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Lyn Tukei is the Marketing & Communications Lead at Xente Tech, a leading Ugandan fintech that automates company finance (PHOTO/UG Standard)

Uganda’s Lyn Tukei recognized among world’s most influential Fintech PR Professionals

Lyn Tukei, an experienced Public Relations (PR) and Communications professional, has been recognized among the top 100 most influential fintech PR professionals...

Maria Luzinda (2nd R), a second-year student at Makerere University pursuing Computer Science and her co-developers pose for a photo moment upon emerging second in the 2022 MTN MoMo Hackathon in Kampala for the MpaMpe Startup

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MTN MoMo Hackathon: MpaMpe application set to connect the needy and prospective funders

MpaMpe is a digital hybrid crowd-funding application that seeks to bridge the gap between the needy or campaigners and funders or sponsors...

Cellulant will be able to develop its operations locally and regionally while providing reassurance to its business partners that Cellulant complies with local and international security regulations

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Bank of Uganda clears Cellulant’s Payments Operations

Pan-African payment technology company Cellulant has been granted a Payments Systems Operator license by the National Bank of Uganda in line with the...

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FULL LIST: 20 teams make final shortlist for 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon

KAMPALA – HiPipo has unveiled the 20 teams that are going to take part in the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon, scheduled...

ICT State Minister, Owek. Joyce Nabbosa Ssebugwawo (R) speaking to some of the exhibitors during the just concluded 2022 FinTech Landscape Exhibition

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Internet will get more affordable – ICT Minister assures Ugandans

The 2022 FinTech Landscape Exhibition, a brainchild of HiPipo, ended last week with the Government of Uganda promising to further deepen Internet...

Emmanuel Kimaro, the Bizzyn founder and CEO,

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Bizzyn is providing digital and financial technology solutions to Tanzanian SMEs

One of the biggest challenges faced by start-up businesses is poor record keeping, which results in the inability to make proper business...

Paul Nyamweya, Nomanini's Regional Partnerships Manager for East Africa.

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Nomanini is using FinTech to connect over 15,000 retailers to consumers

Nomanini is a South Africa-founded payments platform that connects financial service providers and fast-moving consumer goods companies to consumers. Founded in 2011,...

Mercy Angela Nantongo, the EzyAgric Product Manager.

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EzyAgric is using FinTech to enable over 300,000 farmers to get access to genuine agricultural information, inputs, and markets

KAMPALA — Agriculture remains Uganda’s top employer, with more than 60 percent of the population involved in agricultural activities. Despite this statistic,...