FIRST

Foreword

Rt Hon Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE

Chairman, FIRST Advisory Council

Message

HE Yoweri Kaguta Museveni

President of the Republic of Uganda

Representing Africa

Sam Kutesa

Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President of the Sixty-Ninth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

Growing commercial ties

Mark Simmonds MP

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commercial diplomacy

HE Professor Joyce K Kikafunda

Ugandan High Commissioner for the United Kingdom and Ireland

An open development model

Maria Kiwanuka

Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development

Fueling Economic Growth

Irene Nafuna Muloni

Minister of Energy & Mineral Development

A land-linked hub

Amelia Anne Kyambadde

Minister of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives

Culture, Wildlife and Hospitality

Maria Mutagamba

Minister Of Tourism, Wildlife And Antiquities

Investing in the Pearl of Africa

Eng. Dr. Frank Sebbowa

Executive Director, Uganda Investment Authority