Uganda International Buyers week opens, traders expected to showcase export-ready brands
The aim of the Buyers Week is to facilitate direct linkages and trade deals between Uganda’s exporters and global buyers.
President Yoweri Museveni is expected to grace this year’s International Buyers Week. (File photo)
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President Yoweri Museveni is expected to grace this year’s International Buyers Week at the official opening of the events at the Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala city today, November 26, 2025.
According to officials from the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID), activities of the day will start with a cocktail.
The aim of the Buyers Week is to facilitate direct linkages and trade deals between Uganda’s exporters and global buyers; position Uganda‘s trade representatives as enablers of international business and long-term market entry, build Uganda’s confidence in Uganda’s traceability, packaging, logistics and compliance systems, among others.
Some of the people attending the event include a delegation from Ethiopia, which is looking for opportunities in agroprocessing, finance, banking and construction.
Some of the speakers at the event include Wamkele Mene, the Secretary General of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat; Shaquana Teasley, a trade expert and CEO of Agate Solutions; Joyce Keine of Uganda Connect Hub Atlanta and Olivier Kamanzi, Trade Representative of the United States.
Through its new feature, which is Uganda Connect Marketplace, Ugandan traders will showcase export-ready brands. In addition, visitors will experience.
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|Visitors will experience Live product demonstrations, buyer sampling sessions, packaging & branding showcases and pitch sessions for exporters, among others.
From this initiative, more of Uganda’s products will be exported. Information from a PACEID report released early this month indicates that Uganda’s exports have increased since March 2022 to $9.4 billion.
According to the report that was released on November 5, 2025, in the first three quarters of 2025, Uganda earned $5.23 billion from exports between January and June alone.
Key destinations of Uganda’s products include the United Arab Emirates, accounting for 35% of the total exports, which include coffee, gold and fish. The report adds that gold exports to the UAE were valued at $1.8billion while coffee contributed $14.2million in the same period.
Other major markets include the United States ($ 70.9 million), Democratic Republic of Congo ($ 136.6 million), United Kingdom ($ 20.6 million), China ($ 62.8 million), Russia ($ 15.4 million), South Africa ($ 5.1 million), and Nigeria ($2.9 million).