Agri-Hub Uganda

Promoting farmer entrepreneurship

  • 22 May: BOOK LAUNCH: “A WOMAN'S BUSINESS" (Kampala)
  • 23 May: AGRI-PROFOCUS MBALE FINANCE MARKET PLACE (Mbale)
  • 24 and 25 May: AGRI-PROFOCUS RWENZORI MARKET INFORMATION EVENT (Kasese)

Financial Services

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Introduction

Core priority for Agri-ProFocus Uganda is finding means of making the accessibility of finance to farmers easier. Some of the main issues are access to, affordability of and information about financial products in the agricultural sector. Through networking and joint learning within Agri-ProFocus Uganda this group aims to foster and improve linkages between supply and demand.

 

Collaborating organisations

Coordination is in the hands of VECO Uganda. Members interested to particpate in team are: Broederlijk delen, HOFOKAM, TRIAS, aBiTrust, FORMA, GIZ, Krc, Oikocredit Uganda, UCA, SNV, Cordaid, NUCAFE, Kulika, plus a number of financial institutions (Centenary, Equity, AMFIU). Others are welcome to join.

 

Activities

2011

  • Documentation and Dissemination of simplified flyers and posters on catalogues of financial products
  • Documentation of case studies of Financial Institutions and Farmers Organisations with inspiring experiences
  • Regional market place events linking farmers to financial service providers
  • Coaching and mentoring farmers on their businesses (Establish linkages to initiatives that support business development (i.e. BID network challenges and summer school)

 

2010

  • Network building (merger of APF-Group) with Cordaid-VECO group (incl. mainstream banks and MFIs)

 

Outputs and documents



Further Reading (Delicious/tag/apf_uganda finance)

Here we keep track of and collect relevant information for the Financial Services Action Learning Group of Agri-ProFocus Uganda. If you have anything to add please use the comment box below.

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Comment by Roel Snelder on November 1, 2010 at 12:27
Agrifinance workshop report-VECO FINAL summary22.pdf
Comment by Roel Snelder on November 1, 2010 at 12:54
Agrifinance workshop October 2009-Conclusions and Way forward defv2...
Comment by Vandamme Lut on February 9, 2011 at 14:14

Dear members,

Broederlijk Delen (BD), is a Belgian NGO working in Uganda with rural partner organizations in Rwenzori Region and Lango Region.

Although BD is not specialized in MF support, it cannot deny that insufficient access to rural and particularly agriculture finance is an important roadblock for many partner organizations supporting farmers and farmers organizations.
During a workshop in Lango region, both partner organizations and financial institutions recognized the lack of even basic information on financial services and service providers in rural communities.

Before taking any other action, BD would like to know if any institution or organization has a comprehensive and detailed overview of the existing formal financial services offered by Ugandan banks, MFI’s and MDI’s concerning eligibility, conditions, procedures, etc.?
 If such information is available we would appreciate if it could be shared.

Thank you very much for your consideration,

Lut Vandamme,
Broederlijk Delen

Comment by Roel Snelder on February 9, 2011 at 15:28

Hi Lut I have roamde around to find an answer to your question. I have two answers and a question:

As regards the VECO study you have commented on. I have not seen the full desk study.

 

My question to you: Can you post this question again in the forum. I can then follow-up with a broadcast mail to the network to see if we get some more input and to get the dicussion going on how to generate such a menu as this is something I belive emore APF members are looking for.

 

kind regards

Comment by Ntungwa Januario on February 10, 2011 at 9:55

hi Lut, in 2010 AMFIU contracted Friends consult to carry out research on this topic and this information must be available at AMFIU. Please contact them, you can get in touvh with David directly at dbaguma@amfiu.org.ug;

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