Gold Exports Uganda

Odrek Rwabwogo, Chairperson of PACEID, reflects on four years of advancing Uganda’s export agenda through a bottom-up, one-firm-at-a-time strategy — and outlines the critical national investments he believes are essential for sustained, competitive growth.

QA: Four Years at PACEID: Odrek Rwabwogo on Building Uganda’s Export Potential One Firm at a Time — and the Non-Negotiables the Country Must Prioritise

As you approach four years as Chairperson of PACEID, what was the single biggest problem you were determined to solve in Uganda’s export and industrial story when you took on the role?
February 24, 2026
President Museveni (in hat) joined by Africa Gold Refinery Limited (AGR) officials and then Minister of Energy and Minerals Irene Muloni (left) launch the refining facility in February 2017. Today gold is Uganda’s largest forex earner, accounting for 31% of all export earnings.

Uganda’s 2019 export earnings reach a historic USD4.1 billion

Uganda’s export earnings in 2019, grew by 11.9% from USD3.6 billion in 2018 to USD4.1 billion in 2019. This was despite a 79% decline in formal and informal export earnings from Rwanda-
February 21, 2020

 

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