This learning brief shares trends, learnings and recommendations from an urban refugees’ and vulnerable host community Loan Guarantee Fund (LGF) pilot by the Refugees in East Africa: Boosting Urban Innovations for Livelihoods Development (Re:BUilD) Program. The Re:BUiLD is a 5-year program (2021-2025) implemented in Kampala and Nairobi by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and partners with financial support from the IKEA Foundation. 

The learnings in the brief were generated from evidence and programmatic experiences in Kampala between 2023 and 2024 through Re:BUiLD’s financial inclusion work. This work supported Urban Saving and Loans Associations (USLA) and linkage of the groups and their members to a Results Based - Loan Guarantee Fund (RBF- LGF) with UGAFODE Micro Finance Limited, a micro finance service provider and a leader in refugee financing in Uganda.