The second Canada NRM Chapter Symposium will take place from July 7 – 9 in Brampton, Canada, according to organizers.
The Symposium is aimed at seeing NRM party members and other Ugandans share knowledge on how they can tap into the investment opportunities back home but also to promote Uganda while in Canada.
Organised by the NRM Canada Chapter, this year’s event which will be held under the theme “Dialogue, Unity and Prosperous Diaspora”, will see participants treated to boat cruise, a tour to the agriculture equipment farms, a wonderful dinner among other activities.
“I welcome you all to this second Canada NRM Chapter Symposium. This is an opportunity for participants to learn about investment, and how one can be able to partake the vast opportunities in Canada,” Fred Kinene, NRM Chairman Canada said.
“More so, it will enable interactions with business people interested in investing back home, in a bid to create employment, transfer technology, entrepreneurial ideas, & boost reinvestment in Uganda’s economy,” he added.
Lukia Nakadama, the third Deputy Prime Minister, will lead the government delegation.
The event will be used to encourage Ugandan diasporas to embrace dialogue and unity in order to build a robust Diaspora community, which can continuously contribute to the country’s economy.
It will also provide a platform for networking, marketing and business matchmaking, markets’ knowledge sharing, Business to Business/Government to Government meetings, and deal making.
According to organizers, registration is ongoing for all those who will participate in the Symposium with exhibitors paying US D 300 and non exhibitors 220 Dollars payable in post bank Nkurumah Road Branch.
They say, registration will end February 28, 2023 and further information can be got via +164 75614534 (Whatsapp).
The Symposium is sponsored by Patron NRM Southern Africa Chapter Philip Kakuru, NRM Canada Chapter, Forex Bulls and Hill Water.
The first Canada NRM Chapter Symposium took place last year at Niagara Falls where Minister for Energy and Mineral Development, Ruth Nankabirwa represented President Yoweri Museveni.
Nankabirwa rallied Ugandans in the diaspora to use the existing peace to invest in the country. She said that0 courtesy of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government, Uganda is secure from border to border a factor that can facilitate full exploitation of potential business and investment opportunities for the diasporas.
“There is peace in the country and there are opportunities for investment. We call upon Ugandans here in Canada to come back home. Invest here and at home as well. With President Yoweri Museveni, it is possible,” Nankabirwa said.
The Ugandan diasporas in Canada last year used the event to highlight the challenges faced in the diaspora and the measures put in place by the NRM government to address them.