THE FIRST OIC BUSINESS OWNERS UNION CONFERENCE

The 1st OIC Business Owners Union Conference" will take place on the 20th of August 2010 at Hotel Hilton Jeddah. The main speakers will be H.E. Professor Dr. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference and H.E. Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Ali, President of the Islamic Development Bank.
The "1st Business Owners Union Conference" will focus on encouraging the large strategic commercial projects in the Islamic world, which will help increase the national income of the OIC countries and create plenty of new employment opportunities for the youth. The meeting will be attended by around 1000 businessmen from 27 countries and the Presidents of Federation of Chambers in OIC member countries.

The Ugandan Business community will be well represented in this conference with a delegation of several business owners here in Uganda led by the President of the Uganda National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mrs. Olive Z Kigongo.
Uganda stands to benefit from this forum in the following ways,
•    Access of Uganda’s products to the Middle East markets.
•    Business match making and attraction of foreign direct investment as we unveil the opportunities in Uganda to the OIC countries.
•    The business delegates from Uganda attending this conference will get the opportunity of meeting the president and officials of the Islamic Development.

This is yet another opportunity for the Ugandan Business community to harness in the Islamic countries’ opportunities.