Local entrepreneurs tipped on benefits from first Uganda - Thailand Business Forum

The local business community has been tipped to benefit from the first ever Uganda - Thailand Business Forum.

The forum, according to the organisers attached to the ministry of Foreign Affairs, will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, between June 13 to June 17, 2022.

Speaking to Nile Post in a phone interview, Moses Kasujja Kalule, Uganda High Commission Charge’ D’ Affaires in Malaysia said that the forum will help to forge working relationships between Uganda and Thailand’s business communities.

"We want the Uganda business community to have a channel through which they can meet with the Thailand business community, and this forum will be that channel," Kasujja said.

He said that they will be expecting Ugandans from the sectors of manufacturing, tourism, industry, traders agriculturalists among others.

The forum has been said to be a milestone for economic relations between Thailand and Uganda.

Government officials said that it will open the door to numerous investment opportunities for Thailand businesses in Uganda, boosting the country’s economy and creating jobs.

The forum, according to officials will also provide numerous networking opportunities between businesses and and government, as well as a platform to debate and answer key questions.

Ambassador Kalule told this website that going forward, the forum will be held on a annual basis with the next one slated to take place in Kampala, Uganda.

Ugandans who may want to showcase at the forum should register through Barbra Mulwana, the chairperson of Uganda Manufacturers’ Association and the Foreign Affairs ministry.