ABSTRACT

As outlined throughout the report, Uganda has a well established and vibrant microfinance

industry. However, some challenges remain to be un tackled, including: managing its assets in

order to reaching out to rural areas in a sustainable manner; strengthening community based

organizations so that they can become a viable option to reach poorer and more remote clients;

developing new products more responsive to the needs of different client groups, including

savings services, payment systems, emergency loans, housing loan products, investment loans,

insurance products, agricultural loans, leasing, etc.; preparing MFIs for the transformation from

NGOs to licensed microfinance providers; exploring and promoting commercial funding

sources and reducing subsidization by donors; developing a stronger MFI network to enable

effective coordination of the industry. Therefore, developing a secure asset management

information system to make MFIs in Uganda achieve their objective through information management

will be an added advantage to enable them reach to the community. Therefore, this project report is

limited to designing a systems that will Maintain asset records, capture of asset that flow within the

organization, efficient disbursement of assets within and outside the institution, tracking of assets

disbursement, generate such internal asset reporting statements that will facilitate an

understanding of the financial position of the organization, monitoring operational unit’s

performance and asset management schemes, advise of micro and MSE business owners in their

operations.

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