Financial Sector Deepening Uganda (FSDU) Archives

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….

Financial Sector Deepening Uganda appoints Sarah Byabazaire as Acting Executive Director as Patrick Oketa’s contract as Executive Director comes to an end

Paul MurungiCompany News Executive Profiles The Big StoryJune 24, 2024June 24, 2024

The Financial Sector Deepening Uganda Board, has in the interim, appointed Ms. Sarah Byabazaire, the current Chief Operating Officer (COO), to assume the role of Acting Executive Director. Ms Byabazaire takes over from Patrick Oketa following the conclusion of his contract on June 15, 2024. “The priorities and values of the organisation remain unchanged. We are counting on your usual…

STAKEHOLDERS: GnuGrid CRB and Airtel’s new Mobile Credit Scoring system to herald a new dawn in digital lending and financial inclusion

CEO East Africa MagazineThe Big StoryJanuary 29, 2024January 29, 2024

Public and private sector stakeholders as well as development partners, in Uganda’s financial services ecosystem, have welcomed GnuGrid CRB and Airtel Mobile Commerce’s Mobile Credit Score as a significant milestone…

GnuGrid CRB and Airtel Mobile Commerce Launch Uganda’s First-Ever Mobile Credit Scoring System

CEO East Africa MagazineCompany News News & AnalysisJanuary 29, 2024January 29, 2024

GnuGrid CRB, Uganda’s first and only indigenous credit reference bureau to be licensed by the Bank of Uganda and Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited, a provider of affordable and secure…