Bruce Robertson has worked together with the Ugandan government, cotton farmers, and other ginners for over two decades to rebuild the cotton crop after Idi Amin's regime destroyed it. He is also a founding member and Chairman of the Uganda Ginners and Cotton Exporters' Association which provides farming inputs to 300,000 cotton farmers. He is a Laureate of the 2017 John P. McNulty Prize, a Fellow of the Africa Leadership Initiative and a moderator for the Aspen Global Leadership Network.