Case study

Improving access to finance for SMEs in the road sector

CrossRoads Guarantee Fund in Uganda

Keith Cornish

Alex Mugova

2014 Uganda Africa: East, South & Central Financial services Infrastructure Journal article

Credit guarantee funds are a tried-and-tested instrument to improve access to finance. This article aims to share experience from the CrossRoads Guarantee Fund in Uganda.

The Fund was established in 2012 as one of the interventions under the CrossRoads Programme funded by the Department for International Development (DFID) and the European Union (EU) to build capacity and competitiveness in Uganda's roads sector.