President Yoweri Museveni has extended an invitation to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan who is the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Abu Dhabi to visit Uganda.
During the meeting held at State House Entebbe on Friday 12th May 2022, the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Uganda H.E. Abdalla Hassan Al Shamsi delivered greetings from the ruler of UAE to President Museveni.
Ambassador Abdalla Hassan informed H.E Museveni that his invitation to his UAE counterpart to attend Uganda's Independence Day Celebrations on October 9th, 2023, has been delivered.
"We shall be very happy to host him here," President Museveni said.
Ambassador Abdalla also delivered an invitation to President Museveni from his UAE counterpart His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed to attend COP28 in UAE in November this year.
At the same meeting, H.E Museveni received Uganda's accolades for being the best Investment destination in East Africa and among the top 10 in Africa.
Uganda on 9th May 2023 through its Investment Authority bagged the gold award after beating six other nations to emerge as the best investment destination in East Africa in the year 2022.
This was during the Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2023 in Abu Dhabi where more than 170 countries took part in exhibitions and lobbying investments.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ambassador to Uganda H.E. Abdalla Hassan Al Shamsi handed over the accolades to President Museveni in the presence of the State Minister for Privatisation and Investment, Evelyn Anite and a team from Uganda Investment Authority.
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Ambassador Abdalla Hassan Al Shamsi and his visiting delegation from Sharjah in the UAE expressed their gratitude to H.E Museveni for the hospitality granted to them while in Uganda and the opportunity to visit the various tourist sites like Kidepo National Park.
"Let His Highness come and visit also. I have been to Dubai and Abu Dhabi a number of times. It will be nice for your people to come also," H.E Museveni said.
Minister Anite informed the President that the recognition was due to his efforts to encourage the continuity of trade and manufacturing amidst the tough times of the Covid-19 era.
"We presented your guidance on how we attracted investments and one of the companies we presented to UAE for the competition was the Modern Tiles Factory in Njeru that you commissioned. We also presented the production of sanitisers, and we became number one in the whole of East Africa," Minister Anite said, adding that a similar assessment by the African Development Bank put Uganda among the top 10 best investment destinations in Africa.
The Annual Investment Meeting (AIM) 2023, was held under the theme "The Investment Paradigm Shift: Future Investment Opportunities to Foster Sustainable Economic Growth, Diversity, and Prosperity."
