Government of Uganda · MoFPED · Wealth Creation Initiative

INVITE — Investment for Industrial Transformation & Employment

Started MoFPED · INVITE Trust · Implemented by MoFPED · INVITE Trust

Investment for Industrial Transformation & Employment: World Bank + Multi-Donor Trust Fund credit deployed through product windows (soft loans, working capital, export credit, term loans, guarantees and TA grants) via participating financial institutions to manufacturing and export value chains, tracked against a 200,000-jobs target.

Fund size

UGX 800.00 bn

Disbursed

UGX 320.80 bn

Beneficiaries

6,000

Repayments

Pending

Disbursement by financial year

FYProjectsDisbursedMaleFemaleTotal
2019/20UGX 19.25 bn230130360
2020/21UGX 35.29 bn653367660
2021/22UGX 51.33 bn1,267713960
2022/231,258UGX 83.78 bn2,0741,1661,258
2023/242,268UGX 153.52 bn2,9181,6422,268
2024/252,474UGX 168.90 bn3,8402,1602,474

Sector / activity breakdown

SectorProjectsAmountShare
Agro-Industrialization1,801UGX 123.61 bn
Uganda Development Bank678UGX 52.83 bn
Centenary Bank717UGX 52.48 bn
MSME Soft Loans2,003UGX 17.46 bn
Manufacturing1,705UGX 116.72 bn
Housing Finance Bank705UGX 49.90 bn
Light Engineering850UGX 51.67 bn
SME Working Capital1,583UGX 76.26 bn
Equity Bank Uganda653UGX 49.22 bn
Export Credit805UGX 139.20 bn
Textiles & Apparel700UGX 51.13 bn
DFCU Bank699UGX 48.31 bn
Large-Industry Term Loan453UGX 133.98 bn
Mineral-Based Industry486UGX 34.79 bn
Credit Guarantee702UGX 24.99 bn
Stanbic Bank Uganda734UGX 47.78 bn
Tourism Value Chains458UGX 28.28 bn
KCB Bank Uganda673UGX 46.36 bn
Technical Assistance454UGX 14.31 bn
Absa Bank Uganda687UGX 44.99 bn

Regional distribution

RegionBeneficiariesAmountShare
Central2,994UGX 196.18 bn48.3%
Western1,409UGX 101.33 bn24.9%
Eastern1,123UGX 79.46 bn19.6%
Northern474UGX 29.23 bn7.2%