Africa Industrialization Day 2021 Commemorated
On Friday 19th November 2021 Uganda led by Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives commemorated the African Industrialization day. Under the theme “Inclusive and sustainable Local Manufacturing”. On the same day, the Vice President H.E Jessica Alupo who represented the President as the Chief Guest launched the Green Manufacturing Strategy and National Industrial Database and Information portal. The Minister State Trade, Industry and Cooperatives (Industry), Hon. David Bahati encouraged all the manufacturing firms to adopt and implement the Green Manufacturing Strategy and urged the media to disseminate this strategy. He also added that manufacturing enterprises need to control pollution, improve …
National Entrepreneurship Strategy(NES) planning workshop Held
The National Planning Workshop for Designing the National Entrepreneurship Strategy(NES) took place from 15-17th September 2021 at Protea hotel Kampala Skyz.The workshop was attended by Micro Small Medium Enterprises(MSMEs) officials of the Ministry of Trade,Industry and Cooperatives,UNCTAD,NITA and other organizations.It had both a physical and online attendance (zoom) to respect the SOPs put in place. A number of topics were discussed concerning the NES like access to finance, technology and innovation, entrepreneurship education and skills, awareness raising and networking among others. …
MTIC JOINS THE REST OF THE WORLD TO CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL MSME DAY 2021
oday, Uganda marks the International Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Day under the theme: “IMPACT OF THE COVID19 PANDEMIC AND MEASURES TO SUPPORT SMES RESILENCE IN UGANDA”. On 6th April, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 27 as International MSME Day; the resolution was adopted in 2017 to recognise the valuable contribution made by small businesses towards sustainable development, in particular, in promoting innovation, creativity and decent work for all. According to the International Council for Small Business (ICSB), formal and informal MSMEs make up over 90% of all firms and account, on average for 70% of …
