http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1275 Comments for "Uganda Energy Fund" en http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1275#comment-228 The interview with Kurt Hoffman, which was featured on Nextbillion.net in late August 2005, is now available as an attachment to this Activity capsule. The interview discusses the founding and expansion of the Uganda Energy Fund.<br class="clear" /> Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:44:37 -0500 John Paul comment 228 at http://www.nextbillion.net http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1275 <div class="flexinode-body flexinode-6"><table class="actable" width="470px" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0"> <tr><td class="actable-left" width="175px" valign="top"> <div class="flexinode-textfield-23"> <strong>Managing Organization: </strong> The Shell Foundation, IDC<br /><br /> </div> <div class="flexinode-textfield-38"> <strong>Activity URL: </strong> <dd><a href="http://www.shellfoundation.org/download/pdfs/UEF.pdf " TARGET="_blank">http://www.shellfoundation.org/download/pdfs/UEF.pdf </a></dd><br /><br /> </div> <td width="295px" valign="top" align="left"> <div class="flexinode-textarea-22"> <strong>Activity Description: </strong> Launched in January 2003, the US$4 million Uganda Energy Fund - a partnership between Shell Foundation and Dfcu Leasing - provides both business development services and lease finance to SMEs in the pro-poor energy sector. Shell Uganda acts as a special adviser to Dfcu Leasing, providing no-cost support to market the Fund, train staff from Dfcu Leasing and share skills with eligible SMEs. Thus f<br class="clear" /></div> </td> </tr> </table> </div><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1275">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/activitycapsule/1275#comment Business Development Activity Energy Activity Financial Services Activity General Banking Activity Investment Activity Microfinance Activity Active Consumer For-profit Activity Private Investment Funded Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:44:02 -0500 admin 1275 at http://www.nextbillion.net