RENEW Strategies

This SME recycles or refurbishes used and obsolete computers and peripherals. Whenever possible, computers are refurbished and when necessary, upgraded, to reenter the local market through resale. Remaining computers and peripherals are recycled for rare metals and other valuable material that is sold via exports.

Labeled under their own well-recognized brand, this SME produces and packages 18 meat and poultry products for the upper-half of the Ugandan market. The SME is able to sell at a lower cost into the Ugandan market than other competitors with a similar quality product. The SME currently purchases poultry and meat from 110 local suppliers.

This business is in the Ugandan construction industry, specializing in construction and rehabilitation of buildings and infrastructure. The SME seeks approximately $6m of financing to purchase equipment and hire approximately 150 new staff to expand operations. Investment in this business will result in job creation and provide trade skill training to Ugandans. The SME currently has no outstanding loans, and has posted a significant net profit each of its three years of operation.

This SME manufactures self-contained domestic solar water heaters which costs a quarter of the price of currently imported units, affordable for even low-income households. The heaters are a technological breakthrough that will benefit not only the rural poor in the developing world, but potentially developed markets as well. They are more reliable than current models, as they use less complex machinery, and use no electricity or fuel to operate, providing additional environmental benefit.

The business processes cereal grains such as maize, soya beans, millet, groundnuts, simsim, rice, into a wide range of food products, including cereal, beverages, and ingredients for other high-nutrition foods.

Grains processed by the business are currently sold at comparatively low prices throughout Uganda, helping increase the nutrition and health of the population. Locally processed natural foods help alleviate nutritional shortages, cost less for the poor to purchase, and add value to raw crops, benefiting the local economy and improving Uganda’s trade balance.

The business seeks financing to expand operations to meet increased demand for information and communications consulting and technology (ICT) products. ICT services offered by this business include: ICT Consultancy, regulatory consultancy and support, ICT systems integration, infrastructure roll out, ICT technical support, and web content development.

The business seeks to establish ferry routes across Lake Victoria to connect the urban centers of Uganda with communities in other countries bordering the lake. Through restoration of transportation on this East African waterway, the company seeks to create a profitable business and increase economic activity in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya.

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The SME provides a full range of IT, network and computer hardware design and installation services for businesses, nonprofits, and the government in Uganda. With growing demand for services due to performance history and the recent broadband connection to Uganda, the SME seeks additional financing to purchase new equipment and hire staff to expand operations. The business currently has no existing loans, low liabilities, and low fixed costs. Investors should expect a healthy return in what projects to be a low-risk, market leading business in an extremely high-growth industry.

The SME processes high-value crops into finished organic products and seeks investment to finance the purchase of raw vanilla and cocoa from farmers and to build improved processing stations and dryers. The SME buys products directly from 1,000 small farmers, much of which comes from the formerly war-torn North Kivu Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The revenue created for the farmers and technical assistance provided by this business offer hope to devastated communities and displaced people returning to their homes for the first time after years in refugee camps

This business seeks investment to finance a facility for processing bananans and other fruits into high quality, natural products for sale into local and international markets. The business will benefit 5,000 local farmers by purchasing from them and offering training and seeds from higher quality plants.