In rural Uganda, poverty is a pervasive reality that affects every aspect of life. But our organization, Kisoboka Africa, is working tirelessly to change that reality. With a focus on scaling deep, Kisoboka Africa is making a lasting impact on the communities it serves in Lwengo district. Kisoboka Africa’s work centres on empowering local entrepreneurs to rise from poverty to …
At Kisoboka Africa, we are passionate about promoting financial inclusion and economic empowerment in rural underserved communities of Africa. One of the ways we do this is through co-creating and working with school community banks, which are saving and lending groups established within schools to provide access to basic financial services. School community banks have become a popular mechanism for …
Kisoboka Africa is transforming rural communities in Uganda through creating School Community Banks (SCOBAs) & promoting saving. In these SCOBAs, community members save together & access funds to start income-generating activities & support their children’s education. The organisation has started over 100 Saving groups (SCOBAs) in over 50 villages across Lwengo district. One such a community is the one in …
Usage of financial services in Kyasenya Village generally remains low, resulting in large numbers of people being excluded from services that could improve their livelihoods. The poverty rate in this area has been high and people were struggling to educate their children or buy basic home needs. But this is changing because of the presence of Kisoboka Africa School Community Bank (SCOBA) in this …
These women have found a way with Kisoboka Africa through the Sch*ool Community Banks(SCOBA) Model, They are saving for their dreams and changing their communities for the better. The organisation has so far started more than 90 groups in the rural communities of Lwengo. SCOBAs bring together community members together on a weekly basis to save together and practice strategies …
In 2015 while working with rural schools in Lwengo District and Lyantonde district, our co-founders realised most children where droping out of schools because their parents had no savings, lacked sustainable sources of income and their families were in dire poverty. This problem is not unique to Lwengo District in Uganda. Reports from the Centre For Financial Inclusion indicate that …
The Youth in Lwengo are going through a Design Thinking process to improve their agricultural ventures. The main facilitator is Katende Stephen , the team leader Kisoboka Africa & he took them through the IDEATION process. According to IDEOU, Design thinking is a human-centered approach to innovation—anchored in understanding customer’s needs, rapid prototyping, and generating creative ideas—that transform the way products, services, processes, …
Kisoboka Africa officially launches the Youth Agribusiness enhancement Program in Lwengo district supported by the YALI Visibility Fund. The program will support 18 youths to learn more about agribusiness value addition to improve their livelihoods. With support from the YALI RLC Alumni Ug through YALI Visibilty Fund by the US Mission Uganda, the youth will go through an agribusiness training …
Our Team Leader Attended SBS’s Global Partners Gathering in Kampala. Thanks to MNS Foundation!In picture above; Stephen & Julie at SBS Gathering of leadersIn the Past Week, our Team Leader @katendes1 & Julie-Anne of @AEProgram attended Street Business School‘s VERY FIRST global gathering of their Global Partner Network. A special thank you to to the M Night Shyamalan Foundationfor making all this happen. Both leaders, Stephen and …
Kisoboka now has 69 SCOBAs. Our Programs Team is doing amazing work sensitizing communities in rural Lwengo and forming New SCOBAs. Seen above is our Programs Lead speaking to Kasana School parents about the benefits of saving and school community banks. Kisoboka Africa has already created 69 SCOBAs and our aim is to have 100+ by end of 2022. When …
