UPOA SACCO

Our Programme

A ten-year national framework connecting knowledge, innovation and productive enterprise.

National Knowledge-to-Wealth Transformation Programme

The 2026–2036 programme mobilises intellectual capital and connects research to innovation, validation, commercialisation, productive investment, jobs, incomes and inclusive transformation.

The seven-stage pathway

  1. Intellectual capital and academic expertise
  2. Research and knowledge generation
  3. Innovation and technology development
  4. Validation, intellectual property and commercialisation
  5. Enterprise, industry and productive investment
  6. Jobs, incomes, exports and wealth creation
  7. Inclusive national socio-economic transformation

Delivery structure

  • Strategic Advisory Council
  • National Technical Steering Committee
  • UPOA SACCO Programme Management Unit / Secretariat
  • Pillar and project technical working groups
  • Regional hub structures
  • Independent assurance

The programme is designed to complement, not duplicate, Government mandates.

Important programme notice

The indicative UGX 325 billion ten-year planning ceiling is a planning provision, not an automatic spending commitment. Financing, locations and partnerships remain subject to detailed design, feasibility, safeguards, approvals, implementation capacity, resource mobilisation and partner commitments.