost Regional Trade
Uganda has been commended for prioritizing infrastructure development especially energy and the road network which is a recipe for boosting regional trade. This was during the COMESA Council of Ministers meeting that sat in Lusaka, Zambia on Saturday 4th November 2017. The COMESA Council of Ministers officiated by the Vice President of Zambia Her Honor Mrs. Inonge Wina unanimously commended Uganda for the progress made in fulfilling the objectives of the Common market, particularly in infrastructure development that has taken place in the two years especially energy and the road network. Uganda is a member of the Common Market for Eastern and …
MTIC 8th Annual Sector Review Conference 2017
The Trade sector is one of the key sectors that contribute to the economic development of the country. Every year sector stakeholders meet at a conference to review the performance of the Sector and also establish feasible interventions and strategies to boost the Sector.This year’s Sector Review is organized under the theme “Promoting value addition and competitiveness in export growth”. The theme emphasizes the contribution of Value addition and competitiveness towards reducing the balance of payment deficit in the Country. It also stresses the need towards realization of the objectives of the Sector Development Plan, the NRM Manifesto, the National …
Ministry of Trade, The Uhuru Institute Sign MoU to Promote Agribusiness Productivity among Cooperatives & Citizen Collectives
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC), and The Uhuru Institute for Social Development (TUI) will on 8 September 2017 sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance production and productivity in agribusiness, among cooperatives and other citizen collectives. Uganda is endowed with abundant natural resources, variety of marketable agribusiness products, an enterprising youthful population, and the potential of becoming the most competitive market in the great lakes region. But the use of primitive technologies, subsistence farming, limited knowledge and small scale farm units, and poor access to markets, dilapidated storage structures and exorbitant transport costs, among others undermine …
Brief on the Fishnet Industry’s Meeting
On Thursday 31st August 2017, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Amelia Kyambadde paid a visit to Uganda Fishnet Manufacturers Ltd to ascertain the quality and capacity of the factory to supply fishnets to the Ugandan market. The Minister’s visit follows the May 2017 12 month ban on the importation of all fishnets and other fishing gears in order to control sub standard fishnets and a presidential directive to allow only fishing nets made in Uganda. Speaking after a tour of the factory in Luzira, Hon. Kyambadde commended Uganda Fishnets for the quality fishnets produced and said she was …
Signing the Cooperation Agreement Between Ministry of Trade, Industry & Cooperatives and Financial Sector Deepening Uganda
I welcome you to this occasion of signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (MTIC) and Financial Sector Deeping Uganda (FSDU). The partnership between the Ministry and FSDU is a demonstration of the Ministry’s commitment to build networks and collaborations to harness synergies and complementarities that can be found in different institutions and agencies to promote its mandate. The main aim of the MoU is to promote the development of MSMEs and the legal and regulatory framework for competition and consumer protection. The objectives of the MoU are: Collaboration in the implementation of …
US Judge Commends Uganda on BUBU
A New York State Judge Frank J. LaBuda has commended Uganda for coming up with a policy on promoting local content, saying this is the way to go if Uganda is to resuscitate her economy. LaBuda was meeting Trade Minister Amelia Kyambadde at her office in Kampala on Wednesday 2nd August 2017, to discuss issues pertaining to development of trade related legal and regulatory framework. Minister Kyambadde told LaBudda that Government introduced the Buy Uganda Build Uganda Policy (BUBU) to support the production, purchase, supply and consumption of local goods and services. She said the Policy provides for Government support to …
Press Release One Stop Border Post, Geneva
On 12 July 2017, the Delegation of Uganda to the World Trade Organisation in partnership with Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) hosted a side event on Trade Facilitation on the side lines of the Sixth Global Review of Aid For Trade. The objective of this session was to show the extent to which Uganda with the support of TMEA had undertaken deliberate and strategic moves to ease the cost of doing business. The Hon Amelia Anne Kyambadde, Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives together with Mr. Frank Matsaert, Chief Executive Officer of TMEA were on the panel to show case …
Cooperatives Day 2017
On first July, 2017 Uganda will join the rest of the world to commemorate the 95th ICA International Cooperative Day / 23rd UN International Day of Cooperatives. The United Nations’ (UN) International Day of Cooperatives is observed on the first Saturday of July each year. The aim of the commemorating the day is: Underscore the contribution of the cooperative movement to the resolution of major problems addressed by the United Nations. Increase awareness on cooperatives Strengthen and extend the partnerships between the international cooperative movement and other actors including governments, at local, national and international level. The theme for this year is INCLUSION and …
Meeting on Escalating Sugar Prices
On Friday 12th May 2017, the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Amelia Kyambadde officially briefed the press together with the leaders of sugar Manufacturers Associations on the increasing sugar Prices and government position on the same. The press briefing followed a meeting with the Sugar distributors, wholesalers,retailers and the sugar millers. In the statement;the government urged the millers to ensure that the factories maintain normal production. In this regard, Kakira sugar resumed normal production on 12th May 2017 and postponed its regular maintenance. Lugazi sugar also agreed to postpone its maintenance program from June to October 2017 so that …
Minister of Trade Industry and Cooperatives Meets EU Head of Delegation to Uganda
On Thursday 11th May 2017, Hon. Amelia Kyambadde met the EU Ambassador/Head of Delegation to Uganda Ambassador Kristian Schmidt at the Ministry of Trade Industry and cooperatives. The meeting highlighted the progress on the EPA negotiations, Uganda trade relations with the EU, exports, job creation, women rights and emancipation. On the EPAS the two leaders agreed that the upcoming EAC summit would inform the direction since it is on the agenda. On Exports the EU will be supporting a market access Upgrade project that will support Cocoa and Coffee Value chains once in place. EU supported Projects with the Private sector …
