Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA) has signed a new partnership with I&M Bank Uganda to scale up financing and advisory support for businesses driving the country’s green transition. The collaboration, unveiled at a launch event at Protea Hotel in Kampala, will channel …
Read More »UGEFA partners with Housing Finance Bank to accelerate green business growth
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA) has announced a landmark partnership with Housing Finance Bank aimed at expanding access to finance and business support for environmentally sustainable enterprises across the country. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in efforts to foster …
Read More »Equity Bank and UGEFA to continue to support SMEs reach green finance targets
UGEFA and Equity Bank Celebrate Ongoing Partnership to Accelerate Green Finance in Uganda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA) and Equity Bank Uganda are delighted to announce the continuation of their highly successful partnership as UGEFA enters its second phase. Building on a …
Read More »PostBank trains 30 staff to champion green financing, global sustainability agenda
PostBank Staff equipped on Green Financing Initiatives as the Bank Responds to the Global Sustainability Agenda Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Thirty PostBank staff have become the latest beneficiaries of sustainability training, which aims at accelerating the understanding of green finance in Uganda’s financial sector. The training climaxed …
Read More »UGEFA opens applications for the fourth cohort
UGEFA supports sustainable Ugandan enterprises to scale and contribute to a green and inclusive economy Kampala, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | The EU-funded Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA), which supports sustainable Ugandan enterprises to scale and contribute to a green and inclusive economy, has announced that it is accepting applications for …
Read More »BoU to issue guidelines on green financing
It plans to integrate climate change related risks in analysing micro and macro-economic conditions Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s central bank will soon rollout guidelines for green financing to support small and medium and enterprises as the country strives to achieve sustainable development. Hannington Wasswa, the director commercial …
Read More »Green finance dialogue to focus on leveraging SMEs for Uganda’s green growth
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA) will be hosting the second annual Green Finance Dialogue Forum at the Kampala Sheraton Hotel on Thursday. The forum will bring together 100 financiers, policy makers, enterprise support organizations and green businesses to explore pathways for expanding access …
Read More »Building climate-ready communities: Science, technology and innovation matter
COMMENT | THE INDEPENDENT | For the last 10 days, over 20,000 delegates from 200 countries have been at the Glasgow Climate Conference in Scotland, discussing ways to keep climate change under control. This global discourse around climate change points towards one fact; we are in a climate emergency and …
Read More »Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA) aims at sustained GDP growth
Kampala, Uganda | AMON BAITA | Green businesses in Uganda are being urged to apply to an accelerator programme that offers free finance-focused workshops and discounted loans to help them scale up with a vision to accelerate growth of Uganda’s economy within two decades. In a press release shared this …
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