Sponsors

Private Sector Foundation Uganda

Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) is Uganda’s apex umbrell body for the private sector. It is made up of over 200 business associations, corporate bodies and the major public sector agencies that support Private Sector Development.

Uganda Bankers Association

Core Values define what UBA stands for, help build a coherent team at UBA, ensure trust and confidence of its members, assure cost effectiveness and improves visibility through building an effective partnership with both members and partners. In pursuing it’s vision and mission, will therefore adhere to the following set of values;

• Integrity
• Transparency
• Professionalism
• Good Governance
• Team work and Service Excellence.

Vision: A strong, vibrant and respected financial services industry in the East African region
Mission: To promote a sound banking environment through research and innovation, advocacy, good governance and best practices.

Ministry of Trade Industry and Cooperative

“To formulate, review and support policies, strategies, plans and programs that promote and ensure expansion and diversification of trade, cooperatives, environmentally sustainable industrialization, appropriate technology development and transfer to generate wealth for poverty eradication and benefit the country socially and economically.”

Vision

The vision of the Ministry is: “Sustainable cooperatives, competitive trade and world class industrial products and services”

Mission

The mission of the Ministry is: “To develop and promote a competitive and export-led Private Sector through accelerating industrial development for economic growth.”

Key Functions

The key functions of the Ministry, as derived from the mandate are to:

1. Formulate and review, where necessary appropriate policies, legislation, regulations and standards for sustainable development of trade, industrialization and technology development, cooperatives movement and other tradable national products for increased wealth creation and benefit to the country;
2. Initiate, coordinate, support, oversee and where applicable, facilitate implementation of strategies and programmes aimed at enhancing the development and promotion of trade, the cooperatives, industry and technology, and ensure their maximum benefit to the country;
3. Inspect, monitor and evaluate the performance, progress, standards, state and efficiency of the various sectors, under its mandate for quality assurance, policy direction and guidance;
4. Conduct studies and evaluate the impact of the sectoral, fiscal and other policies on the advancement of the diversified sectors and their effect on the poverty eradication program so as to advise authorities appropriately;
5. Promote and coordinate research activities and initiatives of the sector with a view to ensure that results are efficiently and effectively utilized and are beneficial to the country and all stakeholders;
6. Assess the need and where necessary, mobilize resources to support balanced industrial, cooperatives, and entrepreneurial development for eradication of poverty in the country; and,
7. Collect, process, analyze, store and disseminate national and international information on the sectors and provide an input for rational decision-making;

Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda

It is a member-based organisation which provides non-financial services to its members, mainly microfinance institutions.  
AMFIU’s overall objective and vision is to establish a strong national network of microfinance institutions, which will provide lateral learning among members and promote professionalism in the industry. AMFIU’s mission is to stimulate and sustain an enhanced private sector development process to facilitate capacity building of members, participate actively in the global microfinance industry, and be a key player in rural and urban transformation of Uganda.