Margaret Blick Kigozi, commonly known as Maggie Kigozi, is a

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, business consultant, educator, and sportswoman. She is a consultant at the

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(UNIDO). She formerly served as the executive director of the

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(UIA), from 1999 until 2011.

Background

She was born Margaret Blick in

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to George William Blick, a civil engineer with the Uganda Ministry of Works and Transport and Molly Johnson Blick, a fashion designer. Both her parents had English fathers and Baganda mothers. Her father and siblings were champion motorcycle riders in

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and East Africa in the 1960s and 1970s. Margaret herself was an avid motorcycle rider. She attended Aga Khan Primary School in

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, Gayaza High School in

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for her Ordinary Level education and

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, in Kampala, for her Advanced Level education. In 1970, just before she turned 20, she entered

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, graduating in 1974 with the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

Career

Following a one-year internship in Uganda, she migrated to

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in Southern Africa, where she practised as a physician, from 1977 until 1979. She returned to Uganda in 1979 following the removal of

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from power, but had to flee to neighbouring

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, 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

. She worked as the physician to members of the

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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 (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

(UIA) in 1999. She is the first person and first woman to serve in that position at UIA. In addition to the responsibilities already cited, Kigozi has had the following additional roles: * Chief Scout of the Uganda Scouts Association *

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of Economics at

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* Member of

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(GBA) Advisory Board * Patron, Uganda Change Agents and

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* Director of the Board of Uganda Export Promotion Board * Member, board of directors, Crown Beverages Limited – Manufacturers and distributors of

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in Uganda * The founder of

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

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Personal life

Before she left Uganda for Zambia in 1977, Blick married Fredrick Serwano Kigozi. Together they had three children, Fred, Michelle and Daniel Kigozi. Fredrick Kigozi died suddenly in 1994. She is the mother of Ugandan hip-hop musician Navio.

References

External links

Website of Uganda Investment Authority

Website of UNIDO

Newspaper Interview With Newvision Uganda
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Career

Personal life

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