Private Sector Foundation Uganda, in partnership with MTN, hosted its Annual Trade Facilitation Expo on the 24th and 25th June 2009 at the Main Exhibition Hall UMA Showground Lugogo. The two-day event featured exhibitors and speakers from various sectors which offer trade facilitation services including financing, cross-border telecommunication, Internet services, insurance for goods in transit and money transfers among others.

Each year, the expo is held to provide Ugandan importers and exporters with the resources and information to ease the process of internal and external trade.

Hon. Ggagawala Wambuzi Minister of Trade opened the event in praise of the private sector for the progress it has made in the area of trade. In his speech, Hon. Ggagawala Wambuzi emphasized the importance of exports in achieving the national vision of prosperity. He urged Ugandan importers and exporters to view the economy not as landlocked, but land-linked—a “strategic advantage” in the process of international trade.