Uganda Professional Drivers' Network (UPDN)

Uganda Professional Drivers' Network (UPDN) is a national network NGO that brings together commercial drivers’ associations and transport-industry stakeholders in Uganda. Established in 2015 and registered as a legal entity in 2016 with the National NGO Board under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, UPDN emerged at a time when many drivers’ associations had limited organization—reducing coordination toward shared goals of better health/welfare, a stronger common voice, and professionalism. 

UPDN now coordinates 38 commercial drivers’ associations with a combined membership of 15,117 (including 216 women), covering buses, trucks, taxis, omnibuses, machine operators, VIP and special hire. We are pursuing a national drivers’ cooperative and a drivers’ microfinance/bank, supported by a growing Commercial Drivers’ Database App with 80,000+ subscribers on Google Play Store, targeting 500,000 subscribers in the next five years.