Tourism in Mpigi District
Financial Services
The district’s financial sector is composed of both local and multi-national Commercial Banks (Centenary Bank and Stannic Bank), Micro-Finance Institutions (Vision Fund, Mwodet, and Mednet), Savings and credit cooperative societies (SACCOs). Given the micro and small scale operation of businesses in the district, Micro-Finance and SACCOs take up the biggest financial services clientele.
Training Institutions
The district has two universities (Uganda Martyrs University and Nsamizi Institute of Social Development) and one technical school (Katonga Technical Institute). The district also has vocational training institutions in various sub-counties.
Economic Infrastructure
The district is traversed by two great roads that connect to neighbouring countries of Tanzania, Rwanda and DRC Congo (Kampala-Masaka-Katuna Road and Kampala-Fort portal Highways) and a well-developed road network of feeder and community access roads. Many parts of the district are connected to national power grid and the district has four rural gross centres and Town council that have access to piped water. There are 14 established markets which deal in various food stuffs and merchandise. The district is well covered by all telecommunication networks and as a wider coverage of both community and regional radios.