$200K+
SME financing unlocked
Fuel growth with capital that understands your business.
Access grants, working-capital support, and growth financing informed by the sales and inventory data you already run on Uzapoint.
SME Empowerment Fund overview
The SME Empowerment Fund connects verified business performance with practical capital, so owners invest in stock, staff, and expansion without leaving the platform they trust.
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Data-informed eligibility
Offers are assessed using live Uzapoint transaction, inventory, and branch performance history.
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Flexible deployment
Use approved funds for stock purchases, equipment, marketing, or short-term cash-flow gaps.
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Ongoing coaching
Selected businesses receive check-ins from our success team to improve utilisation and repayment outcomes.
1,000+
SMEs trained in workshops
30+
Capital workshops held
Good work that travels beyond our walls
The Sustainable Development Goals are not a checklist for us. They are the everyday proof we see in open shops, confident teams, and towns that stay connected to opportunity.
We work alongside shop owners, field teams, and local partners to strengthen livelihoods, open learning paths, and bring more women and young entrepreneurs into the room.
That is how global goals become local progress: mothers keeping shelves stocked, apprentices finishing their first sale, and owners who can finally see their whole business in one place.
No poverty
Quality education
Gender equality
Decent work
Industry & innovation
Reduced inequalities
Partnerships
Across our programs today, 25% of participating businesses are women-led, 80% of workshop participants are young people, and 75% of our reach is in rural and peri-urban communities.
