Gudula Naiga Basaza

"Women in Business sets dfcu apart as the bank is specifically looking to empower women."

"dfcu has been a trailblazer in promoting women in business, offering tailor-made support and networking opportunities to help them in their business endeavours."

"During one of first trainings in Isingiro district we took the women to open accounts in the bank."

"Many had never stepped in a banking hall before."

"When one woman got her ATM card she broke down and cried. *When I asked her what the problem was, she said that for the first time in her life she had a place to keep her money safely."

"Overall, more than 80,000 women are enrolled in the dfcu Women in Business Program."

"On the celebration of our 60th anniversary, we reaffirm our pledge to the women of Uganda- dfcu Bank is committed to walk the entirety of your financial journey with you."

"From our inception to date, we have fulfilled the the mandate of what we started in 2007 and we will continue to do so."

"Women who are half the population of the country, have been marginalized for a long time."

"By uplifting them you are unlocking their value which will not only be beneficial to them but to the society as a whole."

"Our management style seeks to satisfy the interests of the different categories of members ranging from individual to cooperative members."

"As the chairperson of the Board, I make decisions guided by strategic plans."

"I have an oversight over management for implementation."

"More women are getting involved in entrepreneurship legalising and professionalising their businesses with records."

"Women are no longer doing business as usual."

"More products by women are finding their way into supermarkets and other retail chains as women invest in branding and packaging."

"Looking at the history, most women were in agriculture but today more are taking up trade."

"We have diversification into construction and manufacturing."

"More women are also becoming information interested to keep up to date with market trends."

"They have taken up research and use it to improve on their products."

"Women make up 52.5% of the labour force and are an important pool of potential talent to help Uganda meet its development goals, especially in entrepreneurship and micro, small and medium enterprises growth."

"Women make up 52.5% of the labour force and are an important pool of potential talent to help Uganda meet its development goals."

"In entrepreneurship and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) growth."

"We created a platform where aspiring and women entrepreneurs come together to support each other."

"Women are taken through training to make them better business people."

"Women professionals in formal employment are not boldly going into business and when they choose to join, the biggest challenge is how to manage the business."

"Women join business not from a professional point of view but for reasons like getting an extra income or after loss of a job."

"UWEAL helps women depending on the challenges."

"For challenges of business management, we take women through how to manage business in terms of finance, human resource."

"With access to finance, the Women Investment Club helps together with the linkages we create with other financial institutions."

"We are addressing it through the cooperatives strategy to link women to markets."

"We put women together to have the volumes and product standards that can fit regional and global markets."

"We have created a database of markets, what is demanded, and in what quantities and standards."

"We are currently running a project with Trademark East Africa targeting 4000 women engaged in urban trade and 400 women who are engaged in light processing for export."

"Individual women business will grow by over 30% in the next few years."

"More women shall also have their products certified and access bigger markets."

"We have gathered information on export and more women are approaching us for export ideas."

"We may, however, not retain many women in agri-business as many are channeling towards manufacturing."