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UFLA Financial Literacy Think Tank Conference 2025

Date: 30th May 2025 Venue: Hotel Africana, Kampala

Purpose of the Conference The UFLA Think Tank Conference 2025 is a high-level convening of policymakers, regulators, practitioners, and development partners focused on transforming Uganda’s financial literacy landscape. The forum provides a platform to spotlight key national interventions, foster strategic dialogue, and mobilize support for decentralizing, democratizing, and digitizing financial literacy across all communities.

Key Interventions to be Spotlighted

  • Launch of UFLA District Chapters: Structured chapters across 77 districts will coordinate grassroots training, impact monitoring, and localized content delivery.
  • Rollout of UFLA Web Portal & Mobile App: A unified digital infrastructure for trainer registration, reporting, knowledge-sharing, M&E dashboards, and stakeholder interaction.
  • Edutainment Partnership with Creative Industry: Collaboration with musicians, poets, filmmakers, and content creators to deliver relatable and engaging financial literacy messages.
  • Establishment of Mentorship Programs and UFLA Institute: Support continuous professional development of trainers and lay the groundwork for a national Financial Literacy Institute.
  • Formation of UFLA Cooperative: Promote savings, collective investment, and practical financial education for certified members.
  • Localization of Content: Translate the national curriculum into eight major Ugandan languages to reach underserved populations.
  • Unveiling of Elite Financial Literacy Influencers Club: Mobilize members with 5,000+ social media following to drive campaigns and promote partner visibility.

Theme: Leveraging Financial Literacy for Achieving Uganda’s Ambition of a 10-Fold Economic Growth by 2040

Strategic Alignment with National Priorities This conference aligns with:

  • Vision 2040: Creating a knowledge-based and inclusive economy
  • NDPIII & NDPIV: Enhanced human capital and financial inclusion
  • Parish Development Model (PDM): Especially Pillars 1, 5, and 6
  • Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): SDG 1, 4, 5, 8, 10, and 17

Stakeholder Opportunities for Engagement

Area of Support
Description
Policy Endorsement
Amplify the conference outcomes through regulatory frameworks and national programming.
Financial Support
Sponsor interventions such as translations, logistics, digital tools, and trainer stipends.
Technical Assistance
Provide research, technology integration, or monitoring and evaluation expertise.
Institutional Collaboration
Co-create programs, share platforms, or integrate UFLA modules into national projects.

Notable Speakers and Sessions

  • Minister of Finance – Keynote: Linking financial literacy to Uganda’s 10-fold growth vision
  • Commissioner, MoFPED – Remarks on harmonizing training with NFIS and PDM
  • Executive Director, BOU – NPS – Insights on digital financial inclusion and safe usage
  • CEO, Deposit Protection Fund – Public confidence and saving behavior

Panel Discussions – Stakeholders discussing best practices, success stories, and scalable

Recognition & Networking The event will include an official recognition ceremony honouring key contributors to financial literacy, sponsors, trainers, and district chapter leaders — followed by a networking session.

Contact & Participation We invite all stakeholders to join us in this national conversation and commit to shaping a financially literate and economically empowered Uganda.

Championing Financial Literacy in Uganda for Sustainable Economic Empowerment