Pan African startup, Chipper Cash, has laid off at least 10 employees in its latest round of playoffs including the Global Head of Marketing and the Country Director of Kenya….
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…
Goldmine Finance, a licensed tier IV micro finance and ioTec Limited, a financial technology firm and software development company have entered into a partnership to catalyze the micro lenders next…
Nelson Kituuka, the MD of Card Pesa approaches business with a straightforward philosophy: “If you can finance your business 100%, you are not maximizing the capacity of your business. You…
Chipper Cash, one of Africa’s fastest growing fintechs this October launched in the United States of America, one of Africa’s largest sources of remittances, with a promise to make sending…
The education sector in Uganda constitutes at least 5% of GDP. That is the equivalent of UGX 7.4 trillion. So yes schools are big business. And yes, just like many…
Airtel Africa on April signed an agreement under which Mastercard, a leading innovator and global technology company in the payments industry, will invest $100m in Airtel Mobile Commerce BV (“AMC…
What is your take on Fintech as far as financial inclusion is concerned? Financial technologies promise to increase efficiency in delivering financial services and promote financial inclusion. Currently, mobile penetration…
Business Risk Management, especially with the challenges imposed by the Covid-19 Pandemic, is one of the areas that have been earmarked as critical for businesses continuity and survival. CEO East…
