Description
The Support to Agricultural Revitalization & Transformation (START) is a blended finance facility providing a customized mix of Business Development Services, project development and finance structuring services, and financial products in the form of concessional and zero interest loans, technical assistance grants and partial credit guarantees.
The START Facility is implemented by the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in partnership with Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU) and Uganda Development Bank Ltd (UDB).
Contacts
START Programme Manager: deus.tirwakunda@undf.org
Dr. Jenifer Bukokhe-Wakhungu
DINU-UNCDF Programme Manager
jenifer.bukokhe@uncdf.org
ADDITIONAL FMC INFO
Offer access to technical assistance and affordable medium-term finance for agricultural value adding projects across Uganda.
Support projects that contribute to economic empowerment of women and youth.
Encourage projects that aim at reducing environmental risks and ecological scarcities, promote green economy.
Contribute to development of refugee hosting areas and leverage the refugee potential for local development.
Make START a sustainable and adequately capitalized facility to provide technical assistance and capital to SME agrobusinesses nationally.
