Uganda
Women's Bank has supported savings and loan groups in Uganda since 2007. We have worked in several areas in the country and our work has enabled tens of thousands of women to gain a livelihood.
Populated by 42.9 million people, Uganda is located in East-Central Africa. It is Africa’s largest refugee-hosting country with a million refugees, most of them women and children.
The most important source of livelihood is agriculture; approximately 70 percent of the workforce works in agriculture. Ugandan women participate in business life more than women in similar countries, however, only 16 percent of agricultural businesses are owned by women, and merely 7 percent of the women own land.
Women’s Bank has operated in the country since 2007. The aim is to support women’s small businesses through saving and loan groups and entrepreneurship training.
In 2023: 3,885 women improved their livelihoods
Currently we are supporting women’s employment and entrepreneurship near the country’s capital, Kampala, in the rural area of Mityana. This is also where Women’s Bank’s first social poultry business, Chiggi, operates.
Not only do farmers learn new farming techniques, but they can also sell their maize harvest to the poultry farm, which operates based on the principles of sustainable development. This contract farming has provided women with stable incomes while also benefiting the poultry business.
Women’s savings and loan groups, as well as vocational training programs, have proven to be an effective way to enable women to develop other sources of income.
Results from last year:
- Maize production has tripled thanks to new farming techniques!
- 97 percent of women have increased their income.
- 18,500 family members now have a more secure life.