Building on the success of last year’s event, the 2019 Impact Investment Summit in Uganda will present more than 150 delegates with the opportunity to collaborate on scaling businesses to create jobs, tackle poverty and transform lives across Africa.

Why join the East Africa Impact Investment Summit 2019?

• Meet purpose-driven East African entrepreneurs from health, education, tourism & agriculture
• Identify high potential investees and build meaningful relationships with them
• Network with other experts, investors and thought leaders in the field of impact investing and gain new partnerships
• Expand your knowledge about impact investing in emerging markets
• Learn new ways to drive continued momentum and growth in the market
• Share insights about the newest strategies and latest industry developments

Programme Highlights

Day 1: 4th July

• Gathering at the Méstil Hotel
• Cocktail Reception
• Networking Session
• Plenary Session

Day 2: 5th July

• Impact Trips to local businesses
• Exhibition Booths
• Business Meetings
• Investor Dinner

We’re thrilled to announce Dr. Maggie Kigozi, a successful businesswoman and former CEO of the Uganda Investment Authority, as Plenary speaker. Dr. Kim Tan, a strong champion of impact investment and pioneering biotech entrepreneur, is going to be another speaker at the Summit. More interesting speakers and panellists will be announced shortly.

Find the full agenda as well as information on traveling and accommodation here.

Engaging Impact Entrepreneurs

Attendees will receive exclusive profiles of high potential investees that TBN’s investment team has identified, including information on the investment they are looking to raise. If there is a business of particular interest then you can get in contact with us and we will provide further details and arrange an introduction.

High Profile Partners Include:

Standard Chartered Bank, Johnson & Johnson, Argidius Foundation, Novastar Ventures, Inqo

Partner with us

We have come so far with the tremendous support of our partners, sponsors and volunteers. But we still need your continuous support to fight poverty through enterprise. If you are interested to be a sponsor, email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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What people are saying about the Impact Investment Summit

“ It was a pleasure to meet up with the TBN team in Nairobi, attend the wonderful conference and get the opportunity to speak to a number of TBN’s graduate companies and their inspiring founders. Johnson & Johnson is proud to partner with TBN. TBN plays a critical role in building the capacity of local entrepreneurs who are addressing unmet health needs. There is tremendous entrepreneurial spirit in Kenya.”

David Higgins, Johnson & Johnson

East African entrepreneurs can get their tickets here.

The annual meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is taking place in Kampala, Uganda and is hosted by the Parliament of Uganda.

High Commissioner of the Republic of Uganda Dorothy Samali Hyuha flagged off Representatives of ten Malaysian Tour and Travel Agents on a familiarization trip to Uganda.

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Uganda Tourism Board in collaboration with the Uganda High Commission in Malaysia are currently hosting a group of 10 Malaysian tour operators including one journalist, a representative from the Ethiopian airlines and one official from the Uganda High Commission in Malaysia to a tour experience of Uganda.

The group jetted in earlier in the week and will be in the country until February 25, 2019, according to a press release circulated by Uganda Tourism Board on Feb.22.

By close of business on Feb.22, the group had visited, the Uganda Wildlife Education Center in Entebbe, Chimpanzee Sanctuary on Ngamba Island, Igongo Cultural Center in Mbarara, and Queen Elizabeth National Park in Kasese and were en route to Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Kigezi for the Mountain Gorilla encounter and experience.

According to one of the visiting tour operators from Malaysia, Athman A. Aziz, Uganda’s beauty and hospitality is amazing and has never met kinder people than Ugandans, the press release adds.

“Uganda is such a beautiful country and is has so much to be seen. I was mostly amazed by the beautiful sceneries, the chimpanzee sanctuary on Ngamba Island, the amazing stories of the diverse cultures of the people of Uganda and the abundance of food. The trip is so far a delight and I cannot wait to encourage Malaysians to visit,” Athman was quoted by UTB as saying.

Speaking on behalf of the UTB, the outgoing CEO Stephen Asiimwe said that this trip speaks into the country’s efforts to continuously market Uganda as Africa’s premier destination.

“As the Uganda Tourism Board expands marketing efforts to Asia, this trip comes as a great opportunity to showcase Uganda to Malaysian travel agents; with the aim to increase travel trade between the two countries and ultimately the number of visitors coming to Uganda from Malaysia and the Asian continent at large,” Asiimwe said.

According to UTB, tourism is one of the leading supporters of the economy, contributing 10% to Uganda’s GDP. This translates into more than Shs5.1 trillion ($1.4 billion) annually, and is projected to earn about Shs10 trillion ($2.7 billion) by 2020.