UDB TO HOST INAUGURAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE SUMMIT IN KAMPALA
Uganda Development Bank to Launch First-Ever Development Finance Summit in Kampala to Drive Economic Growth
The Uganda Development Bank (UDB) is convening the inaugural Uganda Development Finance Summit. UDB is the country’s national Development Finance Institution (DFI).
The highly anticipated Summit, scheduled for 1-2 September 2025 at the Speke Resort Convention Centre, Kampala, Uganda, will proceed under the theme, “Transforming Africa through National Development Finance Architecture.”
UDB Managing Director Dr Patricia Ojangole says this flagship event will bring together over 400 high-level participants drawn from government, national financial institutions, the private sector, academia and global finance practitioners to address the need to explore new financing options and approaches to unlock Africa’s economic potential.
"Through inclusive dialogue and strategic collaboration, the event aims to accelerate sustainable growth, address urgent development priorities, and chart a bold and pragmatic, forward-looking path for African economies;" Ojangole stressed.
Ojangole, further saud hosting the Development Finance Summit underscores UDB’s commitment to catalysing the development finance agenda on the African continent.
"The Summit will serve as a platform for dialogue, knowledge sharing, and partnership building, focusing on fostering inclusive growth, financing sustainable projects, and addressing the challenges faced by national development banks in Africa.;"Ojangole stated.
The Summit will convene over 400 participants from Africa and around the world, bringing together leading development finance institutions, policymakers, financiers, and thought leaders. Discussions will centre on pivotal themes including green and blended finance, financing industrial policy, strengthening agri-value chains, and scaling SME growth, all essential drivers to accelerate Africa’s sustainable economic transformation.
Organisers stressed that participants at the summit will gain invaluable insights, discover innovative solutions, and forge new partnerships as the summit focuses on and explores themes ranging from the Role of National Development Banks in Catalysing Sustainable Socio-Economic Development to Financing Industrial Policy in Africa, Creating Agri-Value Chains, and making SMEs work for Africa.
Uganda Development Bank Limited (UDB) is the country’s national Development Finance Institution (DFI) with a mandate to accelerate socio-economic development in Uganda through sustainable financial interventions. Consistent with this mandate, the Bank supports projects within the private sector that demonstrate potential to deliver high socio-economic value, in terms of job creation, improved production output, tax contribution and foreign exchange generation, among other outcomes.
