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Presentation about the Corner Shop Diaries Project during a recent L-IFT global staff meeting by the Project Manager Mhlalisi Ncube.  

Part Two The Finbit Experience as a Tool for the RISE Project                                      In the previous blog, we have discussed about what the RISE project is all about and its purpose in the life of the refugees in Uganda. It also … Continued

Part One What is the RISE project? The RISE Project is an initiative from Opportunity International together with a number of partners, including OBUL, FINCA International and FINCA Uganda, PHB Development, and L-IFT. RISE stands for Refugees: Innovation, Self-reliance, and … Continued

Uganda Refugee Policy has been acknowledged as the most progressive one in the world. It allows refugees to have freedom of movement, the right to work and the freedom to establish business. This intends for refugees to attain some level … Continued

This photo was taken in July 2016 at the first training of FEDU (Financial and Energy Diaries Uganda). The team in the photo is each doing very well and keeping in touch amongst them and also with L-IFT. Let’s continue … Continued

Corner-shops have paramount importance of operating as a gateway to communities specially during the difficult time of the pandemic. The mitigation measures that were taken by the government to slow down COVID-19 is presumed to affect the daily operation of … Continued

This Article is posted as part of NextBillion’s article series. It is entirely taken from there. It is written by our Managing Director Anne Marie van Swinderen.  Editor’s note: This article is part of NextBillion’s series “Enterprise in the Time of … Continued

In L-IFT podcast #4, Andrew Magunda, L-IFT’s country manager in Uganda, is interviewing Haimanot Yibeltal, L-IFT’s technology manager, about Finbit, L-IFT’s app he developed with his excellent IT team in Ethiopia in order to collect financial data.     

For some years now, L-IFT has developed an app named Finbit. The app is now in use. We use it for financial diaries data collection. But the app is also intended for the respondents themselves, to use for their own … Continued

Welcome to our third L-IFT podcast. This time, Anne Marie van Swinderen, L-IFT’s managing director, will be interviewing L-IFT’s country manager in Uganda Andrew Magunda about his organization, CareerPath, which helps young people transition from school to work.