Museveni calls for increased UK and European investment in Africa
Museveni underlined that deeper investment partnerships would contribute significantly to value addition, industrialisation, job creation, and the expansion of mutually beneficial trade between Africa and Europe.
Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni with the UK's Minister of State for International Development and Africa, Baroness Chapman, at State House in Entebbe. (PPU phots)
Museveni calls for increased UK and European investment in Africa
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Uganda's President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged British and European investors to take a keen interest in investing in Africa, saying the continent possesses huge potential for economic growth, trade, and shared prosperity.
A statement from the President's press team said they held discussions on strengthening the longstanding partnership between Uganda and the UK, with particular emphasis on investment and economic cooperation.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni interacting with the UK's Minister of State for International Development and Africa, Baroness Chapman.
Museveni underlined that deeper investment partnerships would contribute significantly to value addition, industrialisation, job creation, and the expansion of mutually beneficial trade between Africa and Europe.
He welcomed Chapman to Uganda and expressed appreciation for the cordial relations that continue to exist between Uganda and the UK.
Uganda's acting foreign affairs minister Haruna Kasolo Kyeyune, British High Commissioner to Uganda Lisa Chesney, and other government officials attended the meeting.