NSSF Uganda
NSSF Uganda is a National Saving Scheme mandated by the Ugandan government to provide social security services to employees.
In partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, NSSF is implementing the Hi-Innovator program to support young women and men to develop and grow their own enterprises while creating work opportunities and increasing contributions to the NSSF pension scheme. The program provides a certified entrepreneurship skills curriculum and a network of business incubation centres coupled with systemic financing (seed funding).
Hi-Innovator
Duration: 5 years (July 2020 – June 2025)
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) with its program Hi-Innovator is targeting young entrepreneurs, young women, refugee youths and people living with disabilities to provide all forms of business support. Within this program youth benefit from a wide array of services such as entrepreneurship skills, business support and linkage to the network of business expertise.
Services targeting youths:
• Through the pre-accelerator and accelerator phases of project, youth can pitch their ideas to secure seed funding to scale up their businesses.
• Youth entrepreneurs are trained to increase their potential to source funding to grow their businesses
• Youth entrepreneurs are linked to an eco-system of potential investors and business supporters in relation to growth and sustainability and the network of business experts.
• Youth are supported to enrol in Business Incubation Centres to enhance their capacity to start ideate, start-up businesses and sustain them.
