About GROW

GROW project is a Government of Uganda initiative that arose out of the need to respond to the needs of women entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses, sustain their self-employment and create more jobs. The Project Development Objective (PDO) is to increase access to entrepreneurial services that enable female entrepreneurs to grow their enterprises in targeted locations, including in refugee hosting districts (RHDs).

Our Mandate

The mandate of the GROW Project is to increase access to entrepreneurial services that enable female entrepreneurs to grow their businesses

Project Target beneficiaries

Female owned enterprises (including 3,000 refugee-owned business)
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Women entrepreneurs & employees (including 42,000 refugees and 14,000 host community members)
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Indirect beneficiaries, including family members, communities, suppliers, service providers, and distributers of women enterprises products.
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Project Components

The project is implemented using a “wrap-around” approach comprising a package of integrated services under four components. The package of services aims at empowering women entrepreneurs to grow and transition from micro to small or from small to medium and improve their productivity. The project is implemented through four components and their accompanying subcomponents.

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