“Uganda: Gifted by Nature,†the brand Uganda initiative, has been registered as an NGO.
By Vision Reporter
“Uganda: Gifted by Nature,†the brand Uganda initiative, has been registered as an NGO.
The Gifted by Nature Incorporated, a company limited by guarantee, was registered in April.
Patrick Bitature, the Simba Telecom proprietor, was elected to chair the NGO’s steering committee to propel and market the Uganda brand.
The committee is a private-public partnership seeking to promote Uganda’s natural and human endowments, the committee said in a statement.
Ignie Igunduura, the Civil Aviation Authority public relations manager, was elected the vice-chairman and brand spokesman.
Irene Wanyenya of the Uganda National Bureau of Standards, will head the standards and certification sub-committee, while MTN’s Winnie Lawoko will chair the finance and funding sub-committee.
Odrek Rwabwoogo of the TERP PR Group will steer the operations sub-committee and Stephen Asiimwe of the East African Business Week newspaper will chair the communications sub-committee.
The committee has already set in motion a number of activities geared at keeping the country’s new brand high and flying.