Uganda Economy: Amos Nzeyi of Crown Beverages Discusses the Importance of Agriculture and Tourism

Amos Nzeyi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Crown Beverages Limited, discusses the importance of agriculture and tourism within the economy of Uganda.

“Uganda is a gifted country. We have a good climate. We are an agriculture-based economy. We are able to feed our population. Growing food is not expensive here because of the good soil. 70% of our population work in agriculture. Therefore, we are lucky to be in Uganda. We also have tourism which is an area where we can grow as well. At the moment, it is growing, but not enough. In 2018, we had about 1.8 million people visit the country and we collected about 1.7 billion dollars. All this was with very little investment. With investment, we could even double that figure. We have a lot to offer. When you go to our national parks there are plenty of animals. We are one of the few countries that has mountain gorillas which are in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. The forest is always wet even in the dry season. There are more than 600 families of gorillas there. The next growth will come from oil. We are hoping to drive our economy even higher through that sector. But agriculture will always be our biggest foreign exchange earner. We cannot feed people with oil. Oil we can export and make money from, but agriculture and tourism are the best for this country”, says Amos Nzeyi.

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