Newsroom · Busia, Uganda

Backing women-led change in Busia, Uganda.

Burlcore Mining is investing in women-led enterprise, training and leadership across the communities that surround its licensed gold concession in Busia.

26 May 2026 Busia, UgandaBurlcore Newsroom

Burlcore Mining champions women's empowerment in Busia.

Burlcore Mining Company Limited continues to invest in the women of Busia, recognising that durable community progress in East Africa is built on equitable opportunity, dignified work and locally owned enterprise.

Across the villages adjoining Burlcore's licensed concession, women remain at the centre of household stability, agriculture and small enterprise. The company has worked to support that role through targeted training programmes, micro-enterprise partnerships and procurement preferences that channel local spend toward women-led businesses.

Burlcore's approach is grounded in long-term presence rather than one-off donations. From catering and uniform supply contracts to literacy and financial-skills sessions delivered alongside local partners, the operation has sought to make women's participation a structural feature of how the mine relates to its host community.

These efforts complement Burlcore's wider commitments around water, education and infrastructure, forming part of a single, joined-up community programme led from the ground in Busia.

"When women in Busia have real opportunities, the whole community moves forward. That belief shapes how we hire, how we procure and how we partner locally."
Mr Issa Wandera
Community members in Busia, Uganda
Local enterprise activity near the Burlcore concession

The company is continuing to expand its work with local women's groups, with a particular focus on enterprise development, household resilience and access to clean water and sanitation.

For Burlcore, women's empowerment is not a side programme. It is part of what responsible, modern mining in Uganda's Lake Victoria Green Belt should look like.

ENDS

Local Hire
Procurement and contracting weighted toward women-led local businesses.
Training
Skills, literacy and financial-capability sessions delivered with local partners.
Enterprise
Support for women-led micro-enterprises around the Busia concession.
Media Contact
Burlcore Mining Company Limited, Press Office
Elias Cheikh
elias@burlcore.com
Peninsula Road, Luzira, Central Nakawa, Kampala, Uganda · burlcoremining.com
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