The FAHU Foundation (“FAHU”) supported Akeyo Uganda Company Limited (“Akeyo”), through the Healthy Entrepreneurs Foundation, over an 18-month period covering Phase 1 (feasibility analysis) and Phase 2 (a 50-group pilot). The project aimed to develop an economically sustainable and scalable model for supporting savings groups, their agents, and their members in Buikwe and Kayunga districts in Uganda.

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Increase savings and borrowing among 5,000 members across 200 savings groups through Akeyo’s group training, agricultural guidance, and input sales. Enable 100 agents to increase their income by implementing the Akeyo model. Systematically document the model to enable learning, inform future scale-up, and attract grant and investment funding

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Building on the results and lessons from these two phases, Phase 3 of the project focuses on expanding outreach, strengthening systems and operational processes to enable future scale-up, and further integrating women’s empowerment into the model. A key objective is to validate the model’s long-term financial sustainability through increased revenue generation. In addition, the project will leverage Akeyo’s strategic partnership with VisionFund, which will provide loans to savings groups, with 40% allocated to Akeyo products and services.

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