Improved Access to Finance
for Green Enterprises in Uganda
The Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator aims to facilitate the flow of green finance into the Ugandan SMEs sector through strengthening green SMEs and improving available financial mechanisms for SME debt financing.
We support green enterprises through a comprehensive and finance-focused accelerator programme to develop the business and financial skills needed to access financing and scale their positive environmental impacts and employment contributions.
Our Team
UGEFA Team






UGEFA Business Advisors


















Partners
Who is behind UGEFA
Which partners contribute to our success
Our Activities
Catalyser Programme
Prepare green enterprises with growth potential to bring their solutions to scale through interactive group-level trainings.
Accelerator Programme
Support green enterprises after loan approval to invest the funding through tailored one-one-one advisory.
Funding Facilitation
Facilitate access to loans tailored to green business growth.
Green and Climate Finance Trainings
Implement trainings for financial institutions to build the case for green SME financing and to leverage opportunities for green and climate finance.
Green Finance Dialogue Fora
Provide a platform for networking and exchange of knowledge and insights on green and climate finance, based on interactive and innovative formats and workshops.
Training Business Advisors
Build a community of top-tier Business Development Advisors through participatory Training of Trainer workshops and tried and tested toolkits.
Our Objectives & Expected Results
Our Specific Objectives
What we aim to achieve with the Accelerator
Engage green enterprises
Co-create financial mechanisms
Build a supportive ecosystem
Our Expected Results
What we consider as success of the Accelerator
Through an integrated package of enterprise capacity building, facilitation of tailored and accessible loans, and engagement with the green enterprise ecosystem in Uganda, the Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator expects the following results over four years:
Enterprises
Enterprises
successfully submitted applications to commercial banks in Uganda to access tailored loan finance
Enterprises
received tailored loan finance and benefitted from one-on-one advisory to absorb the funding
Green Finance Dialogue Fora
provided a platform for networking and exchange