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    How dfcu Bank Helped Agnes Mbabazi Turn Agrifarm Into a Ugandan Agribusiness Force

    Paul Murungi100 Women Fixing UgandaThe Big StoryWomen In LeadershipMarch 8, 2026March 8, 2026

    As Uganda celebrates International Women’s Day 2026, Agnes Mbabazi’s success story of building Agrifarm Uganda, an agro-input business, is one of the stories featured in “She Powers Uganda’s Economy —…

    An entrepreneur showcases some of her products during the dfcu Rising Woman Expo on November 14. The expo is empowering women-led enterprises with training, mentorship, and market access, helping entrepreneurs strengthen their businesses, gain visibility, and build the skills needed to drive sustainable growth across Uganda.

    How the dfcu Rising Woman Initiative is Transforming Women Businesses

    Jeff WintersCompany NewsNovember 20, 2025November 20, 2025

    dfcu Bank, in partnership with Monitor Publications Limited, is steadily deepening its investment in women-led enterprises through the Rising Woman Expo. The flagship platform has grown into one of Uganda’s…

    Fired Up to Rise: How dfcu’s Rising Woman Initiative Helped Lynette Akol to Build Uganda’s Frozen Fruit Empire

    Brian EmorutBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsOctober 22, 2025October 29, 2025

    When you first meet Lynette Akol, her calm demeanor does not immediately reveal the fiery entrepreneurial drive beneath. But once she starts talking about Krystal Ice Limited, her voice comes…

    Doreen Atuheire Kabachelor, the Head of dfcu Women in Business, says the program targets women-led SMEs, including those structured as sole proprietorships or companies where women own at least 50% of the shares.

    Unlocking Her Economy: How dfcu Bank’s Women in Business is Reshaping the Entrepreneurial Landscape

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsSponsored ContentWomen In LeadershipJuly 2, 2025July 2, 2025

    In Uganda’s evolving entrepreneurial landscape, where the promise of entrepreneurship often ends at the gates of gender inequality, dfcu Bank is quietly building a new gateway—one designed not just for…

    Doreen Atuheire Kabachelor is the Head of dfcu Women in Business

    Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJune 19, 2025June 19, 2025

    Doreen has over 15 years’ banking experience with a specialized focus on customer experience, acquisition, retention, business growth, financial literacy, and relationship management. She has previously served in different roles…

    Persistence, Product, and People: Lessons from Victoria Basemera’s 12-Year Journey.

    Brian EmorutSponsored ContentWomen In LeadershipJune 16, 2025June 16, 2025

    In Uganda’s high-failure SME landscape, where most small businesses don’t make it past their fifth year, Victoria Basemera, founder of Extreme Little Stars Limited, has not only survived but grown…

    Fired-Up! Charles Mudiwa’s 2024 Big dfcu Bank Turnaround 

    CEO East Africa MagazineNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryApril 3, 2025April 13, 2025

    When dfcu Bank in January 2017, acquired Crane Bank, then one of the five largest Banks in Uganda, for UGX200 billion, it had been hoped that dfcu’s market share fortunes…

    Powering Uganda’s Future: How dfcu Bank is Redefining Women Entrepreneurship: an Exclusive Interview with the Chief Retail Banking Officer at dfcu Bank.

    Brian EmorutBanking & Financial ServicesNews & AnalysisThought LeadershipMarch 31, 2025May 2, 2025

    For decades, dfcu Bank has been at the forefront of economic transformation in Uganda. It has played a pivotal role in empowering women entrepreneurs, breaking financial barriers, and enabling thousands…

    MTN Uganda Unveils 118 Women Suppliers under its Advancing Women Entrepreneurs Program

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisWomen In LeadershipMarch 20, 2024March 20, 2024

    As part of its continued commitment to empowering and uplifting women in business across Uganda, MTN Uganda this week unveiled a group of 118 exceptional women entrepreneurs that the telco…

    FACTS BEHIND THE FIGURES: dfcu banks on transforming lives and businesses through innovation and empowering Ugandans 

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsNews & AnalysisThe Big StoryApril 4, 2023April 4, 2023

    Dfcu Limited, the holding company for dfcu Bank, last week released its 2022 results reporting that net profit grew by 217% from UGX9.3 billion in 2021 to UGX29.5 billion in…

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