In 2017 aBi contracted Financial Access (East Africa) Ltd to conduct and validate value chain analyses for the specific value chains of maize, coffee, rice, sunflower, sesame and chilli, and to deliver training on agricultural value chain financing to 150 of aBi’s partner Financial Institutions (FIs) staff including; Credit Officers, Credit Administrators, and Branch Managers. […]

Delight (UG) Ltd won the Corporate Social Responsibility award, in the agri-business category, at the Private Sector Development Awards 2017, held on the 14th September 2017 at Royal Suites Hotel, Kampala. The awards were organized by Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU). This award was in recognition of the company’s role in enhancing improved mango […]

aBi participated in the 25th Source of the Nile National Agricultural Show from 17th – 23rd July 2017 in Jinja. The main objective of aBi’s participation in the show was to create national awareness on aBi’s products and services, and also showcase the impact aBi is making in the agricultural business sector. This was in […]

aBi Finance sponsored and participated in the 1st Annual Bankers Conference on 19th July 2017 at Kampala Serena Hotel under the theme, “The Future of Banking”. The event was organized by Uganda Bankers’ Association and it attracted industry experts involved in facilitating and delivering financial and banking service within Uganda and across the East African […]

Q: During the recent US Agricultural Trade Mission meeting in Kampala, you hinted something on repayable, concessional financing, a financing which you plan to offer in the medium term. You also said you will work out deals with finance institutions, to bring down the 12% interest that the Agricultural Credit Facility at BOU (ACF) offered […]

Agribusiness in Uganda is in a crisis. The case of the Uganda Land Alliance where large fraud and misuse of donor funds was detected, doesn’t stand alone. It is rather symbolic for a much wider trend, as demonstrated by the growing number of non-performing loans in the banking sector, which were partly due to the […]

In the face of scarce resources with competing priorities, the significance of employing a true partnership to leverage resources in Agribusiness Development cannot be over emphasized. Currently, there is a high and growing demand for agricultural produce locally, regionally and globally, the biggest challenge clearly lies in the supply side. The effects of climate change […]

aBi is proud to be associated with the Seeds of Gold initiative of Monitor Publications Ltd as it is in line with our strategic objective of strengthening the competitiveness of Uganda’s agricultural and agro-processing sectors, through provision of various interventions including: Value Chain Development (dairy, horticulture, coffee, cereals, pulses and oilseeds); Financial Services Development (including […]

  On 15th May 2017, Agricultural Business Initiative (aBi) entered into partnership with Monitor Publications Ltd to fund the 2017 Seeds of Gold campaign with UGX 100,000,000 to support the execution of the farm clinics and the Climate Smart Symposium. Approximately 80% of Ugandans depend on agriculture either as their main occupation, supplementary source of income […]

aBi Group participated in the just concluded Northern Uganda Agricultural Business Initiative Expo in Lira District from 10th to 14th April 2017. The expo targeted all agribusiness stakeholders from the Lango Sub Region, Northern Uganda. The main objective of aBi Group’s participation was to tap the northern Uganda agribusiness window opportunity as a means of […]