Uganda gets sh4b for CHOGM
Jul 22, 2007
A TOTAL of 17 companies and the Rwandan government have donated sh4b for the preparations of Commonwealth summit in November.
By Moses Mulondo
A TOTAL of 17 companies and the Rwandan government have donated sh4b for the preparations of Commonwealth summit in November.
The money will be spent on the Commonwealth Business Forum, a major event which will precede the meeting.
The vice-chairperson of the forum’s steering committee, Dr. Maggie Kigozi, on Friday explained that Barclays Bank, Coca Cola, East African Breweries Ltd, Celtel and Bank of Uganda had each contributed sh422m.
The British American Tobacco, MTN, Shell, Stanbic Bank, the Madhvani Group, and the Rwandan government each donated sh253m, Kigozi said.
Standard Chartered Bank, Tullow, Makerere University, SAB Miller, Sameer Group, Unilever, and Picfare contributed sh67m each.
Kigozi added that over 100 speakers and panelists, including President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, President Yoweri Museveni, the Commonwealth secretary general, Donald Mckinnon and James Smith, the chairman of Shell UK, would address the forum.
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, the secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Jean-Philippe Courtois, the president of Microsoft International, Ramadorai, the executive officer of Tata Consultancy Services, Graham Mackay, the SAB Miller chief executive officer, would also participate.
Others are His Highness the Aga Khan, Aidan Heavey, the chief executive officer of Tullow Oil, and Earl Cairns, the founding chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council.
Although Rwanda is not a confirmed member of the Commonwealth of nations, Kigozi said 80 delegates are expected to attend the business forum under the theme ‘untapped potential’.
She noted that the director general of the Commonwealth Business Council, Dr. Mohane Kaul, is expected in the country on August 13 to monitor the preparations for the forum to be held at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel from November 20 to November 22.
In his special message about the forum, Museveni says: “There is significant untapped potential among the Commonwealth countries. With the active involvement of the private sector in partnership with governments, this potential can be harnessed in a wide range of sectors including information and communications technology, banking and financial services, manufacturing, infrastructure development, energy, tourism, mining and minerals and agriculture.â€
Some of the major topics to be discussed during the forum include how to reduce trade barriers among member-countries and boosting information and communications technology as a way of reducing the digital divide.
A TOTAL of 17 companies and the Rwandan government have donated sh4b for the preparations of Commonwealth summit in November.
The money will be spent on the Commonwealth Business Forum, a major event which will precede the meeting.
The vice-chairperson of the forum’s steering committee, Dr. Maggie Kigozi, on Friday explained that Barclays Bank, Coca Cola, East African Breweries Ltd, Celtel and Bank of Uganda had each contributed sh422m.
The British American Tobacco, MTN, Shell, Stanbic Bank, the Madhvani Group, and the Rwandan government each donated sh253m, Kigozi said.
Standard Chartered Bank, Tullow, Makerere University, SAB Miller, Sameer Group, Unilever, and Picfare contributed sh67m each.
Kigozi added that over 100 speakers and panelists, including President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, President Yoweri Museveni, the Commonwealth secretary general, Donald Mckinnon and James Smith, the chairman of Shell UK, would address the forum.
Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, the secretary general of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, Jean-Philippe Courtois, the president of Microsoft International, Ramadorai, the executive officer of Tata Consultancy Services, Graham Mackay, the SAB Miller chief executive officer, would also participate.
Others are His Highness the Aga Khan, Aidan Heavey, the chief executive officer of Tullow Oil, and Earl Cairns, the founding chairman of the Commonwealth Business Council.
Although Rwanda is not a confirmed member of the Commonwealth of nations, Kigozi said 80 delegates are expected to attend the business forum under the theme ‘untapped potential’.
She noted that the director general of the Commonwealth Business Council, Dr. Mohane Kaul, is expected in the country on August 13 to monitor the preparations for the forum to be held at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel from November 20 to November 22.
In his special message about the forum, Museveni says: “There is significant untapped potential among the Commonwealth countries. With the active involvement of the private sector in partnership with governments, this potential can be harnessed in a wide range of sectors including information and communications technology, banking and financial services, manufacturing, infrastructure development, energy, tourism, mining and minerals and agriculture.â€
Some of the major topics to be discussed during the forum include how to reduce trade barriers among member-countries and boosting information and communications technology as a way of reducing the digital divide.