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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.

1997–2004Business development services, SME media and trainers for coffee, cotton and fish
2005–2010Cordaid Access to Markets and the national agricultural market information system
2011–2017Infotrade scales across districts, radio and mobile; Maalicard is born
2018–2026Value chains, NAMIS, weather alerts, digital payments and public-sector work
200+Assignments for 40+ funders and clients
97kFarmers on the Infotrade database, with 132 cooperatives
1.43mPeople reached with weather and market alerts (UNMA)
45Value-chain studies under the Cordaid programme
26Districts in the national market information system (Danida)
The trail, by category

What we have delivered

01

Market information systems

Infotrade and national market information for farmers, traders and government

  1. 2008–2010
    Danida ASPS / ABDC

    Designed Uganda’s national agricultural market information system: 26 districts, 46 commodities.

  2. 2010
    Cordaid

    Launched Infotrade, connecting farmers and traders to prices, weather and buyers; national market information services.

  3. 2011–2012
    Ministry of Local Government / UNCDF

    Market information systems for 8 districts and 2 municipalities.

  4. 2012–2014
    ABI Trust

    Public market information across 35 markets and 40 radio stations.

  5. 2018–2019
    TechnoServe (USAID Feed the Future)

    Infotrade platform for 8 producer organisations: membership, KYC and trading.

  6. 2021–2022
    Sasakawa Africa Association

    SMS market information for farmers in Kitgum and Abim.

  7. Ongoing
    Uganda National Meteorological Authority

    Weather and market alerts in 24 districts, reaching 1.43 million people.

  8. Ongoing
    Uganda Warehouse Receipt System Authority

    National Agricultural Market Information Service (NAMIS) portal with indicative prices from regional trading hubs.

02

Value chains & market linkages

Studies, bulking, branding and market entry for producers

  1. 2001–2004
    USAID Foodnet / ILO

    Export survey and quality system for dried-fruit exports.

  2. 2005–2010
    Cordaid Access to Markets

    Built the capacity of 9 faith-based organisations and 6 NGOs; ran 45 value-chain studies.

  3. —
    FAO (TCP/UGA/3601)

    Agribusiness growth through marketing systems and value addition.

  4. 2016–2017
    VECO East Africa

    Trading and information systems for 25,000 farmers in Uganda and Tanzania: maize, beans and rice.

  5. 2018–2020
    IUCN (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.

03

Farmer records & financial inclusion

Profiling, farm records, mobile money and prepaid cards

  1. 2013–2014
    Mercy Corps (AgriFin)

    Profiled 15,000 farmers in northern Uganda for mobile services; mobile information in 6 districts.

  2. —
    Ford Foundation

    FARMIS farm record book and digital records linking smallholders to credit and inputs.

  3. 2014–2016
    MTN Uganda

    Rural mobile-money franchise.

  4. 2014–2016
    Interswitch

    Maalicard prepaid card launched; more than 1,500 cards issued with two off-takers.

  5. 2021
    Maalicard Ltd

    Maalicard established as a company; customer funds held in escrow with Housing Finance Bank.

  6. To date
    Infotrade database

    97,000 farmers and 132 cooperatives profiled, with bio-data, enterprises, volumes and transactions.

04

Business development & training

Business development services, training of trainers and capacity building

  1. 1997
    FIT Uganda Ltd

    Founded on 7 August 1997 to provide business development services to small and medium enterprises.

  2. 2001–2004
    USAID COMPETE

    Trained 200 district trainers for the coffee, cotton and fish sectors.

  3. 2003–2004
    CARE Uganda · SNV · Irish Embassy

    Business development services market assessments.

  4. 2011–2012
    FAO · WFP P4P

    Training of trainers for farmer field schools on farming as a business.

  5. —
    Schools

    Financial literacy seminars for young learners.

05

Research, M&E & assessments

Baselines, evaluations, market assessments and dashboards

  1. 2012–2014
    IFPRI

    Food Africa baseline.

  2. 2018
    NAADS Secretariat

    Agricultural inputs market assessment in 25 districts.

  3. Various
    ILO · VECO · Malaria Consortium

    Baselines, mid-term and final evaluations, market assessments and dashboards.

06

Governance & public sector

Accountability, institutional development and public recruitment

  1. —
    Parliament of Uganda

    Co-designed the Parliamentary Performance Scorecard and public accountability and governance scorecards.

  2. —
    Uganda National Meteorological Authority

    Institutional systems strengthening and policy advisory for data reporting and governance.

  3. —
    Uganda Warehouse Receipt System Authority

    Strategic advisory, market-entry strategy and stakeholder sensitisation for structured commodity trading.

  4. 2025
    Uganda Electoral Commission

    HR policies and recruitment of Election Officers.

  5. 2026
    Uganda Electoral Commission

    Independent recruitment of District and Assistant District Election Administrators (ref. EC/Cons.Srvcs/2026-2027/00039). See Recruitment.

07

Business media

Information for small firms through radio and print

  1. 1999–2003
    CBS · 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.

Recognition & publications

Awards and knowledge

2016

ACIA–UCC Overall ICT Award for Innovation

Awarded to Infotrade.

2020

Global Gold Award in Quality Assurance

Awarded to FIT Uganda.

2005 · 2013

University of Manchester

eCommerce for Small Enterprise Development handbook and the Inclusive Innovation working paper.

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