Airtel Uganda, the Smartphone Network with the most affordable and reliable mobile financials services has been recognized and awarded for its continuous innovation under the Airtel Money services that has accelerated financial inclusion in Uganda. Airtel Uganda scooped the 2021 FinTech Innovation Award at the prestigious 18th Annual East Africa Com Virtual Awards, 2021 Awards
Vivo Energy Uganda, the company that distributes and markets Shell-branded fuels and lubricants in Uganda, together with National Environment Management Authority (NEMA), Uganda Breweries Limited, Stanbic Bank and Next Media Services have partnered to promote sustainable environmental protection in a new educative campaign dubbed ‘Taasa Obutonde,’ which means ‘Let us save the environment.’ The campaign,
Pan-African fintech provides unprecedented reach on the African continent Pan-African fintech leader MFS Africa has announced that it now reaches over 320 million mobile money wallets, enabling a range of banks, telcos, money transfer operators, and other financial institutions interoperability at scale in Africa through a single integration point. Based on the 2021 State of
The new partnership will promote social inclusion and improve economic outcomes and human development as well as contribute to the social economic transformation of Uganda The UN-Equity Bank Joint Programme on “Enhancing Social Impact through the SDGs” will focus on Financial Inclusion, Innovation and Shared Prosperity, and Institutional Partnerships, Governance and Shared Leadership. The United
Mastercard Economics Institute report estimates that 20-30% of the COVID-related surge in e-commerce spending to be a permanent feature in share of overall retail spending Young and digitally savvy populations across the Middle East and Africa (MEA) are key to long-term growth outlook, but youth unemployment poses a threat to growth prospects The opportunity for
In pursuit of its goal to contribute to bridging the financial divide, MTN Group has granted third parties access to its Mobile Money (MoMo) Access Programming Interface (API) platform. The open API enables developers and programmers to innovate on the platform and develop products and other solutions that will create a wider range of digital
Cellulant, Africa’s leading financial technology company has announced the launch of Tingg, an all-in-one, multi-functional consumer super app that will include a wide array of payment, commerce and financial services into a single platform that will revolutionize the way customers interact with digital payment services in the continent. Tingg is Cellulant’s solution to the fragmentation
Orient Bank Uganda Limited and UnionPay International have announced recently that UnionPay Cards are now accepted at all ATMs and POS terminals of Orient Bank in Uganda. Orient Bank is one of the leading and fastest growing banks in Uganda. Annoucing the partnership in Kampala today, Darshana Bhatia, Orient Bank ED said, “This is yet
In an effort to drive financial inclusion, Centenary Bank the leading Microfinance Bank has made tremendous strides in extending financial services to the unbanked communities through authorised Agents who offer the same services offered by the bank. Following the enactment of the Financial Institutions Act 2017, Bank of Uganda has spearheaded financial inclusion of the
Standard Bank Group, Africa’s largest bank by assets, has received a number of industry awards from Global Finance, presented on the side-lines of the annual 2019 SIBOS conference held in London. “We are pleased to have received these awards which serve as recognition of our Africa-focused strategy, and bear testament to our role in continuing
