Tag Archives: Small and Medium Entrepreneur

Leveraging Religious spaces to promote optimal nutrition and food safety practices

Leveraging Religious spaces to promote optimal nutrition and food safety practices

Lucy Kahunde, a member of the Central Division Nutrition Coordination Committees delivering food safety messages to Christians at town Church, Fort Portal Tourism City. In September 2020, Government approved the Uganda Nutrition Action Plan (UNAP II) as the Country’s Strategic Plan for Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) over the period 2020-2025 with the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) holding the coordinating function. The UNAP II mandates the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) to strengthen the enabling environment for scaling up nutrition specific and sensitive actions at local governments of Uganda. At Local Government Level, the UNAP II coordination arrangements provide for: Nutrition Coordination Committees (NCCs) at District, City, Municipality, City […]

The Looming Debt Trap Dilemma Facing the Contemporary Smallholder Farmer and the Small and Medium Entrepreneur (SMEs) in Uganda

The Looming Debt Trap Dilemma Facing the Contemporary Smallholder Farmer and the Small and Medium Entrepreneur (SMEs) in Uganda

In many regions of Uganda and across Africa, a significant majority of the population, comprising over 70%, is engaged in farming and small-scale businesses as their primary means of livelihood. Unfortunately, smallholder farmers and entrepreneurs in this demographic face a considerable challenge in accessing affordable capital to initiate, expand, or enhance their existing ventures. Subsequently, these individuals, often referred to as the ‘unbankable‘ by mainstream banking institutions, resort to obtaining high-interest loans from predatory money lenders. As reported by the Ankole Times, during the National Resistance Movement Caucus held at the Entebbe State House on September 28, 2023, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni Tibuhaburwa directed the Minister for Finance to issue […]