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The ICT sector contributed 7% to Uganda’s GDP in 2013, up from 3.4% the year before, according to Godfrey Mutabazi, Executive Director of Uganda Communications Commission (UCC). In this interview with United World, Mr Mutazbi also speaks about investment opportunities in ICT, increasing access to telecoms in rural areas, and how the UCC has helped in the development of mobile banking services?

Charles A Kateeba, Managing Director, and Emmanuel Iyamulemye, Chief Civil Engineer of Uganda Railways Corporation talk about the evolution of the company since its inception in 1896, and how it is working towards integration with its regional neighbours.

Uganda has moved from being a frontier petroleum exploration region with high risk to an established oil province of world repute within the last ten years. The petroleum exploration efforts in Uganda have achieved a record 87% drilling success rate and the confirmation of over 3.5 billion barrels of oil in place. Mr. Ernest N.T. Rubondo, the Commissioner of Petroleum Exploration and Production Department.

Budget, subsidies and taxation are discussed by Bambang Brodjonegoro, Deputy Minister of Finance, as the government works towards improving fiscal policy.

Globalization has drastically changed trade and industry during the last decade in Indonesia. Agus Tjahajana Wirakusumah, Director General for International Industrial Cooperation at the Ministry of Industry, speaks about the impact of globalization on Indonesia, the new Industrial Law, developing value-adding industries and the impending ASEAN Economic Community.

With a depth of capabilities and a reputation for technical, Strand Aerospace Malaysia is involved with cutting‐edge aircraft programmes and an established engineering services supplier. Managing Director Mr. Naguib Mohd Nor talks to United World about the company’s goal to become the leading engineering services provider in the region.

In this interview with United World, Dr Frank B Sebbowa, Executive Director of the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), discusses Uganda’s attraction as an investment destination, the UIA’s goal to become a one-stop shop for investors

Uganda is endowed with a wide variety of minerals. Edwards Katto Kagimba, Commissioner of the Geological Survey and Mines Department of Uganda, speaks to United World about the history and development of the mining industry and investment opportunities for foreign investors in minerals

HH Sayyid Faisal Bin Turki Al Said of the Oman Public Authority of Investment Promotion an Export Development (ITHRAA), speaks to United World about Oman’s attraction as a investment location, the Vision 2020 plan, developing brand Oman and trade and investment relations with the United States.