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Partners & clients

For nearly 30 years FIT has worked with government ministries and agencies, development partners, financial institutions and farmer organisations to build markets, data systems and stronger institutions across Uganda and East Africa.

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Who we work with

More than 40 funders, clients and partners

Government ministries & agencies

Policy, market information, climate services and public institutions

Coat of arms of Uganda — **Ministry of Trade, Industry & Cooperatives**Trade and cooperative development; market systems and the warehouse receipt system

Uganda Electoral CommissionHR policies and independent recruitment of election administrators

Uganda National Meteorological AuthorityWeather and market alerts in 24 districts; institutional strengthening

Uganda Warehouse Receipt System AuthorityNAMIS market information portal and strategic advisory

Also: NAADS Secretariat · Ministry of Local Government · Parliament of Uganda

Development partners & NGOs

Value chains, market access, capacity building and research

IUCNShea value chain in Otuke and Alebtong

FAOMarketing systems, value addition and farmer field schools

TechnoServeInfotrade platform for 8 producer organisations (USAID)

Sasakawa Africa AssociationSMS market information in Kitgum and Abim

GOALDevelopment partner

Africa Leadership InstituteTechnical advisory and policy briefs

NAWOUNational Association of Women’s Organisations in Uganda

Also: Cordaid · Danida · ABI Trust · Ford Foundation · VECO East Africa · Mercy Corps · USAID · UNDP · UNCDF · ILO · DFID · CARE · SNV · WFP · IFPRI · GIZ · Malaria Consortium · Irish Embassy · University of Manchester

Financial & private sector

Payments, escrow, agency banking and mobile money

Centenary BankBanking partner

Housing Finance BankEscrow for Maalicard customer funds

Also: MTN Uganda (rural mobile-money franchise) · Interswitch (Maalicard prepaid card)

Farmer & producer organisations

Cooperatives and marketing societies we support directly

Yao En Lonyo Producer & Marketing SocietyShea products, Alebtong — with IUCN

Yao En Yat Kwo Producer & Marketing SocietyShea products — with IUCN

Also: 132 cooperatives and 97,000 farmers profiled on the Infotrade database. Services to cooperatives & associations →

FIT Group platforms

Our own services that partners use

InfotradeMarket information since 2010

NAMISNational Agricultural Market Information Service

MaalicardPrepaid cards and wallets

In the field

Partnership in practice

IUCN

Shea market development

Market linkages, cooperative structures and value-addition skills for shea producers in Otuke and Alebtong, with 340 beneficiaries, 80% of them women.

Uganda Electoral Commission

Institutional capacity

HR policies and a structured recruitment process that brought in election officers, followed by the independent 2026 recruitment of district election administrators.

UNMA

Climate data that reaches farmers

Institutional systems strengthening and weather and market alerts in 24 districts, reaching 1.43 million people.

UWRSA

Structured commodity trading

Market-entry strategy, stakeholder sensitisation and the NAMIS portal linking smallholders to certified warehouses.

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Let’s work together.

Development partners, ministries, financial institutions and cooperatives: tell us what you want to achieve and we will propose a co-creation approach.

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