The course took place yesterday and Saturday (March 5) and participants were taught a variety of skills in management, the environment and general resources.

A total of 200 attendees took part at the event and the best-performing 120 women have been invited to take part in tomorrow’s celebration conference to mark International Women's Day.

The “Empowering Women into Sport Leadership in Uganda” study is also due to be released at the conference, with State Minister for Youth and Children Affairs Anite Evelyn set to be in attendance.

Kenyan runner Tegla Loroupe, a five-time world half marathon champion who is a renowned spokesperson for peace and women’s rights, is also scheduled to make an appearance.

The selected 120 will then be split into groups depending on their main skillset for a Women and Sport Leadership and Mentorship Conference in Jinja, a town located in the Eastern region of Uganda, from March 11 to 13.

The UOC hopes to give roles to as many as 50 of the women who make it to the final 120.

They will be employed across the National Olympic Committee as well as Uganda’s National Sports Federations.

Maggie Kigozi, who is currently working as a consultant for the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation, will be a facilitator at the event.

Back in November, the UOC launched a process to become the best sports body in Africa by 2024.

International Olympic Committee development consultant Robert Mutsauki has facilitated the process and claimed Uganda could target a number of medals at the 2024 Olympic Games if a proposed strategic plan is formulated and implemented.

Uganda has won just seven Olympics medals, two of them gold, since competing at the Games for the first time at Melbourne in 1956.