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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Government has been urged to build efficient infrastructure like roads, railways, and water transport systems to reap the benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).<\/p>\n

AfCFTA is the flagship project of Agenda 2063 aimed at creating a single African market for goods and services. AfCFTA’s overall mandate is to create a single continental market with a population of about 1.3 billion people (and still counting) and a combined GDP of approximately US$ 3.4 trillion.<\/p>\n

This call was sounded by Engineer Francis Tusubira patron of the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers (UIPE) while addressing the media ahead of their upcoming national technology conference and exhibition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the country invests in high-quality infrastructure, there will be enormous benefits as many goods and services will pass through it and also demand locally manufactured goods,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to him, there will be demand for a local labour force as professionals like engineers will be in high demand in other countries as trade barriers are not there.<\/p>\n

As part of its mandate, the AfCFTA eliminates trade barriers and boosts intra-African trade. In particular, it is to advance trade in value-added production across all service sectors of the African economy.<\/p>\n

Engineer Andrew Muhwezi president of UIPE said the country needs to harness its engineering capacity to ensure strategic domestic engineering goods and services from Uganda are available to the wider African market.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe country needs to put in place effective policies framed to realize its aspirations at strategic, tactical, and operational levels. This will enhance the country\u2019s capacity to deliver high-value engineering goods and services to the trade eco-system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said at this year\u2019s event, the engineers will hold discussions under the different subthemes on how engineering can be leveraged to enhance Uganda\u2019s value proposition to the AfCFTA trade eco-system. This will enable the availability of strategic engineering goods and services.<\/p>\n

Mr Muhwezi noted that there should be capacity building through innovations, industrialization, agro-processing, engineering standards, and multi-lateral infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Others are mineral exploration and processing, environmental protection and climate change mitigation, digital transformation, transboundary engineering systems, engineering labour mobility, supply chain capability enhancements, and procurement of engineering professional services and works.<\/p>\n

He added that while a lot is already being done at the political level to negotiate policies (software) that unlock AfCFTA potential, it is important that preparedness at a tactical and operational level (hardware) is enhanced to ensure the opportunities that come with a wider intra-African market are maximized to improve the country\u2019s balance of trade position, enhance GDP per capita to 5-digit levels and ultimately propel sustainably the country to a middle-income status.<\/p>\n

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