Partners and industry associations
Partners and industry associations are key interfaces with our customers. They enable us to reach more people and extend the Fund’s impact through collaboration, playing a critical role in delivering our strategy.
Needs and expectations
- Support for transformation
- Fair engagement
How we engaged
- Collaborated with telecoms, MDAs, universities, businesses and NGOs
- Held one-to-one physical and virtual business meetings
- Conducted benchmark visits, presentations and training sessions
- Collaborated with partners to extend social security coverage in the informal sector
- Worked with banks, bank agents and telecoms on collections, benefits payments and financial market operations
- Hosted local and regional benchmarking engagements to share knowledge and best practice
- Continued hosting the ISSA Liaison Office coordinating activities across East Africa
Strategic response, value creation and outcomes
- Collaborated with 80+ partners to extend the Fund's impact in the informal sector
- With ABSA Bank, extended career guidance to 11 universities, reaching more than 140,362 students
- Collaborated with NIRA, URA, URSB and the Office of Immigration on solutions that improved customer convenience
- Mastercard Foundation partnership supported 500+ small and growing businesses with USD 20,000 in seed funding each over the last five years
- Co-convened the Kampala Gathering, bringing together pension funds, fund managers and ecosystem partners to unlock financing for Africa's small and growing businesses
- Worked with banks, bank agents and telecoms to support collections, benefits payments and financial market operations
Opportunities and outlook
- Provide platforms for broader action on social security coverage, growth and good practices
- Develop partnership platforms that support livelihoods and quality of life
- Support ESG practices and prioritised SDGs
- Foster relations between ISSA, ILO, and social security schemes in the East African region and globally
Risks
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Regulatory risk
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Litigation risk
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Reputational risk
SDGs
Quality of relationship
Government of Uganda National Development Plan (NDP) IV Alignment
- Private sector-Support the private sector to drive growth and create jobs
- Infrastructure-Build and maintain strategic sustainable infrastructure in transport, housing, energy, water, industry, and ICT