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deejaynick20 September 26, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News, Women In FinTech

Women in FinTech Hackathon Winners and Participants celebrated

Our Reporter. After an intense and knowledge-packed week, the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon, culminated in to the Women in FinTech Summit on the 16th of September. The Women in FinTech Summit was characterized by colour and pomp as the…

deejaynick20 September 15, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News, Women In FinTech

2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon participants make final presentations

Our Reporter. After over a week of ideation, designing, developing, and coding, the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon reached its climax on Thursday 15th September with the 20 teams presenting their final minimum viable products (MVPs) to the judges. Day…

deejaynick20 September 14, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News, Women In FinTech

Women Innovators tipped on how to succeed in a male dominated FinTech Industry

Our Reporter. Over the years, the financial technology industry has been male-dominated. However, a lot of effort has in the recent years been geared towards changing this, some of which is already bearing fruits. According to Princess Shamirah Kimbugwe, the…

deejaynick20 September 13, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News, Women In FinTech

Women in FinTech Hackathon participants introduced to Mojaloop Open Source Software

Our Reporter. Day three of the ongoing Women in FinTech Hackathon was action-packed, with participants working on their products’ MVP phase one. In products’ development, MVP stands for a minimum viable product. According to ProductPlan, a minimum viable product (MVP)…

deejaynick20 September 12, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News, Women In FinTech

We are equipping Women with skills and right tools to transform Society

Our Reporter. Day Two of the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon concluded with Teams completing their Solution and Prototype designs. According to Boston Technology, a Solution Design is the first step towards the eventual physical deployment of any solution. It…

deejaynick20 September 11, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News, Women In FinTech

We are learning, innovating, and hope to win – 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon participants

Our Reporter. With the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon underway, participants are thrilled and full of hope that they will at the end of it be better people; ready to transform the world through financial technology innovations. They attribute this…

deejaynick20 September 7, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#LevelOneProject: 20 Teams make final shortlist for 2022 #WomeninFinTech Hackathon

Kampala, Uganda. Following the completion of both entry submission and review process, we are excited to unveil the 20 teams that are going to take part in the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon, scheduled for 10th to 15th September 2022.…

dawiltord August 31, 2022 News

2022 Digital Impact Awards Africa Open for Nominations

Date: November 18, 2022 Venue: Kampala Serena Hotel, + Virtual Audience Theme: Maximising the Digital Dividend Hashtags: #DIAA2022 #IncludeEveryone #LevelOneProject Season: 9 Following the consecutive eight seasons of Digital Impact Awards Africa, we are glad to announce that entry submissions…

deejaynick20 August 16, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News, Women In FinTech

HiPipo unveils the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon, Summit, and Incubator; on-boards participants from across East Africa.

Kampala, Uganda: When you empower one woman, you have in fact supported an entire family. This is no longer an optimistic opinion but a statement of fact. This is why HiPipo is keen to empower women with the required digital…

deejaynick20 August 13, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Speech by Joyce Nabbosa Ssebugwawo, the state minister for ICT at the 2022 FinTech Landscape Exhibition

Hon. Joyce Nabbosa Ssebugwawo, the state minister for ICT has challenged the youth to use technology to find solutions to pressing issues such as employment and poverty. The minister made these remarks while giving her speech at the 2022 FinTech…

deejaynick20 August 1, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Laina Finance is using FinTech to enable the purchase of electronic devices on credit

Our Reporter. With the advancement in technology, there is always a need to upgrade from one smartphone to another, from one television set to another, from one camera to another, etc. For some, such upgrades are necessary in order to…

deejaynick20 July 30, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Remmo is using FinTech to digitize wedding contributions and fundraising causes

Our Reporter. In the African culture, whenever a young man is going to marry his bride, it is taken as a collective responsibility for the community to make contributions towards the success of the celebrations. This is always done through…

deejaynick20 July 29, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Tausi is using FinTech to simplify access to finance for the informal markets

Our Reporter. When a peacock is lying down, one can hardly appreciate its beauty. But when it stands and its wings are fully spread, it reveals one of the most beautiful color patterns. The same applies to digital data. Because…

deejaynick20 July 28, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Bizzyn is providing digital and financial technology solutions to Tanzanian SMEs

Our Reporter. One of the biggest challenges faced by start-up businesses is poor record keeping, which results in the inability to make proper business analyses. The other key challenge is managing payments and money in general. It is these…

deejaynick20 July 27, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Nomanini is using FinTech to connect over 15,000 retailers to consumers

Our reporter. Nomanini is a South Africa-founded payments platform that connects financial service providers and fast-moving consumer goods companies to consumers. Founded in 2011, Nomanini, which means ‘anytime’ in the ‘Siswati’ language, started out as a point-of-sale gadget distributor to…

deejaynick20 July 26, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Ukonga is using FinTech to facilitate targeted savings for women and youths

Our Reporter. East Africa has one of the fastest-growing populations, predominated by women and youth. The same region has a ballooning informal sector economy including Boda Boda riders, market vendors, and salon operators among others. Unfortunately, the majority of these…

deejaynick20 July 25, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Craft Silicon is serving over 1 billion customers in Africa and Asia

Our Reporter. It is now 22 years since one of East Africa’s oldest financial technology companies, Craft Silicon launched operations. What started as a back-end financial solutions company has since transitioned into a huge banking and financial inclusion enabler…

deejaynick20 July 22, 2022 Cybersecurity, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Little has transformed from a ride-hailing platform to a super APP for your daily needs

Our Reporters. At the start of July 2016, news broke that two Tech giants had come together and devised an African Transport solution. The Tech Giants were Craft Silicon and Safaricom. The Transport solution was Little Cab; a ride-hailing APP…

deejaynick20 July 21, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Cellulant is processing digital payments worth billions of dollars per year across Africa

Our Reporter. In 2001, two young African men from opposite ends of the continent sat across each other at a dinner table and had a discussion over a cup of coffee. So intense was the conversation that problem-solving models were…

deejaynick20 July 20, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

FinTech Group is providing digital solutions to over 200 Institutions in Africa

Our reporter. FinTech Uganda Limited, a subsidiary of FinTech Group is one of the oldest financial technology companies in Africa with a variety of fully integrated models that assist over 240 financial institutions across Africa to manage payments and collections,…

deejaynick20 July 19, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Medmoo is using FinTech to extend daily fuel loans to Lira Boda Boda riders

Our Reporter. At the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Denis Orech and two friends from Lira University decided to devise means of delivering goods and services to people in Lira town who were trapped in their homes due…

deejaynick20 July 18, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Xente is using FinTech to empower businesses and enable payments

Our Reporter. The outbreak of Covid-19 has forced many businesses to migrate from the manual way of doing things to digital solutions. Businesses that used to manage their expenses manually using cash or cheques are now using mobile money…

deejaynick20 July 17, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

2ambale is digitizing fashion and art

Our Reporter. Uganda has a huge but largely underdeveloped fashion industry. According to a November 2020 article by The East African newspaper, “Uganda’s fashion industry is characterized by struggling ventures, semi-professional small-scale production, and lack of infrastructure, institutions and government…

deejaynick20 July 16, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Mfuko Plus is helping over 70 savings and credit-giving institutions serve their customers better

Our Reporter. Enrolling members into savings, and investment clubs is a key stage in operationalizing such organizations. But when this is done, the harder part is handling operations, which includes keeping customers’ deposits safe, managing the risks that come with…

deejaynick20 July 15, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

PayTota is championing voice response technology for digital payments

Our Reporter. The world is slowly migrating into a cash-lite and eventually a cashless global economy where all transactions are done without the exchange of cash. As a result, more financial technology companies (FinTechs) are emerging with a variety of…

deejaynick20 July 14, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

MFS Africa is facilitating digital financial transactions in over 34 countries

Our Reporter. One of the biggest bottlenecks of transferring funds from one country to another is the cost involved, especially if it involves different networks. It is a problem that MFS Africa; a digital payments hub, is keen on…

deejaynick20 July 13, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

Over a million people benefit from FutureLink Technologies’ Financial Services

Our Reporter. FutureLink Technologies is a community-driven marketplace for affordable financial services. It is licensed by the Bank of Uganda as a digital national payment systems operator. They work to enhance the financial resilience of Africa’s low and middle-income earners…

deejaynick20 July 12, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

EzyAgric is using FinTech to enable over 300,000 farmers to get access to genuine agricultural information, inputs, and markets

Our Reporter. Agriculture remains Uganda’s top employer, with more than 60 percent of the population involved in agricultural activities. Despite this statistic, the industry is largely underfunded, many farm inputs are counterfeited and there is little support for harvest handling…

deejaynick20 July 11, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

True African uses FinTech to bail out unbanked rural Ugandans

Our Reporter. True African is with no doubt among the legends of digital financial services in Uganda. They were among the pioneers of short messages (SMS) and later mobile banking in Uganda working with Nile Bank to transfer funds from…

deejaynick20 July 10, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

Linmart is connecting businesses to a free online market

Our Reporter. Linmart is an online marketplace that links manufacturers, suppliers, wholesalers, retailers and shoppers to one platform called a MARKET for convenient, timely and cost-effective transactions. Started in October 2021, Linmart is an easy-to-use product where vendors sign-up for…

deejaynick20 July 9, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Buladde is evolving from ‘analogue’ to digital financial services

Our Reporter. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 was projected to be a short-term disruption but for some financial firms, it has triggered long-term changes on how to do business. Buladde Financial Services is among the several…

deejaynick20 July 8, 2022 News

Kanzu Code is using FinTech to help Saving and Investment Clubs manage their Funds better

Our Reporter. One of the main reasons for the early collapse of villages Saccos and Investment groups is poor book keeping. Hell breaks loose whenever the Sacco treasurer loses or conveniently misplaces the company ledger which in turn means there…

deejaynick20 July 7, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

Jumia brings E-commerce, Logistics, and Payments under one roof

Our Reporter. When Uganda, just like most parts of the world was put into a total lockdown following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, most businesses were forced to either digitize their services or risk an abrupt closure. But for…

deejaynick20 July 6, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

SafeBoda has transitioned into a Super Transport and FinTech APP

Our Reporter. The word ‘SafeBoda’ is now a household name for the majority of Ugandans who especially use Boda Bodas – motorcycles for movement in Kampala Metropolitan region. For many Ugandans, riding on a boda boda used to be an…

deejaynick20 July 5, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Flutterwave is creating endless possibilities for businesses through seamless payments

Our Reporter. In 2021, Flutterwave received worldwide recognition for becoming an African FinTech Unicorn. By definition, a unicorn company is a startup with a valuation of over USD 1 billion. Founded in 2016 in Nigeria, Flutterwave has since grown into…

deejaynick20 July 4, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Airtel Micro Merchant is powering thousands of Informal Businesses and Women

Our Reporter. Many Ugandan traders in the informal sector have been shut out of digital and financial inclusion drives because of their lack of required knowledge, devices and paperwork to register their businesses. In the end, boda boda riders, charcoal…

deejaynick20 July 3, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Sup Money enables sending and receiving of money, payments, and access to credit through WhatsApp

Our Reporter. Renowned marketing and business expert, Steven Jeffes once said that “innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop a new where few have dared to go.” Indeed, all innovators always dare to either do…

deejaynick20 July 2, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

KaCyber has integrated FinTech into its transport ticketing systems

Our Reporter. If you are a frequent user of public transport in Africa, then you know the hustle and bustle involved in getting tickets and traveling. Things like long queues, manual processes and the no refund policy implemented by a…

deejaynick20 July 2, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

FinTechs brace for easier operations after introduction of New Software Development Kit

HiPipo, organisers of the 40Days40FinTechs initiative have welcomed the new Software Development Kits (SDKs) by the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSMA), saying this will go a long way in providing interoperable solutions. The SDKs, developed by GSMA’s Inclusive Tech…

deejaynick20 July 1, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Kuzimba takes the entire building value chain online

Our Reporter. When Ephrance Eunice Namugenyi’s father started a paver and block-making business, he contacted his daughter to use her Information Technology skills to market his products. The two sat down and agreed to do something much bigger; create a…

deejaynick20 June 30, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

WomenSave is empowering rural women through goal-based Digital Savings

Our Reporter. Marie Mintalucci has spent a number of years supporting female-led groups across Sub-Saharan Africa to create self-sustaining ventures. However, during this time, she has mainly made two observations. One, women often borrow huge sums of money for unprofitable…

deejaynick20 June 29, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

EzeeMoney manages digital transactions of over UGX 30 Billion per Month

Our Reporter. Launched in 2013, EzeeMoney is a technology company dealing in both financial and non-financial services that target people at the bottom of the pyramid. On the financial side, EzeeMoney runs an agent-based model where they give out point-of-sale…

deejaynick20 June 28, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Numida has disbursed over USD 16 million worth of credit to 25,000 Small and Medium Enterprises

Our Reporter. In Africa, the sources of business capital are usually personal funds, family, friends and loans. The first three are usually the ideal sources while the fourth is the most realistic. As such access to affordable and readily available…

deejaynick20 June 27, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Pivot Payments is saving Migrant Workers from Fraudsters and Funds Misappropriation

Our Reporter. One of the biggest challenges faced by Ugandan migrant workers working in the Diaspora is money remittance. The cost of sending money is very high, ranging between five and ten dollars for transferring little amounts. On top of…

deejaynick20 June 26, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

Tawaza Diva is helping over 1,000 women and youth access digital loans

Our Reporter. Many Ugandans are full of business ideas but their biggest bottleneck is the lack of capital and inability to access credit. For a financial institution to give your business a loan, they will ask for a trading license,…

deejaynick20 June 25, 2022 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Zofi Cash is using FinTech to help Employees Access Salary Advances within minutes

Our Reporter. Almost everyone has ever received a phone call or text with the person on the other side saying that s/he has an emergency and urgently needs financial assistance. Such communication takes a lot of guts, and somewhat courage…

deejaynick20 June 24, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Merchandise Uganda is offering an online market with free stalls

Our Reporter. Anyone doing business in Uganda will tell you that paying rent is one of their biggest nightmares. Whether you have made profits or not; whether you have spent the month sick or away attending to a patient, or…

deejaynick20 June 23, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

PayLater; Uganda’s Online Shop That Allows Installments

Our Reporter. Many young corporates harbor dreams that would satisfy their heart’s desires. They would like to have nice cars, trendy phones, beautiful TV sets, durable furniture, name it! But their meager salaries are only enough for the daily essential…

deejaynick20 June 22, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

Her Duuka is helping over 500 women businesses survive Covid-19 hangover

Our Reporter. The past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic literally placed everyone in their right place – for both good and bad reasons. On the bad side; businesses closed, people lost jobs, families were broken, education stagnated and the…

deejaynick20 June 21, 2022 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

JUMO World is extending digital loans to more than 2.5 million Ugandans

Our Reporter. With the worsening economic situation in the country, on top of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, most Ugandans have resorted to seeking short-term loans from friends and family to make ends meet. But this is an unsustainable…

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