Uganda SMEs

In a room filled with policymakers, investors, and entrepreneurs at Four Points by Sheraton in Kololo, Kate Kiiza leaned into a truth many founders carry quietly: in Uganda, building a business is rarely just about hustle. It is also about surviving the weather of the economy. Kiiza, dfcu Bank’s executive director and chief corporate and institutional banking officer, was speaking at the Netherlands Uganda Trade & Investment Platform (NUTIP) forum during a panel titled “Scaling Through Support, Access to Finance and Services Ventures.” The theme was technical, but her message was human. Entrepreneurship, she said, is a long road that…