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    Financial Inclusion

    Billions Sent Home, But to Whose Benefit? The Remittance Riddle Facing Ugandan Banks

    Paul MurungiThe Big StoryAugust 1, 2025July 31, 2025

    Every month, tens of thousands of Ugandan households receive life-sustaining  remittances from family members living abroad.  These funds, estimated at over USD 1.4 billion annually according to the Bank of…

    Rotary Club of Bulindo and RotaryD9213 Set to Launch Groundbreaking Financial Literacy Programme

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsJuly 31, 2025July 31, 2025

    The Rotary Club of Bulindo, together with its mother RotaryD9213, is gearing up for the official launch of Uganda’s first-ever Rotary Financial Literacy Programme—an ambitious, annual initiative aimed at empowering…

    Banking on belief: Why SMEs need more than bank credit to thrive

    Paul MurungiCompany NewsJuly 26, 2025July 26, 2025

    By Laura Bahemuka In Uganda’s economic landscape, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are the engine that drives productivity, jobs, and innovation. But ask any Ugandan SME entrepreneur, and they’ll…

    Equity Bank crowned Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the African Banker Awards 2025

    Brian EmorutCompany NewsNews & AnalysisJuly 16, 2025July 16, 2025

    Equity Bank has been named Best Regional Bank in East Africa at the 2025 African Banker Awards held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. This prestigious award highlights the Bank’s significant role…

    Why crypto assets like Bitcoin are central to Uganda’s $500 billion growth ambitions. 

    CEO ReporterBanking & Financial ServicesBusiness & MarketsJuly 14, 2025July 14, 2025

    Having campaigned under the banner of making the United States the “Crypto capital” of the world, in his first week in office, he signed an Executive Order intended to support…

    Delivering Credit Without Collateral: How Letshego and gnuGrid Are Rewriting Credit Access and Financial Inclusion in Uganda

    Muhereza KyamuteteraThe Big StoryJuly 4, 2025July 4, 2025

    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…

    Turning SIM Cards into Credit Scores: How gnuGrid CRB Is Making the Invisible Bankable in Uganda

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCompany NewsJuly 4, 2025July 4, 2025

    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….

    UGX 1 trillion Disbursed Through Wendi in PDM Rollout

    Paul MurungiCompany NewsJuly 2, 2025July 2, 2025

    A trillion shillings has been disbursed to Parish Development Model (PDM) beneficiaries through Wendi, a digital wallet developed by PostBank Uganda, marking a significant milestone in Uganda’s push for financial…

    PostBank Wins Top BoU Award as Small Business Recovery Fund Grows to UGX 30 Billion in Disbursements

    Paul MurungiBanking & Financial ServicesCompany NewsMay 31, 2025May 31, 2025

    PostBank Uganda emerged as the overall best-performing Tier 1 Bank recognised by the Bank of Uganda at the Award Ceremony for Participating Financial Institutions in the Agricultural Credit Facility (ACF)…

    Q&A: MTN MoMo’s Jemima Kariuki Speaks About The Fintech’s Transformative Products, Customer-centric Innovations And A Future Full Of Many Possibilities

    Muhereza KyamuteteraCEO PerspectivesThe Big StoryMarch 31, 2025March 31, 2025

    In this exclusive interview, Muhereza Kyamutetera, Executive Editor of CEO East Africa Magazine, sits down with Jemima to explore her journey at MTN MoMo, the key milestones she has achieved,…

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