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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS OF THE CITI
MICROENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS.
Citibank Uganda Ltd Public Affairs Officer - Clare
Bagorogoza Jjombwe hands over a certificate and
cheque to Gideon Tinka
AMFIU President - Mr. Wilson Twamuhabwa hands over a plaque and cheque
worth UGX 7.5M to the Silver winner - Margret Onyot
Minister of State for Microfinance, Hon. Caroline Amali Okao hands over a plaque and cheque worth UGX 15M to
the Platinum winner - Fr. Vincent Tumwebaze
C
itibank
Uganda
Limited
together with The Association
of
Microfinance
Institutions
in Uganda (AMFIU) would like to
congratulate all the winners of the 2013
Citi Microentrepreneurship Awards. The
awards that started in 2006 and funded
by the Citi Foundation, promote the
effective role that microfinance plays in
poverty alleviation.
In the past 7 years, Citi has committed
more than USD 500,000 to micro
enterprise development in Uganda
In Uganda the awards are organized
annually by Citibank Uganda Limited
in partnership with The Association of
Microfinance Institutions in Uganda
(AMFIU) to raise awareness about the
importance of Microentrepreneurship
and microfinance in supporting the
financial inclusion and economic
empowerment
of
low-income
individuals. The program also seeks to
recognize the extraordinary contributions
that individual microentrepreneurs have
made to the economic sustainability
of their families as well as their
communities.
This year, the awards ceremony was
presided over by the Minister of State
for Microfinance, Hon. Caroline Amali
Okao.
A total of Uganda shillings 70,000,000
was given out to 35 microentrepreneurs.
The microentrepreneurs were selected
from clients of MDIs, MFIs and SACCOs
who had exhibited excellence in
areas of business growth, employment
creation,
sustainability,
innovation
and their impact to their families and
communities. It included women, youth
& persons with disability.
The categories included the overall
Platinum winner, a Gold winner, a silver
winner and several bronze winners.
Each of them took home a cash prize
and a plaque. Other winners were given
certificates and cash prizes.
The Platinum winner was Fr. Tumwebaze
Vincent who was awarded UGX
15 Million. He runs a women and
youth empowerment development
foundation that supports them to make
small savings and engage in income
generating activities. Many of the
AMFIU Executive Director - Mr. David Baguma hands over a plaque and
cheque worth UGX 4M to the Persons with disability (PWD) winner - David
Sajjabi
Citibank Uganda Ltd Managing Director - Chinedu Ikwudinma hands over a plaque and cheque
worth UGX 10M to the Gold winner - Solomon Amanyabyona
women have been supported to grow
beet-root and in the first season earned
over sixty five million shillings. Some of
the unemployed women have formed
a very successful crafts group while the
girls dropping out of school are trained
in tailoring and supported to be self
employed. A health centre which was
started as a maternity to assist poor
mothers has been expanded into a fully
fledged medical facility with inpatient
facilities. He also runs a supermarket,
bakery and a modern girl’s school.
The Gold winner was Amanyabyona
Solomon who was awarded UGX 10
Million, a youth and a civil engineering
graduate who decided to venture
into private business rather than seek
employment. He set up a modern
carpentry workshop that also makes
pool tables. He has expanded his
business to include grain milling and a
hardware shop.
The Silver winner was Margret Onyot who
was awarded UGX 7.5 Million, a woman
who overcame many challenges to
build a health facility that provides a
very essential health service to the rural
community of Kaliro. Upon completing
her course in midwifery in Northern
Uganda, she was forced to relocate to
Kaliro because of the war. She started by
earning 80,000, but she was determined
to start up her own business clinic.
Today she runs Dr. Ambrosoli memorial
health care centre that screens cervical
cancer patients.
The best Person with disability (PWD)
entrepreneur was Sajjabi David who
was awarded a cash prize of UGX
4 Million. He excelled in developing
leather products which he operates
in 3 branches. He demonstrated that
disability is not inability by using his loans
prudently to produce a wide range of
leather products that are in demand
and are affordable. He has trained many
school dropouts which has enabled
them to start their own enterprises.
He has become a role model in the
community
The bronze winners were 11 in number
and each was awarded UGX 2
Million. The next category of winners
were awarded a certificate each
accompanied by a cash prize of UGX
550,000.
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