Edwin Mucai, Stanbic Bank Head of Corporate and Investment Banking (3rd left) poses for a group photo at the Africa - China Chinese Economic Forum. Standing with him from left to right are Standard Bank’s Jeremy Stevens - Economist Beijing, Daisy Nitwe - Corporate Sales Dealer, Ives Wang - Standard Advisory China, Miaomiao Lu Transactional Banker - Stanbic Uganda and Cao Min Standard Bank’s Head Chinese Desk East Africa.

By Our Reporter

Stanbic Bank Uganda hosted the Africa – China Economic forum in Kampala mid last week. The event brought together the Chinese business community and Ugandan companies doing business with China to discuss trade and investment opportunities between the bilateral trading partners.

“China is Africa’s biggest and important trading partner accounting for over US$ 300 billion worth of business. This is a figure that has grown tenfold over the past decade alone and is one of the primary reasons the continent has witnessed such a rapid spurt in economic growth over the period. Our objective as Stanbic in hosting this forum is to provide a strategic platform that promotes continuous dialogue between like-minded businesses who appreciate the importance of the special relationship between Africa and China,

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Nyambura is a senior journalist based in Kampala

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