Poland in Kenya

The event was attended by delegates from several Polish companies representing the following sectors: agriculture, energy, IT, transport and others, as well as several dozen representatives of Ugandan business and administration. The Polish delegation was headed by the President of the Polish Investment and Trade Agency, Andrzej Dycha. The seminar was opened by the Polish Ambassador Mirosław Gojdź, the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland Ephraim Kamuntu and the guest of honor of the event, the Minister of Finance of Uganda Matia Kasaija. During the opening ceremony, Ambassador Gojdź presented Consul Kamuntu with the Minister of Justice's distinction for his contribution to Polish-Ugandan relations.

 

The first part of the seminar, attended by representatives of PAIH, Uganda Investment Authority and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, presented government mechanisms for supporting trade and investment offered by both countries, as well as the main potential areas of cooperation. The second panel was devoted to the perspective of the private sector and was attended by representatives of companies and the Private Sector Foundation-Uganda. The seminar part ended with a presentation on the Polish drone sector by Farada Group and Vimana.

 

On the sidelines of the Seminar, an online meeting of representatives of the Polish Development Bank (BGK) with Ugandan banks on the mechanisms of financing Polish-Ugandan trade and investment cooperation was also held, organized by PAIH.

 

The seminar was an unprecedented opportunity for Polish entrepreneurs to establish valuable business contacts in the extremely promising 50-million Ugandan market, as well as to present Poland – a country still poorly recognized in East Africa – as a supplier of high-quality products and advanced technologies.