ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the national approaches to sustainable enterprise in Uganda. It includes key information about the priority issues, trends, and government policies as well as best-practice case studies of sustainable enterprise in Uganda. Social enterprise is a relatively new phenomenon in Uganda, since most academics, practitioners and politicians still focus on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development agendas. Cedric Marvin Nkiko defines social enterprises as businesses with the potential to revolutionize business actions by creating new sustainable entrepreneurship opportunities. This understanding is very different from the tradition of shareholder value and philanthropy that goes back to the 1970s. Nkiko's concludes that sustainable entrepreneurs' beliefs, desires or experiences drive sustainability within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Businesses' creativity and responsiveness to the sustainability agenda was also found to be influenced by sustainable entrepreneurs' self-interest. Despite a weak adherence and enforcement of laws, Uganda has numerous policies and laws related to sustainability.
