Jump to full article: (Kampala, Uganda) Monitor, 2006-05-10
Author: GRACE NATABAALO Kampala
Intro: BRITISH American Tobacco has launched a regional website known as BAT East Africa Community website.
The website, www.bateac.com, launched by the Executive Director of the Uganda Investment Authority, Ms Maggie Kigozi at the Sheraton Kampala Hotel yesterday is aimed at fostering BAT's identity as an East African business and provide information on BAT's operations in East Africa.
BAT East African community is a business unit of the BAT global that previously included Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania but has now expanded to include Rwanda and Burundi and has re-emerged at a time when the governments of the East African states are seeking political integration under the East African Community. . . .
Sheppard said the website is not intended to promote BAT products but to give people an insight into the operations of the company and the tobacco industry in general.
"The key highlights of our website are corporate social responsibility, youth smoking prevention, information on tobacco and cigarettes, and illicit trade in East Africa," he said.
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