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    Leaders from Uganda’s digital finance ecosystem at the gnuGrid Universal Loan Checker Uganda stakeholder meeting, highlighting collaboration on responsible digital lending.

    gnuGrid CRB Set to Unveil Uganda’s First Cross-Network Digital Loan Checker

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBanking & Financial ServicesTechnology & InnovationJanuary 8, 2026January 10, 2026

    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…

    Uganda’s 100 Leading and Most Admired CEOs 2024

    Muhereza Kyamutetera100 Leading & Admired CEOsC-Suite LeadershipLists & RankingsThe Big StoryDecember 19, 2024January 10, 2026

    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,…

    Airtel Money and Letshego launch gnuGrid CRB-powered digital loans, LetsGo Pesa

    Muhereza KyamuteteraNews & AnalysisThe Big StorySeptember 16, 2024September 16, 2024

    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…

    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 NewsNews & 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…

    Airtel Money maintains its up-to-95% cut on money-sending fees to other networks, East Africa and the world

    CEO ReporterCompany NewsMarch 18, 2023March 18, 2023

    Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (AMCUL) will continue to send money to other networks in Uganda, East Africa and the world, for as low as UGX100, following the fintech’s decision…

    IT and cybersecurity experts poke holes into Airtel Money’s security system; saying it is static, inadequate and still vulnerable to hackers and fraudsters

    The CEO Magazine TeamCompany NewsNews & AnalysisDecember 14, 2022May 4, 2023

    Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (AMCUL) the mobile money and digital payments arm of Airtel Africa Plc needs to overhaul its outdated mobile money system to a more dynamic and…

    How the Airtel Money fraud happened: Chief Executive Officer speaks out on the brazen hack

    Muhereza KyamuteteraBusiness & MarketsCompany NewsThe Big StoryDecember 14, 2022May 4, 2023

    After the 27th October 2022, digital fraud incident in which a number of banks lost several billions of shillings from their Airtel Money Wallets (OVAs) held at Airtel Mobile Commerce…

    Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Recognised For Financial & Technology Digital Services Excellence at 2022 Digital Impact Awards Africa

    CEO ReporterNews & AnalysisNovember 24, 2022November 24, 2022

    Airtel Mobile Commerce Uganda Limited (AMCUL) attained recognition for Technology Services Digital Excellence – Gold accolade and Financial Services Digital Excellence – Silver accolade at the recently concluded 2022 Digital…

    Banks threaten to disconnect Airtel Money, as fresh details emerge about how last week’s digital fraud incident was executed

    The CEO Magazine TeamThe Big StoryNovember 2, 2022November 9, 2022

    Following CEO East Africa Magazine, breaking a story that fresh details have emerged on how the multi-billion digital fraud was carried out. According to a brief prepared by Airtel Uganda,…

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