By John Okello Lapok
The Vice President Jessica Alupo has this afternoon arrived at Cairo International Airport in Egypt ahead of the inaugural Alamein Africa Forum/ GO63 where she will represent President Yoweri Museveni.
Alupo who also represents Katakwi women in Parliament, was upon arrival received by Egypt’s Minister for Civil Aviation, Pilot Dr. Sameh Ahmed Zaki El-Hefny, Uganda’s Ambassador to Ethiopia, H.E Rebecca Amuge Otengo alongside Charles Angina, the Uganda’s acting Ambassador to Egypt.
The inaugural Alamein Africa Forum was established as a permanent African Business Forum to convene biennially in Egypt bringing together more than 20 Heads of State and Government representatives. Others are senior leaders from leading international and regional financial institutions and key actors driving transformative change across Africa’s most critical sectors, from infrastructure, trade and critical minerals to digital innovation, health markets and the emerging industries reshaping the continent’s economic identity.
The Alamein Africa Forum aims to become the continent’s premier gathering where political power meets entrepreneurial prowess, bridging the established engines of African growth with the new sectors defining its future and whose strategic goals includeStrategic Goals to align policy and investment priorities, mobilise partnerships for implementation, strengthen financing and investment pathways, catalyse intra African trade opportunities, integrate emerging economic sectors and ensure continuity and accountability.
The Alamein Africa Forum 2026 has been co-organised by the Government of Egypt, Afrexim bank, and AUDA-NEPAD, the Forum brings together Africa’s most influential decision-makers in an unprecedented alliance of public and private sector leadership.
