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President Museveni to Take Part in the Presidential Roundtable at the COMESA High Level Business Summit in Kenya

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President Museveni is set to attend the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi under the theme “Powering Regional Integration Through Trade.”

The Summit that started yesterday will run until the Sunday 21st July, 2019.

He will also take part in the Presidential Roundtable where Key on the agenda is the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA) which was endorsed by nearly all African countries in March 2018 in Kigali.

The AfCTA seeks to progressively eliminate tariffs on trade and drive up investments to the continent and its coverage would make it the world’s largest free trade area.

Uganda signed up to the landmark free trade area which brings together over 1.2 billion people across 55 states, with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.5 trillion.

Other Presidents that will be present include; President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, President Edgar Lungu of Zambia, and President Paramasivum Pillay Vyapoory of Mauritius for presentations on Africa’s development future.

President Museveni will make a presentation on how technology can provide the much-needed advantage to accelerate industrialization, market linkages needed for the implementation of the AfCFTA.

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