In a significant step toward transforming Uganda’s business landscape, dfcu Bank has launched a new lending campaign aimed at empowering small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the country.
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The GROW Project is expected to have a transformative impact on Uganda’s economy by empowering women entrepreneurs to scale their businesses, create jobs, and contribute to the country’s broader economic growth.
Her joining the dfcu Women in Business (WiB) Program at the Bank has been a godsend in many ways making finance easier to access, exposure to new opportunities and learnings, attracting the right talent for her business and many other opportunities that come with being in a community of likeminded people.
This campaign is part of dfcu Bank’s celebration of its 60-year legacy as a Ugandan bank that has played a significant role in the socioeconomic development of the country, since its origins as a development finance institution.
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The GROW Project, funded by the World Bank and implemented by the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PFSU), aims to increase access to entrepreneurial services for women entrepreneurs across Uganda.
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dfcu Bank has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming lives, businesses, and communities across Uganda through its “60 Acts of Kindness” staff campaign with all the Bank’s staff around the country taking part in a series of corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives funded by both individual staff and bank contributions.
dfcu Bank has announced its financial results for the first half of fiscal year 2024, reporting an improved performance in Net profit after tax, which increased by 45% to UGX 42 billion in June 2024 from UGX 29 billion in June 2023