Home to the largest lake in Africa, Lake Victoria, Uganda is located in East Africa. The country gained independence in 1962 and became a republic in 1966. Uganda’s economy is liberalised, with the country open to foreign investors and coffee being the single largest export. As the country is landlocked, Uganda depends on imports that mostly come through the Port of Mombasa in Kenya. Most of Uganda’s imports are from India and China whereas it exports more to the local economic region of Common Market for East and Southern Africa (COMESA).
The areas of trade related technical cooperation between Uganda and ITC include the National and sector specific export strategies, as well as promotion of exports under ITC’s Ethical Fashion programme. Uganda’s exports in coffee and information technology and information technology enabling services (IT & ITES) will also be aided by the Netherlands Trust Fund Phase III project.