Business Development

Our work with Goal Uganda focused on providing business assessment and training on the farm and of farm businesses in business management and bookkeeping. We were able to assess over 200 farmer groups in the Karamoja and Lango areas, and we were able to provide training to about 300 entrepreneurs on the above-mentioned topics.

Amarin supported CPM Activity with business support capacity building, and together, we piloted the service of bookkeeping to small and medium enterprises in the coffee, maize, and beans value chains.

Amarin performed enterprise business assessment, recommended intervenes required, guided the SMEs on business management, financial management, and governance. During the collaboration, Amarin trained over 500 traders and 1,000 village agents in various topics, including; bookkeeping, personal finance management, farming as a business using the cost-benefit analysis of their enterprises'. We developed business plans, assisted enterprises to register as formal entities, begin compliance through literacy on taxation and assistance in registration for tax identification numbers. The company has been able to retain some of the customers for continued advice and bookkeeping services.

We have worked with Swisscontact since 2015 and have so far reached over 20,00 youth entrepreneurs indirectly. Our work has primarily been in business support service training, mentorship and coaching of youth in the agribusiness, construction and hospitality sectors. The topics include entrepreneurship, business management, financial management and marketing and access to information.