Equity Leaders Program Challenges Youth To Lead With Integrity, Discipline, And Purpose

Equity Executive Director Claver Serumaga The 100 young leaders participating in the Equity Leaders Program taking place at Africa Bible University Lubowa were challenged to embrace discipline, integrity, and purposeful leadership during an intensive leadership and career development sessions featuring senior executives, industry experts. The program brought together speakers from banking, marketing, finance, risk management…

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Equity Bank Commissions 100 Students To Equity Leaders’ Program

Equity Bank Uganda has commissioned 100 scholars from the fifth cohort of the Equity Leaders Program (ELP). These students join 412 previously admitted scholars, all selected based on their outstanding performance in the Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education examinations, bringing the total to 512 scholars who have graduated from the program since its inception. The…

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How The Equity Leaders Program Is Shaping Uganda’s Future Leaders

For many young Ugandans, education is more than a route to academic success. It is a lifeline, a chance to break the cycle of poverty, restore dignity to families, and create opportunities where few once existed. Across Uganda, thousands of students carry ambitious dreams despite growing up in challenging circumstances. What often separates potential from…

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Why The Equity Leaders Program Should Become Africa’s Benchmark For Corporate CSR

By Catherine Psomgen, Director Public Sector and Social Investments at Equity Bank Uganda For decades, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) across Africa has largely revolved around donations, charity drives, and short-term community interventions. While these initiatives remain important, they rarely create long-term systemic transformation. Increasingly, the future of impactful corporate responsibility lies in sustainable investments that…

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Olivia Mugaba, Equity Bank’s Head of SMEs and Segment Head of Micro Business, Bob Paul Lusembo addressing the AGM

Equity Bank Reaffirms Support For Saccos, Small Businesses

Equity Bank Uganda has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing financial inclusion by strengthening support for Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs), micro businesses and grassroots entrepreneurs through tailored financing, financial literacy training and sustainability focused products. Speaking at the Uganda Central Co-operative Financial Services Ltd (UCCFS) Annual General Assembly, held at Silver Springs Hotel Bugolobi…

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Equity Bank Pushes Green Financing To Accelerate Uganda’s Clean Energy Transition

Equity Bank Uganda is positioning itself at the center of Uganda’s growing clean energy transition, unveiling an aggressive financing strategy aimed at making solar technologies, clean cooking systems, and renewable energy solutions more affordable for households, schools, farmers, and small businesses across the country. As Uganda grapples with rising energy costs, unreliable electricity access, and…

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