The loan received from Oikocredit was for 1 billion Ugandan Shillings (UGX), equivalent to about $558,000. It is the latest of several microcredit investments made recently by Oikocredit in Uganda (see Microcapital Blog Friday 6/9/06 and Thursday 6/8/06 for information on other transactions).
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