Ugandan fintech, Zofi Cash, has raised USD 1 Million in a pre-seed round from Advancly. The funding round, which is purely debt, will see Zofi Cash extend its salary advance…
In September 2012, Paul Kirungi arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, with one goal in mind, to pursue the American dream. Paul had decided to leave behind…
Two Ugandan startups, Xazu Technologies and eMaisha Pay have been selected for the inaugural Amazon AWS Fintech Accelerator program. AWS (Amazon Web Services) is the cloud computing arm of technology…
Africa’s leading e-commerce platform, Jumia, recently recorded strong financial growth in the first quarter of 2023. This happened under her new leadership led by Francis Dufay who became full-time CEO…
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN), Uganda loses an estimated 40% of its food to post-harvest losses, including spoilage. This means that for…
43% of banks cited the rise of fintechs and challenger banks as the biggest threats to their business according to the third edition of the African Digital Banking Transformation Report…
When Olga Kiconco finished her Bachelor’s Degree in Telecom Engineering at a university in Malaysia in 2013, she knew it was time to look for jobs. But when she came…
According to the Internet Poverty Index, produced by the World Data Labs and supported by the Internet Society Foundation, 31 million Ugandans can not afford the Internet or live under…
In an address to the Assembly Hall at the Paulskirche in Frankfurt, Germany on June 25, 1963, the then USA president, John F Kennedy said one of his famous quotes….
In April 2023, Moses Musinguzi was appointed Head of Operations at SafeBoda, one of Uganda’s iconic startups heading a team of 56 people. The ride-hailing giant has a habit of…
