🇺🇬’s 1M+ boda boda riders are the cornerstone of urban mobility🛵
Transitioning the sector to e-mobility is a big opportunity for climate action, livelihoods and social inclusion. Thanks to Danida Green Business Partners for putting this critical transition on the agenda!🙏
Just arrived in Copenhagen to this sight: Uganda on the Danish highway💪🇺🇬
No chance I will forget Uganda during my break😂
Well done @DkUganda@TourismBoardUg
Denmark invests in local value addition!
Impact Fund Denmark’s DKK 160m investment in New Forests Company operating in 🇺🇬 & 🇹🇿 will expand plantations to produce wood products locally. This will ensure self-sufficiency, bind millions of tons of CO2 & support 1000s of families🌱
Thanks to Access2Innovation and @spisekammeret for a successful trade delegation in Uganda!
Highlights over 3 days
🏛️ Briefings at the Embassy & @ShieldInvestors
🤝 58 B2B meetings
Proving that combining DK innovation with local policy support drive food system transformation🌱
Velkommen til Hans!
Please give a big welcome to Hans Christian Nielsen, our new visa & consular officer here in Kampala 🇺🇬✨
With over a decade of experience from China, South Africa & Tanzania, he’s a brilliant addition to our team. We’re so happy to have you onboard, Hans
I sincerely appreciated the opportunity to share some of the many highlights of my five years in Uganda with HE @KagutaMuseveni as well as the open exchange on current affairs. All signs of the strong relationship between our two countries. 🇸🇪🤝🇺🇬
Thank you @HonKyeyune for your warm words, it’s been a privilege to contribute to the continued growth of the relations between our two countries. And after five years, Uganda will always be a second home country for me and my family. 🇸🇪🫶🇺🇬
Every motorcycle switching from gasoline to electricity makes a difference to the climate. 🌍🍀
🇩🇰 is investing DKK 258M in Spiro to expand electric motorcycles and battery swap stations in 🇰🇪🇷🇼🇺🇬
Benefits for riders? Higher earnings and less dependency on volatile oil prices!🫰
Invest in women and girls to build more resilient communities ✊
Letter of the Day in Friday’s Daily Monitor was written by @DKAmbUganda@SwedEnvoyUganda and UNFPA Representative @kristineblokhus
Read the letter here: https://t.co/OYbufAYZGg
Photo credit: @UNFPAUganda
🇩🇰🤝🇺🇬 Strengthening the Danish-Ugandan partnership through investment and value addition. Great to see progress on Orana-Gate’s new fruit processing facility, supporting jobs, local manufacturing, and growth in Uganda’s agro-processing sector.
It was an honor to deliver opening remarks at Post-Budget Dialogue 🇺🇬🇩🇰
My message: key to transition from a spending to a financing state that mobilizes domestic resources, de-risks investment & unlocks private capital 4 sustainable growth
DK & #TeamEurope ready to partner🤝
#WorldRefugeeDay in 3 days⏳
Last Friday, 🇩🇰 hosted 9 of our Strategic NGO Partners for our first Refugee Cluster meeting🤝
This cluster will serve as a network for stronger coordination of the great work that each of our partners do within 🇺🇬’s refugee space.
🇩🇰remains committed to supporting 🇺🇬's inclusive refugee model through #URRI, with @DRC_ngo and @savechildrenug. So far, 14,000 smallholder farmers have adopted climate-smart agriculture practices, helping families plan and invest in self-reliant, sustainable and equal futures.
Today we say goodbye to our dear colleagues Anders and Asger, who are returning to Denmark to continue their work with the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.👋
Thank you for your dedication, hard work and kindness over the years. You will be greatly missed here in Kampala!❤️🩹
Since 2018, Faraja Africa Foundation has convened Youth Parliaments at sub-national, national, and regional levels to strengthen youth participation in legislative processes.
If you’ve ever participated, we’d love to hear your perspective on the #NationalYouthParliament
#YouthInGovernance