The role of efficient and cost-competitive transport, logistics and distribution supply chain
to ease the flow of goods and services between two countries cannot be underestimated.
Export Infrastructure
Presidential Directives
Aerodrome Upgrades
- CAA submitted a concept proposal to the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce UAE for funding of EIA expansion and 4 aerodromes (Kidepo, Kasese, Arua & Kisoro)
- The team from Sharjah UAE came and toured Kidepo National Park with the CAA team on 7th July 2023
- CAA technical team went back to Kidepo to assess the location of the aerodromes.
Digitization
PACEID aims at addressing Government’s disconnect with technology such as BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES as a long-term solution to address the current situation. The proposed technology will ease process handling timelines by enabling all government MDA systems to securely communicate with each other; this will result into an environment where the various agencies and stakeholders in the Export value chain can move data with ease.
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PACEID will also establish a platform that will engage Exporters, The Executive and the various MDAs. This platform will align Eco-System with market insights from which production requirements with respect to matters of Animal or Plant Health, Food & Feed Safety and packaging will be formulated. This will ensure we are Trade compliant for the various Markets we shall be producing for.
PACEID will also establish a Data Warehouse where all the data from the eco-system will be housed all the way from farm to fork. This will give the various stakeholders key insights vital for the sustainability of the industry. This Data-warehouse will be a system-to-system engagement to ensure we have full view of all the parts necessary for this eco-system.
PACEID through this platform will further support the Government of Uganda with rich insights and export intelligence through the potential analysis of the vast data that the platform will collate and synthesize during the export processes plus interception data.
Uganda Connect Hubs
In July 2023, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni officially opened the first Uganda Trade Hub known as Uganda Connect in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade.
The hub is aimed at strengthening the bilateral relations between Uganda and Serbia and paving the way for the country’s goods and services in the Balkans region.
The hub is aimed at strengthening the bilateral relations between Uganda and Serbia and paving the way for the country’s goods and services in the Balkans region.
Uganda Airlines
The airline is intent on growing its African network and has earmarked key markets in West Africa such as Lagos, Nigeria and the Southern part of the continent with Lusaka and Harare specifically mentioned by the CEO.
From June 11th to 15th, 2024, the airlines team led by CEO, Ms. Jenifer Bamuturaki also met with UK aviation authorities, business communities, and the Ugandan diaspora in preparation for the highly anticipated launch of direct flights to London.
From June 11th to 15th, 2024, the airlines team led by CEO, Ms. Jenifer Bamuturaki also met with UK aviation authorities, business communities, and the Ugandan diaspora in preparation for the highly anticipated launch of direct flights to London.
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Uganda Airlines also plans to add Lusaka, Abuja, Harare to its belly of flight routes by the end of September 2024.
Uganda Railway
In 2020, Uganda Railways Corporation signed a contract with M/s IMATHIA CONSTRUCTION on to construct concrete sleeper railway line from Kampala – Mukono. This construction is poised to improved railway transport, especially for passengers from Kampala to Mukono.
This is part of the bigger plan embarked on by the government to revitalize the East African standard meter gauge railway, which will further ease exports via Mombasa port.
This is part of the bigger plan embarked on by the government to revitalize the East African standard meter gauge railway, which will further ease exports via Mombasa port.
Express stop centers
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Launching the facility, President Museveni who was on a two-day official visit to Serbia thanked his host, H.E Aleksandar Vucic and his government for giving Uganda a chance to promote her exports in the European country.
“There’s some amount of drinking coffee in Serbia and in this part of the world; Russia and other places so we want to promote our coffee to come here processed. They have agreed to buy our processed coffee,” H.E the President articulated.
“I want to inform you that as Uganda we have started to open doors for our exports. Unlike some Western powers who want to buy our raw materials, Serbia has allowed, and they are ready to buy our processed goods such as coffee, clothes, food and leather among others,” he added.
President Museveni also explained that the hub was very vital in promoting Uganda’s exports because it will be used to put together a contact point “from where you can get what all you need and all the linkages. The hub makes the address simpler for anybody looking for anything to buy from Uganda”.
He expressed gratitude to the people of Uganda, the Presidential Advisory Committee on Exports and Industrial Development (PACEID) team led by Mr. Odrek Rwabwogo and other stakeholders for playing an important role that has enabled Uganda to achieve this milestone of promoting its agricultural products in the world.
“Thank you so much. This milestone can also help us spread our wings to other parts of the world,” President Museveni said.
“We should utilise this chance because we shall be able to get 40 USD from a kilogram of processed coffee. A kilogram of unprocessed coffee is sold at only 2.5 USD, do you see how we have been making losses? This is the fight I’m in now.”
Aerodome Upgrades
- CAA submitted a concept proposal to the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce UAE for funding of EIA expansion and 4 aerodromes (Kidepo, Kasese, Arua & Kisoro).
- The team from Sharjah UAE came and toured Kidepo National Park with the CAA team on 7th July 2023.
- CAA technical team went back to Kidepo to assess the location of the aerodromes.
Digitalization
PACEID aims at addressing Government’s disconnect with technology such as BLOCKCHAIN TECHNOLOGIES as a long-term solution to address the current situation. The proposed technology will ease process handling timelines by enabling all government MDA systems to securely communicate with each other; this will result into an environment where the various agencies and stakeholders in the Export value chain can move data with ease.