For years, Uganda’s digital lending sector has expanded at breathtaking speed, but without the underlying visibility required to support responsible growth. Borrowers have increasingly turned to mobile money as their…
In this exclusive interview, Moses Akampurira, Digital Products Lead at Letshego Uganda, gives us a front-row seat into how this breakthrough is unfolding on the ground. Powered by real-time behavioural…
Looking back, 10 years ago, the whole concept of credit health was just beginning to take shape—banks were only starting to engage, and technology hadn’t really entered the scene yet….
In Uganda’s bustling and often chaotic last-mile credit markets, where boda-boda riders, gig workers, and micro-entrepreneurs hustle daily without collateral or formal financial records, a quiet revolution is reshaping how…
To start, I’d like to understand your personal background and education, and how these experiences have shaped your journey to where you are today. My name is David Opio Obwangamoi,…
Hardly two years after arriving in Uganda to take up her very first CEO role at Uganda’s largest telco, MTN Uganda, Sylvia Mulinge has emerged as Uganda’s most admired CEO,…
To expand financial inclusion and extend much-needed credit to the financially underserved, Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (Airtel Money) and Letshego Uganda have launched LetsGo Pesa digital loans. The unsecured…
Children’s Rights and Violence Prevention Fund (CRVPF), and gnuGrid CRB, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation, have extended their partnership for the Empowering Youth Through Data and Community Development (EYDCD)…
The Bank of Uganda has applauded the recent launch of gnuGrid CRB’s Mobile Credit Score as “a momentous occasion in the credit information sharing space” and a “pivotal moment in…
Moses Ogwapus, the Commissioner of Financial Services, Ministry Of Finance, Planning And Economic Development has hailed gnuGrid and Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited’s Mobile Credit Score as an “innovative mobile…
