Transformational Business Network
Accelerator or Incubator
Business development support service
Young entrepreneurs <35 years old
Mature entrepreneurs >35 years old
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Audited accounts
Entrepreneurs loacted in East Africa.
Uganda Registration Services Bureau
Government enterprise or a government agency
Business development support service
Enterprises manufacturing products
Enterprises trading internationally
Enterprises delivering services
Start-up business, Not registered, No regular sales
Stable business, Not yet registered, Regular sales
Business must be operating in Uganda and operating under the legal standards of the country
Social Innovation Academy
Accelerator or Incubator
Advisory & Information Services
Business development support service
Not For Profit
For profit social enterprises
Not for profit community and social enterprises
Start-up business, Not registered, No regular sales
Be a social enterprise that emerged from a licensed SINA Community. Be a legally registered entity. A monthly revenue exceeding 150 USD. At least two full time committed team members
PUM Netherlands Senior Experts
Not For Profit
Advisory services or training
Business development support service
Enterprises manufacturing products
Enterprises trading internationally
Enterprises delivering services
Healthcare, pharmaceuticals and bio-pharmaceuticals
Stable business, Registered, Audited accounts, > 10 employees
Company must be privately owned. Over 50% of ownership of the company is in local hands. The company needs to be operational for at least two years . The company has between 10 and 250 employees. Both the annual turnover and the balance sheet total should not exceed 10 million euros. Organisations that are not SMEs (business support organisations, Chambers of Commerce etc.) can apply, but only if they have an enabling role for the private sector.
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National ICT Iniatives Support Program (NIISP)
Ministry of ICT and National Guidance
Young entrepreneurs <35 years old
Mature entrepreneurs >35 years old
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Individuals can apply if they are Ugandan. You can apply collectively as a group and at least one of the members is a Ugandan citizen. Any Ugandan company can apply but must be fully licensed to operate in Uganda.
Uganda Investment Authority
Enterprises manufacturing products
Enterprises trading internationally
Enterprises delivering services
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Business is required to be in first stages of early development and an expanding MSME
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National Organic Agricultural Movement Uganda
NOGAMU
Business development support service
Accelerator or Incubator
Sustainability and Socail Inclusion advice and training services to SMEs and green business development for start-ups
Farmers' cooperatives
Individual farmers and farming communities
Agriculture
Agri-food and Agri-business
Agro-businesses that produce, process or export agri-products
Collateral Managment International (pty) Ltd
Business development support service
Individual farmers and farming communities
Enterprises trading internationally
Trading services
Agriculture
Stable business, Registered, Audited accounts
All businesses that face high risks in their operations
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Agribusiness Entreprenurship Training (ABET)
Enterprise Uganda
Business development support service
Sustainability and Socail Inclusion advice and training services to SMEs and green business development for start-ups
Agri-food and Agri-business
Agriculture
Farmers both women and men
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Strengthening Women Entrepreneurs (SWEP)
Enterprise Uganda
Business development support service
Sustainability and Socail Inclusion advice and training services to SMEs and green business development for start-ups
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Audited accounts
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Regional East African Trade in Staples Phase II (REACTS-II) PROJECT
Kilimo Trust
Not For Profit
Business development support service
Accelerator or Incubator
Sustainability and Socail Inclusion advice and training services to SMEs and green business development for start-ups
Agri-food and Agri-business
Agriculture
Start-up business, Not registered, No regular sales
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Not yet registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Smallholder farming households and other value chain actors.
SHONA
Accelerator or Incubator
Business development support service
Young entrepreneurs <35 years old
Mature entrepreneurs >35 years old
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
All entrepreneurs looking to build sustainable businesses.
Swisscontact Uganda
Business development support service
Government enterprise or a government agency
Young entrepreneurs <35 years old
Agri-food and Agri-business
Construction, raw materials & services
Tourism & travel services
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Targets disadvantaged youths between the ages of 18 and 24 years from families living below or slightly above the national poverty line of US$ 1.90.
Federation of Uganda Employers
Not For Profit
Advisory services or training
Business development support service
Not for profit community and social enterprises
Individual farmers and farming communities
Enterprises delivering services
Enterprises trading internationally
Enterprises manufacturing products
Artisanal enterprises or communities
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Membership subscription, Enterprises employing people
KACITA Uganda
Business development support service
Accelerator or Incubator
Artisanal enterprises or communities
Enterprises delivering services
Enterprises manufacturing products
Enterprises trading internationally
Business must fall in category of traders Business must be operating in Uganda
African Fine Coffees Associatoion
Business development support service
Accelerator or Incubator
Enterprises trading internationally
Farmers' cooperatives
Agriculture
Agri-food and Agri-business
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Legible members must be in the coffee growing, value chain or processing and baristas. They must be operating in member countries.
Association of Microfinance Institutions of Uganda (AMFIU)
Business development support service
Sustainability and Socail Inclusion advice and training services to SMEs and green business development for start-ups
Enterprises delivering services
Other services –Financial service providers
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Organizations whose core activity is delivery of microfinance services to the final consumers/clients, and those that support activities of microfinance institutions in one way or another.
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The Entrepreneurship Training Workshop
Enterprise Uganda
Business development support service
Not For Profit
Providing advisory services or training/Donor-funded development project
Young entrepreneurs <35 years old
Start-up business, Not registered, No regular sales
Start-up business, Registered, Regular sales
Young entrepreneurs whose businesses are not getting the desired business results because of challenges that they may not know how to handle them
Ministry of Trade Industry and cooperatives
Business development support service
Sustainability and Socail Inclusion advice and training services to SMEs and green business development for start-ups
Enterprises manufacturing products
Tourism & travel services
Trading services
Stable business, Registered, Regular sales
Organizations and cooperatives boosting trade and tourism at grass-root level.
Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI)
Not For Profit
Accelerator or Incubator
Government enterprise or a government agency
Young entrepreneurs <35 years old
Enterprises manufacturing products
Enterprises trading internationally
Enterprises delivering services
Start-up business, Not registered, No regular sales
The entrepreneur should have a technology led innovation. The idea should still be at early stage.