title: Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa
text: # Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa
  
  The Most Excellent Order of the Pearl of Africa (Swahili: Nishani Ubora wa Lulu ya Afrika) is the highest civilian award of the Ugandan honours system and is awarded to heads of state and government leaders.
  
  ## History
  
  The award was instituted in 2001 with the National Honours and Awards Act, 2001 along with other awards.
  
  ## Recipients
  
  | Name | Country | Title | Year |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Julius Nyerere (posthumous) | Tanzania | 1st President | 2007 |
  | Jakaya Kikwete | Tanzania | 4th President | 2007 |
  | Paul Kagame | Rwanda | President | 2012 |
  | Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | Equatorial Guinea | President | 2012 |
  | Armando Guebuza | Mozambique | President | 2013 |
  | Shah Karim al-Hussaini, Aga Khan IV | Imamate of the Nizari Ismāʿīli Shias | Imam | 2017 |
  | Abiy Ahmed | Ethiopia | Prime Minister | 2018 |
  | Emmerson Mnangagwa | Zimbabwe | President | 2019 |
  