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词条 Maggie Kigozi
释义

  1. Background

  2. Career

  3. Personal life

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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| birth_place = Fort Portal, Uganda
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| alma_mater = Makerere University
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| occupation = Business Consultant
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| years_active = 1975 – present
| nationality = Ugandan
| citizenship = Uganda
| residence = Kampala, Uganda
| children = Navio (son)
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}}Margaret Blick Kigozi, commonly known as Maggie Kigozi, is a Ugandan medical doctor, business consultant, educator, and sportswoman. She is a consultant at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). She formerly served as the Executive Director of the Uganda Investment Authority (UIA), from 1999 until 2011.[1]

Background

She was born Margaret Blick in Fort Portal to George William Blick, a civil engineer with the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport and Molly Johnson Blick, a fashion designer.[2] Both her parents had English fathers and Baganda mothers. Her father and siblings were champion motorcycle riders in Uganda and East Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. Margaret herself was an avid motorcycle rider.[3] She attended Aga Khan Primary School in Kampala, Gayaza High School in Wakiso District for her Ordinary Level education and Kololo Senior Secondary School, in Kampala, for her Advanced Level education. In 1970, just before the turned 20, she entered Makerere University School of Medicine, graduating in 1974 with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.[4]

Career

Following a one-year internship in Uganda, she migrated to Zambia in Southern Africa, where she practised as a physician, from 1977 until 1979. She returned to Uganda in 1979 following the removal of Idi Amin from power, but had to flee to neighbouring Kenya, after Milton Obote seized power in 1980. She continued to practice medicine in Kenya until 1986, when she again returned to Uganda, following another change of government in Kampala. She worked as the physician to members of the Parliament of Uganda and their families, from 1986 until 1994. She has been reported{{By whom|date=June 2017}} to have had a passion for paediatrics during her medical career.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}}

In 1994, following the sudden death of her husband, she joined Crown Bottlers Uganda Limited (Pepsi), as the Marketing Director. During her tenure at Crown Bottlers, she was appointed board member of Uganda Manufacturers Association. She worked at the bottling company until she was appointed Executive Director at Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) in 1999. She is the first person and first woman to serve in that position at UIA.[5]

In addition to the responsibilities already cited, Kigozi has had the following additional roles:

  • Chief Scout of the Uganda Scouts Association
  • Associate Professor of Economics at Makerere University
  • Member of Global Banking Alliance for Women (GBA) Advisory Board
  • Patron, Uganda Change Agents and Junior Chamber International
  • Director of the Board of Uganda Export Promotion Board
  • Member, board of directors, Crown Beverages Limited – Manufacturers and distributors of Pepsi-Cola in Uganda
  • The founder of Uganda Investment Authority Women Entrepreneurs Network
  • Focal Point Officer for the Africa Asia Business Forum
  • Patron Ugandan Diaspora Network
  • Sportswoman who has represented Uganda in lawn tennis, table tennis, hockey and squash.
  • For a period leading up to 2011, Dr. Kigozi was the Chancellor of Nkumba University.[6]

Personal life

Before she left Uganda for Zambia in 1977, Blick married Daniel Serwano Kigozi. Together they had three children, who are all university graduates. Daniel Kigozi died suddenly in 1994.[7] She is the mother of Ugandan hip-hop musician Navio.[8]

See also

  • Uganda Investment Authority
  • National Food and Drug Authority
  • List of wealthiest people in Uganda
  • Parliament of Uganda
  • Makerere University School of Medicine

References

1. ^{{cite web|date=14 September 2011| url=http://observer.ug/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15041&Itemid=68|title=Maggie Kigozi Looks Back at UIA Days| first=Milly|last=Kibombo|accessdate=21 July 2014|publisher=The Observer}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/641713-maggie-kigozi-s-mother-collapses-dies-after-dinner.html|title=Maggie Kigozi's Mother Collapses, Dies After Dinner|publisher=New Vision|date=16 April 2014|first=and Nicholas Oneal| last=Hellen Mukiibi}}
3. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/ugandaat50/Maggie+Kigozi+ambassador+++investment/-/1370466/1475384/-/12bbmmwz/-/index.html|title=Dr. Maggie Kigozi: Our Ambassador for Investment|first=Brian|last=Magoba|date=11 August 2012|accessdate=21 July 2014|newspaper=Daily Monitor}}
4. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.ugpulse.com/people/dr-maggie-kigozi-african-women-s-week-2010/1181/ug.aspx|title=Dr. Maggie Kigozi: A Portrait of A Successful African Woman In Business, Home And Society|date=17 August 2010|first=Walakira|last=Nyanzi|accessdate=21 July 2014| publisher=UgPulse.Com}}
5. ^{{cite web|accessdate=21 July 2014|url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/2145836/-/eqw4ws/-/index.html|title=Dr. Maggie Kigozi on Investing in Mixed Farming And Managing Her 300 Acre Farm|first=Dorothy|last=Nakaweesi|date=15 January 2014|publisher=Daily Monitor}}
6. ^{{cite web|date=13 January 2014| url=http://www.africaontheblog.com/prof-maggie-kigozi-on-african-leadership-and-women/|title=Professor Maggie Kigozi On African Leadership And Women|accessdate=18 February 2015|first=.|last=Special Guest|publisher=Africa On The Blog}}
7. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/639903-eng-daniel-kigozi-the-forgotten-hero.html|title=Engineer Daniel Kigozi: The Forgotten Hero|publisher=New Vision|date=17 February 2013|accessdate=21 July 2014|first=Carol|last=Natukunda}}
8. ^{{cite news |last1=Walter |title=Celebrity Gossip Ugandan Rapper Navio Opens Up About His Mother’s Condition |url=http://chano8.com/ugandan-rapper-navio-opens-up-about-his-mothers-condition/ |accessdate=26 March 2019 |agency=Chano8}}

External links

  • Website of Uganda Investment Authority
  • Website of UNIDO
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100919050447/http://www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/30/680091 Newspaper Interview With Newvision Uganda]
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