FOUNDER'S STORY
ROGERS TURIGYE
Raised in a remote village in the Southwestern Uganda, Rogers recognized first-hand the pivotal role of a woman in transforming communities. At the age of seven, his father who was the sole breadwinner died. As the sole provider, Rogers’ mother, a peasant – widow struggled to put food on the table. In addition, paying for her children’s school tuition ...seemed nearly impossible.
Rogers together with his mother labored in people's banana plantations and other gardens to bring food to the table and raise school fees. His mother would also beg from rich families and depend on other well-wishers to send Rogers and his siblings to school. In school, Rogers worked hard and earned a full-ride government scholarship to attend Uganda’s Prestigious Makerere University, graduating nearly top of the entire class.
Two years after graduation from the university, Rogers started his carrier with two commercial banks in Uganda, where he rose through the ranks from a junior loans officer to a Regional Manager, a position he voluntarily left in 2020 to go self-enterprising.
He founded Maneni Instant Credit, a microfinance serving largely the economically active poor women and youth in the peri-urban and rural Uganda. He would later dedicate a percentage of profit from the microfinance to begin a social enterprise known as Centre for Transformation and Financial Inclusion (CETAFI), having practically tested how urgent and important it was to reach out to the hustling women and youth of Uganda who reminisced him of his struggling mother back in the days.
