Mark Owor
5 October 2008
Kampala — THE Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) will run three business days for exhibitors and showgoers during the UMA trade fair which starts today.
Ruth Musoke, the PSFU director for member service, explained over the weekend that the business days would be part of the pararell business meeting events that will be held during the trade fair at the UMA Main Conference Hall.
The days would involve business seminars, talks and demonstrations aimed at exposing exhibitors, showgoers and the general public to new business ideas and technology improvement.
"The business days are meant to expose the public to new innovations and business ideas, new technologies and technology improvement, product design and development, business partnerships and joint ventures, marketing of industrial products and market development," said Musoke.
Musoke explained that the business days are open to the general public from 9.00am to 5.00pm and the attendance is free for all and no need for pre-registration.
She added that the initiative would be an annual event pararell to the trade fair as a way of continued support to local businesspeople to make more competitive both locally and international.
Musoke explained that last year's Uganda International Trade Fair attracted over 817 exhibitors from 31countries with over 170,000 show goers.
She said this year 900 participants from over 30 countries were registered.
President Yoweri Museveni is expected to open the fair on October 10, James Kalibbala, the UMA chairman, said.
Kalibbala said the trade fair would be held under the theme 'Linking production to prospective markets through value-addition'.
"Uganda's industry can only survive on a robust agricultural sector especially for raw material and purchasing power," he said.
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