UK–Africa Business Summit 2025 to Spotlight Uganda’s BPO & Digital Services Sector in Collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC)—a Joint Agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization

We are proud to announce a strategic collaboration between the International Trade Centre (ITC) and the UK–Africa Business Summit 2025, which will feature a high-level session:
“Unlocking Uganda’s Outsourcing Advantage: Jobs, Innovation & Cross-Border Service Delivery.”

🔹 Why it matters:
This session reflects ITC’s mission to empower MSMEs in developing countries through trade-led growth. It highlights Uganda’s growing digital services ecosystem, export potential, and the role of BPO in driving youth employment, fintech adoption, and regional service exports.

🔹 What to expect:
Informed by ITC’s UKTP Uganda Tech Project and One Trade Africa programme, this panel will explore:

• UK–Uganda B2B trade partnerships and digital co-creation
• BPO as a vehicle for digital inclusion and SME access to financial services
• Regulatory innovation to align East Africa’s digital trade frameworks
• Opportunities for UK investors to support tech-led growth and diaspora-driven trade

🔹 Panellists include:

• Steven AINE KWESIGA, GM of Exquisite Solution BPO & Chair, BPO Association of Uganda
• Badru Ntege, Founder, NFT Consult Ltd – serial entrepreneur across BPO, health-tech, and inclusive finance

🔹 Strategic partner highlight:
The International Trade Centre (ITC)—joint agency of the UN and WTO—brings decades of experience in building SME competitiveness, institutional capacity, and export development. Its frameworks like the SME Competitiveness Outlook, digital diagnostics, and sector strategy tools will be showcased as part of this dialogue.

📅 Date: Friday, 12 September 2025
📍 Venue: Royal Horseguards Hotel & One Whitehall Place, London
🔗 Register now: https://ukafricabusinesssummit.uk

🔹 Who should attend:
💼 Investors, VCs, & PE firms
🏢 Business leaders & CEOs
🌍 Development experts & DFIs
🌱 AgriTech & fintech entrepreneurs
🏛️ Policymakers & government leaders
🌎 Diaspora business owners

Let’s co-create Africa’s future digital economy. See you in London.

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