President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Minister Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Francis Mwebesa commissions Kinyara Industrial White Sugar Refinery Plant
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and Minister Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Francis Mwebesa commissions Kinyara Industrial White Sugar Refinery Plant. On Saturday 5th February, the President of Uganda His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni together with the Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, Hon. Francis Mwebesa commissioned a 15million USD Kinyara Industrial White Sugar Refinery plant in Masindi District. The refinery will produce 60,000 metric tons of industrial white sugar annually, consuming about 70,000 metric tons of mill brown sugar as raw material. With the refinery now in existence, the raw material requirement will increase by 823,530 metric tonnes of sugar …
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives goes live on Electronic Government Procurement (eGP)
Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives goes live on Electronic Government Procurement (eGP) The Government of Uganda has been encouraging all Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDA) to embrace technology, as a means to improve service delivery. The Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Finance Planning and Economic Development and PPDA has rolled out an Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) System for all government entities to carry out all the procurement processes online Benefits of Electronic Government Procurement(eGP) Improve budget absorption which is the biggest challenge during the covid-19 pandemic Improve Government service delivery(efficiency) Reduce the cost of bidding Timely and …
Uganda Development Corporation gets new Board
Uganda Development Corporation gets new Board The Minister for Trade, Industry and Cooperatives Hon. Mwebesa Francis has charged the new Board of Directors of Uganda Development Corporation (UDC) to be patriotic and ensure adherence to the law and due process in all its undertakings. The Minister made the remarks at the inauguration of the Board on Tuesday at Kampala Serena Hotel. The Board was appointed by the Minister and approved by Cabinet in accordance with section 6 (3) of the UDC Act 2016. In his counsel to the Board on what is expected of it, Hon. Mwebesa pointed out the …
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 …
Africa Industrialisation Day 2021
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives will be celebrating the African Industrialization Day on the 19th November 2021 under the theme:“Promoting Local Manufacturing for inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development”. There will be a series of activity during the African Industrialization week with the following main objectives; *To raise awareness on Uganda’s industrialization agenda, and thus rejuvenate high-level political commitment especially towards promotion of inclusive and sustainable local manufacturing. *To provide a platform for dialogue and knowledge sharing on key thematic areas for driving Inclusive and sustainable Industrialization …
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. …
