Uganda Network of Businesses (UNB)

Overview

• Founded & Registered: 2006 as a not‑for‑profit business membership organization .

• Type & Size: Nonprofit/NGO in business consulting with approximately 2–10 employees .

• Mission: Empower entrepreneurs to start, sustain, and grow safe, legal, ethical businesses for inclusive, sustainable livelihoods while leaving no one behind .

🎯 Core Services & Activities

1. Capacity Building & Training

   • Business clinics, mentoring, workshops for entrepreneurs and job seekers .

2. Evidence-Based Advocacy & Policy Engagement

   • Public policy reviews, regulatory impact assessments (RIA), poverty/social impact analyses (PSIA) .

   • Advocacy aimed at reducing business costs and improving the regulatory environment .

3. Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning

   • Tracking policy implementation with accountability measures .

4. Networking & Linkages

   • Connecting MSMEs with larger corporations to facilitate value chain integration .

5. Research, Innovation & Information

   • Conducting surveys, establishing an information center, sharing business-relevant knowledge .

🏅 Achievements & Initiatives

• Set up a business information centre and secured office space near Pimbas Secondary, Kawempe Division .

• Launched a SACCO-style savings group to encourage entrepreneurship and capital access .

• Organized training workshops on entrepreneurship, regulatory best practices, RIA, and PSIA .

👥 Leadership

• Executive Director: Dr. Abubakar Muhammad Moki (PhD in Economic Policy & Planning), appointed in 2024 after serving as Commissioner for Policy Development & Capacity Building at the Office of the President’s Cabinet Secretariat (2019–2023) .

  • He’s spearheading regulatory best practice institutionalization and enabling evidence‑based advocacy .

🌐 Governance & Structure

• A Board chaired by Abubakar Moki (as of a 2007 concept note), alongside lawyers, micro-finance specialists, IT experts, accountants, and health professionals .

🔭 Vision & Strategic Goals

• Vision: A thriving, sustainable business culture across Uganda that contributes to poverty eradication and prosperity .

• Key Objectives:

  • Support youth, graduates, wage earners to launch businesses.

  • Promote sustainable MSME growth and generational business continuity.

  • Improve regulatory environments through analysis and public‑sector engagement .

📄 Contact & Website

• Website: ugnb.org Email for internships: info@ugnb.org

• Mailing address (from concept note): P.O. Box 35245, Kampala (near Pimbas Sec. School, Kawempe) .

In summary, UNB is a well‑established Ugandan nonprofit (since 2006) that supports MSMEs through training, advocacy, networking, and research—with a leadership that bridges public policy and entrepreneurship.