Target client:

• Agro-processors/Agri-businesses

• SME Owners

• etc

Sector focus:

• Agriculture

• ICT

• Transport

• Services sector

• SMEs/Trade

• etc

Amounts provided:

• From UGX500,000 to UGX2,000,000 – Individual

• Up to UGX625,000,000 – SMEs 

Funding type:

• Loans

Key criteria:

Target:

Nature Conservation/Biodiversity

Sector focus:

Eco-tourism, Wildlife Conservation, General Tourism Sector

Amounts provided:

The maximum grant for 1 year is $2,000.

Funding type

Grant

Key criteria

Projects:

• Must be an environment impacting project such as eco-tourism, wildlife , and general nature
• Appli...

Target:

Typically established businesses (3 years)

Sector focus:

None in particular but likely to prefer: consumer products, manufacturing, logistics and transport, food and agri business and real estate.

Amounts provided:

 $1,000,000 - $20,000,000 (depending on type)

Funding type

Private equity (typically funding for established businesses)

Key...

Target:

·         Farmers and

·         Agro - processors only

Sector focus:

·         Agriculture

Amounts provided:

·         Amounts of up to  UGX 2.1 billion

·         Funding up to 90% of the project cost

·         Long Term loans 6 months - 8 years

·         Grace Period up to 3 years

·         Subsidized lending rate of...

Target:

·         Agriculture

·         General Businesses (SMEs)

Sector focus:

Different sectors but a focus on the agriculture value chain in line with Gatsby Charitable foundations overall objectives.

Amounts provided:

·         Min: Ushs1,000,000

·         Max: Ushs30,000,000

Funding type

·         Loan (6 – 24 months) �...

Target:

Working capital - for Agri business entities with the repayment of the loan being dependent on the nature and season of the agricultural activity to be financed.

Sector focus:

Agriculture

Amounts provided:

Minimum: Ushs100,000 Maximum: Ushs 3 billion

Funding type

Collateralized Loan – but structured around the agriculture activity and its se...

Target:

Late start up for profit companies (at least 2 years’ audited results) who have:

“Innovative ideas that will specifically help to remove poverty in rural Africa through a partnership with private enterprises.

The purpose is to improve the incomes of small holder farmers and the rural poor.”

Sector focus:

These are 6 focus areas for the fund:

• Agriculture
• Agribusiness
• renew...

Target:

Businesses that have been in operation in Kampala at least 6 months

Sector focus:

No particular sector focuses but skewed towards micro and small entrepreneurs’ (MSEs) market segment including women merchants/traders.

Amounts provided:

Ranging from Shs. 1 million to Shs. 50 million.

Repayment Period:  Up to 36 months

Monthly Interest Rate  2%

Target:

Start ups – But primarily not every start up. They are: targeting entrepreneurs creating solutions to the world’s biggest social and environmental problems.

You might want to take their “eligibility quiz”

Sector focus:

Any sector where the entrepreneur is providing solutions to East Africa’s biggest social and environmental problems.

Amounts provided:

Target:

No specific target – as a “crowd funding” platform, it caters for different entrepreneurs.

Sector focus:

No specific sector but expected to be highly profitable in order to generate sufficient returns for its investors.

Amounts provided:

Varying amounts – as it is a crowd funding platform, the amount provided is driven by what the “crowd”, i.e inve...

Target:

Importers,  corporate, wholesalers

Sector focus:

Trade

Amounts provided:

Varying

Funding type

Credit

Requirements

• Bank account holder for 3 months
• Active bank account
• Security if the amount is above UGX 50m(Title deed or house)
• Registered business
• Proven record with the bank
• Specialisation in a line of business

Target:

Early and Growth Stage companies

Sector focus:

• Agri-Business
• Healthcare
• Light Manufacturing
• Financial Services
• Oil, Gas & Mining Services

Amounts provided:

$ 50,000 -  $15M

Funding type

Venture Capital

Key criteria

·         Profitability. Whether less than 3 years or more than 3 year’s operations. They need to s...

Target:

Emerging and mid-sized companies

Sector focus:

• Consumer goods and retail
• Financial and business services
• Industrials, manufacturing and value-add processing
• Technology and telecommunications

.

Amounts provided:

USD5 million to USD 20 million

Funding type

Private equity

Key criteria

• High growth and profitability
• Capability to expa...

Target:

Established entity - with three years audited financials and a track record of sales and profits.

In exceptional circumstances early stage businesses and start-ups where management teams have directly relevant prior experience and where the business has a clear route to profitability within a short period

Sector focus:

No sector focus but high interest in financial services, p...

Target:

Established entity (with at least 3 years of audited accounts and loan security).

Sector focus:

All key sectors of the Ugandan economy including: (but not limited to) commercial agriculture and agro processing, manufacturing, tourism and housing.

Amounts provided:

Minimum Shs. 50m

Funding type

Loans (and potentially equity) at lower th...

Target:

Established Cooperatives, associations and small business (at least 2 years’ audited accounts.)

Sector focus:

Agriculture/agro processing

Amounts provided:

Between $50,000 and $250,000.

Funding type

Grant

Key criteria

• Application from registered/incorporated Ugandan entity(and individuals) that include the...

Target:

Sustainable development

Sector focus:

Sustainable development projects that are aimed at conserving and restoring the environment. This includes capacity development for such projects in the following areas:

• Biodiversity
• Climate Change
• International Waters
• Land Degradation
• Sustainable forest management
• Chemicals

Amounts provided:

The maximum grant amount per projec...

Target:

Early-mid stage companies - Rarely invest in pure start-up companies.

Sector focus:

Water, Health, Agriculture, Energy, Housing, Education.

Amounts provided:

$200,000 - $2m

Funding type

Mainly shares, debt or quasi equity (loans that have features of shares)

Key criteria

Significant Social Impact
Make a product or...

Target:

Late Start ups.

Sector focus:

Financial services particularly those using emerging technology e.g mobile money and branchless banking, social media and cloud computing.

Amounts provided:

$100,000 - $300,000

Funding type

Mainly shares or convertible debt (loan that can be turned into shares)

Key criteria

• Innovative...

Target:

Late start ups or early to mid stage companies

Sector focus:

SMEs in various sectors with a focus on IT/Telco, Healthcare and Consumer Goods

Amounts provided:

EUR 250,000 to 3,000,000

Funding type

Venture capital

Means, rather than providing a loan, the fund takes a % of shares in the company

Key criteria

• Potentia...

Target:

Established business

Sector focus:

Diverse. High growth, low competition primarily:

·         Financial services;

·         Telecommunincations;

·         Natural resources

Amounts provided:

Not readily known but about $1m- $6m

Funding type

Private Equity

Means, rather than providing a loan, the fund takes a % of shares. Usually ...

Target:

Non Profit/Community development

Sector focus:

• Combat HIV/AIDS
• small-scale sustainable development projects

Amounts provided:

Maximum of $25,000 for one year.

Funding type

Grant

Key criteria

• Submit applications in special format
• 1 February 2013 application deadline
• Community participation and contributions...

Target:

Established business

Sector focus:

Agriculture

Amounts provided:

$500,000- $3,000,000

Funding type

Private Equity

Means, rather than providing a loan, the fund takes a % of shares.

Key criteria

• Strong team with experience in managing commercial enterprise;
• High growth business plan including 5 year forecasts;
• A...

Target:

Start ups and early stage businesses

Sector focus:

All

Amounts provided:

UGX 5,000,000- UGX 10,000,000

Funding type

Venture capital

Means, rather than providing a loan, the fund takes a % of shares in the company

Key criteria

• Model can be repeated across Africa;
• Profitable business within 3-5 years (exit period for f...