Hardly 6 months after laying off some 300 people in June 2022, Wave Mobile Money Uganda Limited is set to lay off more people, CEO East Africa Magazine can exclusively reveal. We have learnt from impeccable sources that despite reassuring the market, that the June 2022 move was to “narrow and sharpen focus” and that the payments company was “here to stay for the long-term and would continue to offer free deposits, withdrawals and charge 1% on transfers” Wave will on Thursday 17th 2022 shave off another significant chunk of staff. The move will leave the company to a bare…
Wave Mobile Money to wave off more than 80% of staff in a second wave of layoffs

A photo of mobile money agent showing logos of Wave, MTN Mobile Money and Airtel Money. It appears Wave's low-pricing and agent pre-financing market entry strategy is draining more money than it can bring in!




