"It’s certainly been a topic of interest – including at COP26. There is a growing understanding that to meet net zero goals, nuclear will need to play a larger role."

"I felt down as a citizen of this country to know that our police force, which is obligated to protect us, could abuse a woman in full view. I was silent for a while as I tried to internalise what I had just seen. The next day i knew for sure that we would have to do something. We couldn't let this pass."

"It's probably the most sophisticated fuel cycle in the world that will cover all aspects of nuclear power, and we do each part of it to world standards, where the world looks towards us"

"We know the challenges we face. But we also know that we are up to the task – and that, together, we can achieve real progress. It is up to us to lead by example. It is up to us to seize this opportunity. It is up to us not only to ask – but to help answer – the question: “What can we do better?"

"We settled on the bra protest. We thought it would be most appropriate for what had happened. It’s not like we were saying we don’t respect ourselves. We were disgusted by what had been done."

"I was seriously offended that a police force that is supposed to protect us had assaulted a woman in front of everyone."

"It wasn’t easy because people were telling me I couldn’t do it (pursue a career in engineering) and were suggesting that I should take a different course such as electrical or business. But then, when I came second in the class during practical exams, everyone was very surprised and they couldn’t believe (I could achieve it). I proved them wrong and then things changed. People now look at me as a role model, someone who is different. Many young people are following in my footsteps and many are starting to think that women really can do men’s jobs."

"Men were amazed when they saw us working on site, so I think that’s something really good. At first they thought I was challenging them and didn’t believe (I would succeed), but then they said “good, you’ve done it”."

"I am short sighted and also have trouble seeing when there is a lot of light in a room or certain environment. When I went to the optical center, I was asked to pay $180 for a new pair of glasses, which was really expensive. For a country where the average monthly income earned is $40, this is simply unaffordable. I also realized that optical centers are located disproportionately, mainly within the urban areas, leaving the people in rural areas to have to travel long distances to access eye care services. This gap drove me to start Wazi Vision whose long term goal is to make eye care accessible and affordable to everyone regardless of their income status."

"Focus on the product. A lot of questions will come up about how you make money. But if you focus on creating a quality product that people will use to solve real life challenges, there will always be opportunities to monetize your solution."

"In Uganda its mostly born out of necessity and the need to survive but nonetheless it is steadily growing. Now more than ever we have many programs supporting women equipping them for growth and sustainability – and many women are taking advantage of them."

"Success to me means being able to create impact or to inspire someone to do something they never thought they would be able to do."

"Disruptive – Enabling – Scalable"

"Technology plays a pivotal role in my life both personally and professionally – starting from things as easy as communication, to the core of what runs my business. Not only does it help me manage my tasks and communicate with literally every one that’s part of my network but it is also at the centre of how our manufacturing happens. We use technology to make everything come to life."

"Across the world, poor children are at higher risk of dying. Unless we urgently get more money into the hands of women, who spend more on the wellbeing of their families, children will continue to die. The economic marginalisation of women, too, is a lingering epidemic; and it threatens the growth and stability of the global economy. Unlike AIDS, this epidemic remains at its peak; funding remains flat and indicators deteriorate. Where is the comprehensive action?"

"In Uganda people used to think that construction, civil engineering and mechanical work were for men. I wanted to break this stereotype that certain jobs are for men and others are for women. I also wanted to show people that women can do the same things that men can do."

"Having a framework to filter that through will help me engage some of the stakeholders who are focused on ideas."

"I have got an approach that will help me communicate with some of my political stakeholders back home."

"I just need to get to first oil and to do that there are so many contractual agreements."

"To get through them I need good advice, advisors: legal, commercial, technical."

"To get good advisors I need money, and money is a challenge."

"You actually produce I need money for the extraction projects, money for supporting infrastructure like roads."

"I need money now when I am doing the contracts, for good advisors, so I don’t fall into the pitfalls we’ve identified during the course."

"I realized early on there was too many of them so I said."

"I went back to my central bank and the Ministry of Finance and said, “We do need to raise money, and money for advisors is one thing, but we need up to USD 1 billion for the projects."

"The good thing is we have now engaged the ministry and the central bank and we have regular meetings on how we are going to raise that money so I am less worried about the money for the projects."

"I know we will get there because we are working together."

"I didn’t say to the bankers ,Oh yeah, great, I’ll sign up with you."

"I am going back to my central bank and my Ministry of Finance to make sure we are aligned."

"I make will have a huge impact."

"The advisors are there."

"There’s lots of good firms. But they come at a premium."

"That’s why even the big 100-year-old international oil companies pay experts to negotiate for them."

"We’re right at the start I don’t even have oil yet."

"I need to get good advice to get good contracts so I am maximizing that revenue once it starts."

"The vision for UNOC is to have commercial interest across the value chain."

"UNOC has a critical role in building, empowering and supporting the local supply chain beyond the core oil and gas sector."

"That even if UNOC is not there, they should continue to operate successfully across other sectors."

"UNOC needs to find the right balance to gain as much value as possible from the sector on behalf of the state."

"Ensuring that enough supporting sectors beyond the very core high barrier to entry are left to Ugandans to develop."

"NOCs should be cooperating on a skills and knowledge transfer level among themselves and IOCs."

"They should also share potential commercial opportunities, such as resource rich countries collaborating with countries with refining capacity."

"UNOC has already started developing relationships with other African NOCs and even beyond Africa."

"In high barrier to entry, high skill areas, generating as much revenue as possible for the country, and separated from regulating and licensing."

"There are two sides to it, obviously the course itself, which you can see has been well thought-out in terms of the topics it covers; and then the people and the connections that you make and the learning from each other."

"My fellow Ugandans, who I’d previously met in Uganda."

"We’ve had more time to interact and discuss issues and come up with ideas."

"Then there’s the debate."

"I really enjoy the open debate, thinking, looking at things in other ways, getting other perspectives on things."