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Intra-Africa Business Executive Breakfast (Johannesburg)

Uganda, An Attractive Market for Investment in East Africa

11 November 2008

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Uganda , a key player in the East African Community offers business opportunities to companies that have identified East Africa as part of their growth strategy.

We are honoured to have His Excellency Mr. Kweronda Ruhemba, the High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda to South Africa, as our guest speaker at an Intra-Africa Business Executive Breakfast Meeting. The event will take place on Thursday, 20 November 2008 at the Hilton Hotel, 138 Rivonia Road in Sandton, Johannesburg South Africa. The ambassador will enlighten business delegates on why Uganda is an attractive market for investment in East Africa.

Specifically, he will focus on:

Ugandan government's commitment to private sector.
The conducive business climate.
Country's strong natural resource base.
Attractive Investment Incentives and policies.
And much more.......

Business delegates will also be exposed to the macro-economic forecast of the East African region. The presentation will be done by Thalma Corbett, an emerging market economist from Noelani King Conradie Independent Economists touching on such countries as Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

Notes:

Thalma Corbett

Thalma Corbett is a Senior Emerging Market Economist at NKC Independent Economists. Thalma's highest qualifications include a Masters Degree in Chemistry and a Masters Degree in Business Management and Administration (MBA) from Stellenbosch University. She obtained both her Honours and Masters Degrees in Business Management and Administration cum laude and has published seven articles in internationally accredited journals in the fields of science and economics. Her most recent work experience before joining the team at NKC in February 2007 was as manager of bio-analytical services development at a biotechnology company in Cape Town.

Thalma is an emerging market economist focusing on East Africa .

NKC Independent Economists

The business of NKC Independent Economists is to understand the African continent. NKC focuses on understanding the macroeconomic and political environment of a selection of about 27 African countries. We use our extensive access to information resources on the continent, and apply our own knowledge base and understanding of the continent in order to make economic forecasts and to predict political turmoil. In addition, we have developed sovereign risk models to better understand and evaluate risks related to investing in countries on the African continent and to understand the implications that these risks have for businesses. With these risk models we monitor key criteria in crucial areas of political and economic stability, using weighting and scoring; enabling us to put a definitive number to the country-specific risk that our clients face. Through structured reporting and constant monitoring, using real-time information sources; we observe, analyse, interpret and predict these risks.

Intra-Africa Business Executive Breakfast Meeting : A platform where South African- based businesses with broader African strategies can be educated about the rest of the continent, its economic performance; and most importantly be informed of various business possibilities that may be available.

An initiative of Upbeat Marketing in partnership with AllAfrica.com.

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