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Third Annual Doing Business Forum

Transforming Subregional Economies Through the Construction Value Chain: The Role of Real Estate, Infrastructure and Investment in Achieving Uganda's Tenfold Growth Strategy – Lessons from Ankole Subregion

5 November 2026
Date
Mestil Hotel, Kampala
Venue
In person
Format
200
Expected participants
4
Expected sessions
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A speaker addressing an earlier Doing Business Forum from the lectern. Not a photograph of this edition.

Forums & Events — the National Competitiveness Forum and the Doing Business Forum, edition by edition: what each one was about, who convened it, and the record it left behind.

Past editions

12 editions across both forums

2026

  • Group photograph from an earlier Forum — not a photograph of this edition.
    NCF
    17th edition
    Details to be confirmed

    17th National Competitiveness Forum

    Theme: From Funds to Firms: Turning GoU Wealth Creation Initiatives into Competitive Enterprises for Uganda's US$500 Billion Economy

    25 September 2026 Kampala Serena Hotel, Kampala
    View the record: 17th National Competitiveness Forum

2025

2024

2023

  • The organising team standing together on stage in front of an earlier Forum's backdrop. Not a photograph of this edition.
    NCF
    14th edition
    Details to be confirmed

    14th National Competitiveness Forum

    Theme: Boosting private sector investments in agro-industry to take advantage of regional opportunities

    1,060
    Participants
    39
    MDAs
    12
    Sessions
    2023 Kampala
    View the record: 14th National Competitiveness Forum

2022

  • A speaker delivering remarks at the podium at an earlier Forum. Not a photograph of this edition.
    NCF
    13th edition
    Details to be confirmed

    13th National Competitiveness Forum

    Theme: Leveraging strategic export markets to boost investments for import substitution and export diversification opportunities

    1,020
    Participants
    38
    MDAs
    12
    Sessions
    2022 Kampala
    View the record: 13th National Competitiveness Forum

2021

  • Delegates in face masks seated around a table at the 12th National Competitiveness Forum.
    NCF
    12th edition
    Details to be confirmed

    12th National Competitiveness Forum

    Theme: Business Unusual: The State of Competitiveness and Private Sector Performance in Uganda during the times of Covid-19

    980
    Participants
    37
    MDAs
    12
    Sessions
    2021 Kampala
    View the record: 12th National Competitiveness Forum

2020

  • Two officials in face masks exchanging a token of appreciation in front of the 11th National Competitiveness Forum backdrop, which carries the Forum theme.
    NCF
    11th edition
    Details to be confirmed

    11th National Competitiveness Forum

    Theme: Strengthening evidence based Private Sector Development Interventions

    940
    Participants
    36
    MDAs
    11
    Sessions
    2020 Kampala
    View the record: 11th National Competitiveness Forum

2019

  • Delegates seated in the hall at an earlier Forum. Not a photograph of this edition.
    NCF
    10th edition
    Details to be confirmed

    10th National Competitiveness Forum

    Theme: Enhancing Competitiveness in Uganda's Agro-industry

    900
    Participants
    35
    MDAs
    11
    Sessions
    2019 Kampala
    View the record: 10th National Competitiveness Forum

2018

  • Placeholder photograph from a Doing Business Forum — not a photograph of this edition.
    NCF
    9th edition
    Details to be confirmed

    9th National Competitiveness Forum

    Theme: Creating an Enabling Business Environment for Enterprises in Uganda

    860
    Participants
    34
    MDAs
    11
    Sessions
    2018 Kampala
    View the record: 9th National Competitiveness Forum

2017

  • A keynote address delivered from the lectern at an earlier Forum. Not a photograph of this edition.
    NCF
    8th edition
    Details to be confirmed

    8th National Competitiveness Forum

    Theme: Creating Efficiencies for Private Sector Development Initiatives

    820
    Participants
    33
    MDAs
    10
    Sessions
    2017 Kampala
    View the record: 8th National Competitiveness Forum

The National Competitiveness Forum and the Doing Business Forum are convened by the Private Sector Development Unit, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Editions marked “Details to be confirmed” are placeholder records being consolidated from Ministry archives — their dates, themes and figures are not yet authoritative. Actions agreed at the Doing Business Forum are tracked individually on the Reforms Tracker.