While not many people in Uganda and across the African continent are using the Blockchain technology mainly due to its complexity, YTIB Capital is helping simplify it so as to increase usage. Through its SMS to Blockchain and API service, YTIB seeks to bring the ordinary person into the bracket of Blockchain users so as to […]
People bored of buying food stuffs, fruits and meat that have stayed long on market stalls may have a reason to smile now that they can enjoy fresh products directly from the garden to their kitchen, thanks to Enimiro Online. Enimiro Online was established in 2020 to aid last-mile financial inclusion through connecting farmers directly […]
Despite contributing immensely to Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product and employing the largest number of Ugandans, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) face a multitude of challenges, including limited access to credit. Commercial banks do not want to extend credit to these entities as they are considered risky, have no collateral and most of them have […]
While there has been growth in the number of Financial Technology Companies (FinTechs) integrating with telecoms and banks to facilitate easy payments and access to financial services, many will attest that the process is not that easy. It involves holding discussions with different institutions before they can agree to pair (peer) with them over the […]
Spending a day or a week at home for lack of school fees is something that no parent would wish their child to experience. Due to various challenges, however, parents find themselves stranded with their children who have been sent back home to collect fees. To support such parents, however, E-Moments, a multi-business company that […]
Many businesses always find themselves entangled in non-core business functions and end up giving little time to core operations, which affects their operations. Payments are one of those non-core operations that businesses, especially the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) tend to spend a lot of time on. To help them manage their daily payments […]
From bricks and cement to painting, plumbing and décor services, anyone undertaking a construction project can now access them under one roof, just with the click of a button, thanks to Kuzimba Services. Established in April 2020, Kuzimba Services, the online web Application, aids estate, site or home building by providing fast engineering solutions and […]
With the country in a second lockdown, there is no doubt that a number of business operations in Uganda have been interrupted by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the most affected businesses are schools, whose future is even still uncertain as the earlier phased reopening was stopped abruptly following a rise in new […]
Several people across the country have fallen victim to land evictions or have their pieces of land lying idle for lack of funds to develop them. In a bid to solve this challenge especially in the Buganda region where such cases are rampant, Buladde Financial Services, a Cooperative Society, was started by the Buganda Land […]
While some people saw the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as a major setback, to Erasmus Okurut and his team at PayTota Uganda, it created an opportunity which they have grabbed with both hands. Okurut, the PayTota Chief Executive Officer, says the pandemic and the lockdown that followed thereafter opened their eyes to the pain-points […]
