Nearly 30 years of works completed
From a business development consultancy for small enterprises in 1997 to Uganda’s first private agricultural market information service, farmer and cooperative records and digital payments. FIT Insights Limited took over all FIT Uganda programmes on 12 April 2017.
What we have delivered
Market information systems
Infotrade and national market information for farmers, traders and government
- 2008–2010Danida ASPS / ABDC
Designed Uganda’s national agricultural market information system: 26 districts, 46 commodities.
- 2010Cordaid
Launched Infotrade, connecting farmers and traders to prices, weather and buyers; national market information services.
- 2011–2012Ministry of Local Government / UNCDF
Market information systems for 8 districts and 2 municipalities.
- 2012–2014ABI Trust
Public market information across 35 markets and 40 radio stations.
- 2018–2019TechnoServe (USAID Feed the Future)
Infotrade platform for 8 producer organisations: membership, KYC and trading.
- 2021–2022Sasakawa Africa Association
SMS market information for farmers in Kitgum and Abim.
- OngoingUganda National Meteorological Authority
Weather and market alerts in 24 districts, reaching 1.43 million people.
- OngoingUganda Warehouse Receipt System Authority
National Agricultural Market Information Service (NAMIS) portal with indicative prices from regional trading hubs.
Value chains & market linkages
Studies, bulking, branding and market entry for producers
- 2001–2004USAID Foodnet / ILO
Export survey and quality system for dried-fruit exports.
- 2005–2010Cordaid Access to Markets
Built the capacity of 9 faith-based organisations and 6 NGOs; ran 45 value-chain studies.
- —FAO (TCP/UGA/3601)
Agribusiness growth through marketing systems and value addition.
- 2016–2017VECO East Africa
Trading and information systems for 25,000 farmers in Uganda and Tanzania: maize, beans and rice.
- 2018–2020IUCN (UNDP)
Shea value chain in Otuke and Alebtong with the Yao En Lonyo and Yao En Yat Kwo producer and marketing societies: 340 beneficiaries, 80% women.
Farmer records & financial inclusion
Profiling, farm records, mobile money and prepaid cards
- 2013–2014Mercy Corps (AgriFin)
Profiled 15,000 farmers in northern Uganda for mobile services; mobile information in 6 districts.
- —Ford Foundation
FARMIS farm record book and digital records linking smallholders to credit and inputs.
- 2014–2016MTN Uganda
Rural mobile-money franchise.
- 2014–2016Interswitch
Maalicard prepaid card launched; more than 1,500 cards issued with two off-takers.
- 2021Maalicard Ltd
Maalicard established as a company; customer funds held in escrow with Housing Finance Bank.
- To dateInfotrade database
97,000 farmers and 132 cooperatives profiled, with bio-data, enterprises, volumes and transactions.
Business development & training
Business development services, training of trainers and capacity building
- 1997FIT Uganda Ltd
Founded on 7 August 1997 to provide business development services to small and medium enterprises.
- 2001–2004USAID COMPETE
Trained 200 district trainers for the coffee, cotton and fish sectors.
- 2003–2004CARE Uganda · SNV · Irish Embassy
Business development services market assessments.
- 2011–2012FAO · WFP P4P
Training of trainers for farmer field schools on farming as a business.
- —Schools
Financial literacy seminars for young learners.
Research, M&E & assessments
Baselines, evaluations, market assessments and dashboards
- 2012–2014IFPRI
Food Africa baseline.
- 2018NAADS Secretariat
Agricultural inputs market assessment in 25 districts.
- VariousILO · VECO · Malaria Consortium
Baselines, mid-term and final evaluations, market assessments and dashboards.
Governance & public sector
Accountability, institutional development and public recruitment
- —Parliament of Uganda
Co-designed the Parliamentary Performance Scorecard and public accountability and governance scorecards.
- —Uganda National Meteorological Authority
Institutional systems strengthening and policy advisory for data reporting and governance.
- —Uganda Warehouse Receipt System Authority
Strategic advisory, market-entry strategy and stakeholder sensitisation for structured commodity trading.
- 2025Uganda Electoral Commission
HR policies and recruitment of Election Officers.
- 2026Uganda Electoral Commission
Independent recruitment of District and Assistant District Election Administrators (ref. EC/Cons.Srvcs/2026-2027/00039). See Recruitment.
Business media
Information for small firms through radio and print
- 1999–2003CBS · ILO/DFID · Daily Monitor
CBS SME radio magazine, weekly MSE newspaper supplements and the Money Monitor, which became Monitor’s Business Week.
Dates are as recorded in FIT’s assignment files. “—” means the period is on file but not published here.
Awards and knowledge
ACIA–UCC Overall ICT Award for Innovation
Awarded to Infotrade.
Global Gold Award in Quality Assurance
Awarded to FIT Uganda.
University of Manchester
eCommerce for Small Enterprise Development handbook and the Inclusive Innovation working paper.
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