Programme portfolio
KikumiKyo Academy
Young people understand money well enough to make informed decisions about it.
Financial literacy and economic empowerment for young people — run in partnership with the fintech company KikumiKyo.
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Many young people reach adulthood without ever being taught how money works — how to save, budget, borrow responsibly or read a financial product. That gap does not stay contained: it shows up as vulnerability to exploitative lending, missed opportunity to invest early, and households that stay one emergency away from crisis.
Financial capability is also where Vantage's other portfolios meet economic reality: a health intervention lands differently when a family can plan for the cost of care.
KikumiKyo Academy is the Foundation's financial literacy and economic empowerment programme, implemented in partnership with the fintech company KikumiKyo. It builds practical understanding of money — saving, budgeting, investing, record-keeping, managing financial groups and responsible borrowing — and challenges the myths that keep young people from starting early and starting small. Learning and mentorship continue through the KikumiKyo digital platform and related financial-learning communities.
HealthKampala, Bushenyi and beyond
Semi-annual workshops on mental health, sexual and reproductive health, and financial literacy for young people.
View the projectNo programme-level results are published yet for this portfolio. We publish results only when there is evidence behind them — planned work is presented as planned.
KikumiKyo
Fintech company partnering on KikumiKyo Academy and its online learning platform.
Forward-looking priorities — not achieved outcomes.
Browse free, Uganda-relevant financial education articles on saving, budgeting, SACCOs, loans and digital money safety — the online learning companion to this programme.
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A high-school mentorship session that opened up safe conversations about mental health.
A day of conversation, celebration and empowerment at Basajjabalaba High School.
Bringing financial literacy, habit building and career guidance to young people in Bushenyi.
We work across six connected programme portfolios, with youth leadership and participation running through all of them.
