With many local producers, processors and aggregators in the Agricultural value chain focusing on exporting their products to the European markets even amidst the various hurdles that are clearly designed to only encourage us to export raw materials as opposed to processed products, its time to rethink our approach. The COMESA region for starters could offer more than enough market for the average company in Uganda today. Find out more in this article.
COMESA or EU. Which Market for Uganda’s Agricultural Products?
Posted in Agriculture
Tagged africa, Agriculture, agro, comesa, eac, east africa, eu, Food Processing, sme, trade, Uganda
Uganda Takes on Free Software by the Horns
Nearly two decades ago, a small community of IT nerds emerged and this group quickly got fascinated with Free and Open Source Software. From those humble beginnings, the community grew in both numbers and influence. The seed planted has now caught the attention of the Government of Uganda that is working on Policies to address Free Software in the country. I share more in this blog post.
Posted in Technology
Tagged africa, community, foss, fossfa, free software, government, IT, lug, open source, policy, Technology, wire james
The Wire Perspective 