At Tugende, we create opportunity through ownership. We’re a for-profit social enterprise in Uganda that helps safe, reliable motorcycle taxi (boda-boda) drivers buy their own motorcycles, giving them the means to control their own tools of employment and kick starting a path to financial independence.
Contact Details
Jinja Branch- Nafula Marriate: 0700599551
Mbarara Branch- Atusasira Agatha: 0700599512
Mbale Branch- Namudosi Rebecca: 0700999916
Kampala Branch-Customer Care, Toll Free Line: 0800300848.
Contact Details
Jinja Branch- Nafula Marriate: 0700599551
Mbarara Branch- Atusasira Agatha: 0700599512
Mbale Branch- Namudosi Rebecca: 0700999916
Kampala Branch-Customer Care, Toll Free Line: 0800300848.
Location: Uganda, Central Region, Kampala
Employees: 501-1000
Phone: +256 800 300848
Total raised: $3.6M
Founded date: 2012
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Global Par... | globalpart... |
| 01.04.2021 | Partech Pa... | partechpar... |
Funding Rounds 1
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 31.03.2021 | Series A | $3.6M | - |
Mentions in press and media 12
| Date | Title | Description |
| 14.09.2023 | Tugende takes first step towards repayment of defaulted $5M Goldfinch loan | Tugende, a venture-backed lender based in Uganda, and Warbler Labs, the company building Goldfinch, a decentralized credit protocol, have agreed on a loan restructuring plan that may lead to the recovery of the $5 million loan that the East... |
| 15.09.2022 | Unexpected Startup Investment In Congo, Iraq, Uganda, Bangladesh? You bet. | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Startup entrepreneurship and investment is a famously risky business. But there’s one area where founders and VCs usually avoid risk: geography. Overwhelmingly, funded startups cluster in countries t... |
| 31.03.2021 | Uganda’s Tugende raises additional $3.6m to close Series A round | Tugende, an asset finance company based in Uganda, has raised $3.6m in additional equity financing to close its Series A round. This additional round was agreed and structured in 2020 and was led by Partech, the French venture capital firm,... |
| 31.03.2021 | Uganda fintech secures $3.6-million in funding | Headquartered in Kampala, fintech startup Tugende has secured $3.6-milllion in an equity financing round led by Partech, with participation from Enza Capital and regionally based angel investors. Tugende has secured $3.6-million in equity ... |
| 31.03.2021 | Uganda fintech secures $3.6-million in funding | Headquartered in Kampala, fintech startup Tugende has secured $3.6-milllion in an equity financing round led by Partech, with participation from Enza Capital and regionally based angel investors. Tugende has secured $3.6-million in equity A... |
| 31.03.2021 | Uganda’s Tugende closes $3.6M Series A extension to meet the demand for its asset finance products | Ugandan technology-enabled asset finance company Tugende today announced that it has closed $3.6 million in a Series A extension round. The investment, which, according to the company, was agreed on and structured in 2020, follows the $6.3 ... |
| 24.07.2019 | Third annual Africa Fintech Unconference to be held in September in Uganda | African fintech companies Nomanini, MFS Africa, and Tugende has announced that it will host the third annual Africa Fintech Unconference (AFU19) on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, between 10 and 12 September. In a statement last week... |
| 24.07.2019 | Third annual Africa Fintech Unconference to be held in September in Uganda | African fintech companies Nomanini, MFS Africa, and Tugende has announced that it will host the third annual Africa Fintech Unconference (AFU19) on the shores of Lake Victoria in Uganda, between 10 and 12 September. In a statement last wee... |
| 21.09.2018 | Financial inclusion never something you can declare victory over – Tugende CEO | Over the past decade the progress made within financial inclusion has emerged as one of Africa’s great success stories. According to the World Bank Global Findex survey, released in April, the percentage of Africans with access to banking ... |
| 21.09.2018 | Financial inclusion never something you can declare victory over – Tugende CEO | Over the past decade the progress made within financial inclusion has emerged as one of Africa’s great success stories. According to the World Bank Global Findex survey, released in April, the percentage of Africans with access to banking p... |
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