The startup ecosystem in Uganda has experienced remarkable growth over the past five years, with an increasing number of entrepreneurs launching innovative ventures across various sectors. As these startups seek…
Ugandan startups have increasingly become attractive to VC firms across Africa. Outside the big four of Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt, Uganda regularly hovers next to them competing with…
Tugende, Uganda’s pioneering boda boda financing startup, has found itself in a precarious situation with its investor, Goldfinch. The startup, which holds the distinction of being Uganda’s most funded startup…
The Tax Appeals Tribunal (TAT) has disallowed a UGX 504,098,312 tax bill by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on asset-financing firm Tugende Limited, saying the tax authority wrongly assessed the tax….
From the look of things- it appears the pandemic set the business back a couple of years- how would you describe the path to recovery? It is fair to say…
Ugandan fintechs Chipper Cash, Tugende and Asaak have been named in the top 100 Most Funded African Startups in research compiled by Digest Africa, a Pan-African data and intelligence startup…
Tugende, the innovative fintech platform for MSME credit and asset-financing in East Africa, closed in Q2 pre-Series B equity funding from existing shareholders led by Partech and two new investors,…
Uganda Breweries Limited (UBL) has partnered with Buganda Kingdom to hold a mass vaccination this weekend with the aim of driving vaccination uptake among the population. The event will be…
In one of a kind move, Tugende, a Ugandan social enterprise that provides asset financing to informal sector entrepreneurs and MSMEs, has suspended, for two months, penalties on late repayments…
