Maggie Kigozi

Maggie Kigozi
Born (1950-07-05) 5 July 1950
Fort Portal, Uganda
Residence Kampala, Uganda
Nationality Ugandan
Citizenship Uganda
Alma mater Makerere University
(Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)
Occupation Business Consultant
Academic
Years active 1975 – present
Known for Business, Academics, Sports
Home town Kampala
Children Navio (son)

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 to have had a passion for paediatrics during her medical career.

In 1994, following the sudden death of her husband, she joined Crown Bottlers Uganda Limited, 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:

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.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kibombo, Milly (14 September 2011). "Maggie Kigozi Looks Back at UIA Days". The Observer. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Hellen Mukiibi, and Nicholas Oneal (16 April 2014). "Maggie Kigozi's Mother Collapses, Dies After Dinner". New Vision.
  3. ↑ Magoba, Brian (11 August 2012). "Dr. Maggie Kigozi: Our Ambassador for Investment". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Nyanzi, Walakira (17 August 2010). "Dr. Maggie Kigozi: A Portrait of A Successful African Woman In Business, Home And Society". UgPulse.Com. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  5. ↑ Nakaweesi, Dorothy (15 January 2014). "Dr. Maggie Kigozi on Investing in Mixed Farming And Managing Her 300 Acre Farm". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Special Guest, . (13 January 2014). "Professor Maggie Kigozi On African Leadership And Women". Africa On The Blog. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  7. ↑ Natukunda, Carol (17 February 2013). "Engineer Daniel Kigozi: The Forgotten Hero". New Vision. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
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