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deejaynick20 July 20, 2020 Conferences, Cybersecurity, Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News, Special Events

Customer centricity is key in promoting digital financial inclusion.

Our Reporter. Financial technology companies (fintechs) have been urged to ensure customer centricity in the development of digital financial products, as it will be key in enhancing financial inclusion. Speaking during the two-day fintech landscape exhibition to mark the end…

deejaynick20 July 13, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Latest Events, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Trade-Lance; using technology to leave a lasting mark in people’s lives.

By Our writer While the COVID-19 crisis has taught people the importance of digital technologies in all aspects of life, its importance has been greatly felt in the financial space. An increasing number of transactions are progressively going online as…

Nicholas July 12, 2020 News

#40days40Fintechs: Yapheh is offering salon services at a click of a button.

Our Reporter. If there is anything that the corona virus crisis has taught business people in Uganda and world over, it is the power of technology in providing goods and services. With the lockdowns that cut across nations as countries…

deejaynick20 July 11, 2020 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News

#40Days40FinTechs: FileTax is helping businesses file taxes with ease.

Our Reporter. While some people and businesses in Uganda would be willing to pay taxes, the cumbersome procedures make it difficult for many to comply. This explains why the Uganda Revenue Authority, the body charged with collecting taxes on behalf…

deejaynick20 July 10, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40days40Fintechs: Merchandise Uganda is linking sellers to buyers.

Our Reporter. Merchandise Uganda, an e-commerce platform that connects sellers to buyers is increasingly gaining prominence in Uganda, owing to its ability to connect businesses to market across the globe easily. Established in March 2019, the platform allows merchants to…

deejaynick20 July 10, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

#40days40Fintechs: Hamwe East Africa transforming agriculture through digitization.

Our Reporter. Digital agriculture is increasingly gaining prominence across the world. It is predicted that by 2021, the digital agriculture market, including value of software, algorithm, platforms and links between farming and technology hardware, would triple to $15 billion. To…

deejaynick20 July 9, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

#40days40Fintechs: Yo Uganda is demystifying digital wallets in Uganda.

Our Reporter. Mobile wallets have over the past few years become a buzzword in most countries across the world, including Uganda. However, one name stands out in Uganda when it comes to mobile wallets; that is Yo Uganda, a…

deejaynick20 July 9, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

#40days40Fintechs: Mwanjala kicks off digital financial inclusion drive in Zambia

Our Reporter. Mwanjala Technologies, a Zambian company based in Kitwe Lusaka seeks to connect buyers and sellers with proper delivery lines and digital payment integrations. It further seeks to enhance e-commerce through connecting people to various products and services…

deejaynick20 July 9, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40days40Fintechs: Mindset Coders is equipping children with coding skills.

Our Reporter. There is growing demand in developed nations for schools to teach children coding from an early age. This is because most schools and parents believe that learning how to code at a young age sets up a child…

deejaynick20 July 8, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40days40Fintechs; StarTimes Solar lights up rural communities.

Our Reporter. While previously life for most Ugandans, especially those living in rural areas, would come to near standstill after sunset due to lack of electricity, the emergence of innovative lighting solutions is helping rewrite the story. Hundreds of people…

deejaynick20 July 8, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40days40Fintechs: GES Online School revolutionizes education amid Covid-19 pandemic.

Our Reporter. While the Covid-19 pandemic caught nations unware, paralyzing businesses and service provision in many countries, it also sparked off a wave of invention as people thought of innovative ways to remain relevant even during the lockdown. Among the…

deejaynick20 July 7, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: JUMO is offering social impact financial products to the unbanked.

Our Reporter. Reimagining finance in emerging markets by extending financial services to the underserved and the excluded has been JUMO’s goal since inception. This explains why it chose to specialize in social impact financial products where small businesses that are…

deejaynick20 July 7, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Swipe2Pay is helping SMEs transit to e-payments, access loans.

Our Reporter. The evolution of Financial Technology companies (FinTechs) is increasingly playing a critical role in salvaging informally operated Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which for long were unable to access credit from banks and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs). One…

deejaynick20 July 6, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40days40Fintechs: Frontier Alliance making diaspora remittances easy, affordable

Our Reporter. While Sub-Saharan Africa countries are among the largest recipients of diaspora remittances, the region also suffers with some of the highest transfer costs than any other region in the world. A 2018 World Bank report shows that on…

deejaynick20 July 4, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Lend in a Box boosting financial inclusion

Our Reporter. With financial exclusion still a big challenge globally, players in the financial technology space are increasingly working towards breaking the barriers by using technology to ensure that more people have access to affordable financial services. It is estimated…

deejaynick20 July 3, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: MyLib is bringing primary school revision, learning alive

Our Reporter. While education experts in Uganda put the ideal teacher-pupils ratio at one teacher to 53 pupils, most schools have three times the number, a condition that is straining Uganda’s education system. This brings about a problem for both…

deejaynick20 July 3, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Jumia is Africa’s celebrated e-commerce platform.

Our Reporter. Jumia, an e-commerce retail and logistics service platform that connects sellers with consumers has been hailed as one of Africa’s greatest success stories and yes, it is. Established in 2012 in Lagos, Nigeria, it has within just a…

deejaynick20 July 2, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Flutterwave is helping businesses integrate to ease payments across borders

Our Reporter. A growing number of businesses and buyers in Africa are increasingly embracing e-commerce, thanks to COVID-19 that saw governments enforce restrictions on people movement to control the spread of the deadly virus. The shift to online shopping has…

deejaynick20 July 1, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40days40Fintechs: Pegasus Technologies making a difference in digital payments space.

Our Reporter. It may still be a nascent industry but Uganda is increasingly making huge leaps in the digital payment technologies space. Huge sums of money; be it person-to-person payments or business transactions, are being transacted conveniently, thanks to the…

deejaynick20 July 1, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Xente is facilitating cashless transactions across Africa

Our Reporter. While Europe, America and Asia, the main trading partners with Africa are increasingly getting cashless, over 90 per cent of the population in Africa still adores cash. This not only renders the continent uncompetitive but has also played…

deejaynick20 June 29, 2020 Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, Latest Events, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: After transforming Transport, Safe Boda has added Value Added Services.

Our Reporter. With huge traffic congestion in most African cities, the easiest way for one to travel from one point to another is by using a motorcycle, commonly known as Boda Boda in Uganda. Although this is the fastest means…

Nicholas June 27, 2020 News

#40days40Fintechs: Nakasero Market Portal delivering groceries at your door step.

Our Reporter. When RG-Consult started working on the Nakasero Market portal that would allow people to order for groceries from the market and have them delivered to their residences, little did they know that it would become popular in a…

deejaynick20 June 25, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Craft Silicon is a game changer in payments space.

Our Reporter. The payment industry is increasingly experiencing a high level of disruption that is reshaping the payments space, thanks to a surge of new technology-driven processes. Operated by Financial Technology Companies (FinTech), the digital applications are enabling users to…

deejaynick20 June 24, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Ugmart playing a role in facilitating cross-border payments

By Our Writer The Ugandan economy is heavily weighted in international trade, especially as an importer, mainly from China. Despite this, traders were finding challenges with cross-border payments as they involved multiple parties, currencies, regulations and risks. However, in a…

deejaynick20 June 23, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Enabling Finance is playing a role in democratizing financial services.

Our Reporter. Making financial services available to more people by lowering costs and barriers to access is increasingly becoming a key focus area for Financial Technology Companies (FinTechs) that seek to ensure financial inclusion for all. Their transformative power owes…

deejaynick20 June 22, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Buladde helping Ugandans harness their land assets for development

Our Reporter. While most Ugandans describe land as the key to wealth, leaving it idle for years is not a smart idea. In Uganda, it is not unusual for one to leave their piece of land vacant for years…

deejaynick20 June 21, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40Fintechs: Sqoin is using Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies to boost financial inclusion.

Our Reporter. Blockchain technology and Cryptocurrencies – digital representation of value that are digitally traded and act as a medium of exchange, a unit of account and a store of value, are increasingly being adopted across the world. They are…

deejaynick20 June 20, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40Fintechs: Ticteq is enabling digital payments for concerts, books, and fundraising.

Our Reporter. There are many people who have missed out on their favorite sports games, music shows or comedy just because they were unable to buy their ticket from a location which was far from where they were. However, all…

deejaynick20 June 19, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40Fintechs: ChapChap is changing the narrative about SMEs

Our Reporter. Talk about Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda and they will tell you how majority die before celebrating their fifth birthday. According to experts, this is due to a number of reasons but top on the…

deejaynick20 June 18, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: SoftPay Is Promoting Cameroon’s Cashless Economy

Our Reporter. While there has been effort from the various governments across Africa to shift their respective countries from cash to cashless economies, the World Bank estimates that about 90% of retail transactions on the continent are still cash based.…

deejaynick20 June 18, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Cytrone’s free digital transactions to boost financial inclusion

Our Reporter. Ugandans across the country could soon be able to access safe and convenient financial services if Cytrone launches its free financial inclusion product. Established in 2016, Cytrone Limited – a payment technology company that offers a domestic, open-…

deejaynick20 June 17, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: Social Lend Africa is closing financing gap for small businesses.

Our Reporter. While micro, small and medium enterprises account for over 80% of businesses in Uganda and employ the largest number of the country’s working population, they still find it hard to access bank credit. This is mainly because majority…

deejaynick20 June 16, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: True African is turning around payments in Uganda

Our Reporter. Over the past few years, distinctions between financial institutions and telecom service providers have been gradually breaking, thanks to the emergence of Financial Technology Companies (FinTechs) that are providing the needed bridge. FinTechs are transforming lives in Uganda…

deejaynick20 June 15, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Latest Events, Mobile Devices, News

Trustfinity; innovating to enhance refugees’ access to saving, credit solutions. #40Days40FinTechs

While access to affordable financial services plays a vital role in enabling refugees cope with negative shocks, reduce exposure to risk and stimulate economic activity, it is still a luxury to many. This is partly because of a mismatch between…

deejaynick20 June 13, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40FinTechs: YOTV is serving TV on the Go. Value Addition should be its next stop

By Our writer With an increasing number of Ugandans having busy work schedules, it is increasingly getting clear that the future of television is going to be mobile. A growing number of Ugandans, especially those with smartphones are increasingly using…

deejaynick20 June 12, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40Days40Fintechs: Lusuku Online links farmers to buyers

By Our writer Many small farmers in Uganda usually sell their produce at giveaway prices as middlemen often exploit them by offering low prices even when the prevailing market prices are higher. This mainly happens because of lack of market…

deejaynick20 June 12, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Mobile Devices, News

Computing Palace Technologies; leading in management systems development. #40Days40FinTechs

Our Reporter. While financial management skills are key for the survival of any enterprise, most micro, small and medium size enterprises and savings groups lack this key aspect. This has seen many die before even celebrating their first birthdays.…

deejaynick20 June 11, 2020 Digital Inclusion, E-Commerce, Financial Inclusion, Mobile Devices, News

#40days40fintechs: Beyonic is at the centre of facilitating a shift to a cashless Uganda

By Our writer While Uganda started efforts to boost a cashless economy over a decade ago, majority of Ugandans still prefer cash. Available statistics indicate that about 99 per cent of the economy is cash-based and only 1 per cent…

deejaynick20 June 10, 2020 E-Commerce, Latest Events, Mobile Devices, News

Alpteq ICT Solutions; serving the underserved. #40Days40FinTechs continues.

Our Reporter. Alpteq ICT Solutions is a Financial Technology Company (FinTech) with a mission to become a leader in providing homemade solutions that mostly target the underserved population. Founded in 2018, the FinTech offers a wide range of ICT solutions…

deejaynick20 June 9, 2020 E-Commerce, Latest Events, Mobile Devices, News

Yassako; Mallan Company Limited helping you access electricity on credit.

Our Reporter. Ugandans may soon be able to access electricity on credit if Mallan Company Limited, a local Financial Technology company (FinTech) successfully launches its Yassako product soon. The micro credit product that will enable people to top up their…

Nicholas June 8, 2020 News

#40days40fintechs : Kanzu Code on the path to boosting financial inclusion.

By Our Reporter. Kanzu Code, a Financial Technology Company (FinTech) that builds inclusive financial tools is set for greater heights, following its enrollment in the 40-days-40-FinTechs project. The 40 days 40 fintechs project has given Kanzu Code further exposure to…

deejaynick20 June 8, 2020 News

#40days40fintechs Update: Interaction with shortlisted participants kicks off.

KAMPALA, UGANDA – 07 May, 2020. As part of its on-going Financial Inclusion efforts, HiPipo will tomorrow 08th roll-out the second phase of the 40 DAYS 40 FINTECHs initiative. This phase will include direct interactions with shortlisted FinTechs; shining a…

Nicholas May 16, 2020 Africa, Awards, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News, Research, Uganda

Registration for 40 DAYS 40 FINTECHs kicks-off.

KAMPALA, UGANDA – May 13, 2020. As part of its on-going Financial Inclusion efforts, HiPipo has today launched the 40 DAYS 40 FINTECHs initiative with online registration currently underway. 40 DAYS 40 FINTECHs, running from 25th May to 5th July…

Nicholas May 16, 2020 Awards, Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion, News, Research

Mojaloop Foundation set to boost Digital Payments in developing countries.

The availability and affordability of digital financial services (DFS) in developing countries is set to further improve with at-least 500 million people targeted as direct beneficiaries. This follows the recent formation and launch of the Mojaloop Foundation by global tech…

digitalguru October 9, 2019 News

Kamal Budhabhatti is Africa’s FinTech CEO of the Year.

HiPipo, through its Include Everyone program recently honoured ‘Kenya’s Bill Gates’ – Kamal Budhabhatti with the Africa FinTech CEO of the Year award. According to HiPipo CEO, Innocent Kawooya, “the Africa FinTech CEO of the Year award goes to an…

digitalguru October 9, 2019 Awards, News

Dr Warren D Carew receives Africa FinTech Leadership Award.

Leading Digital Financial Services (DFS) technologist, Dr Warren D Carew was recently honoured with the Africa FinTech Leadership Award. The award was presented by HiPipo through its Include Everyone program. According to HiPipo CEO, Innocent Kawooya, “the Africa FinTech Leadership…

Nicholas October 7, 2019 Blog

RE-THINKING FINANCIAL INCLUSION, EXPERTS advise.

Experts have advised financial institutions to rethink their digital strategies so as to have the targeted customers consume them. According to Dr Magie Kigozi, financial institutions need to do extensive research before jumping onto the bandwagon of digitization, with the…

Nicholas October 7, 2019 News

Impactful Financial Inclusion efforts must be well researched – Experts

First Published by UBC TV. Impactful financial inclusion efforts must be well researched and packaged to suit the users especially the marginalized communities. By so doing, the African continent will take the lead in financial inclusion innovation; says Warren Carew…

digitalguru October 1, 2019 News

Mojaloop, Software for Financial Interoperability #HackMojaloop #IncludeEVeryone

First Published by New Vision. Mojaloop, a financial inclusion platform developed by ModusBox with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has entered the Ugandan market with developers optimistic that it will solve financial interoperability challenges, especially across the…

digitalguru October 1, 2019 News

Work with Consumers for Digital Financial Inclusion – Dr. Warren at Include Everyone Summit

First Published by New Vision. Digital financial services have become the leading driver of financial inclusion for the unbanked in many developing countries. In Uganda, the 2018 FINSCOPE report indicated a 78% surge in the country’s financial inclusion rate majorly…