Innocent Kawooya, who was visibly shocked and young when President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni personally bestowed the Diamond Jubilee National Independence Medal upon him a year ago, is still very much in the spotlight, and the noise level has escalated. This wasn’t just a one-off; what Uganda witnessed that day was the validation of a man […]
HiPipo CEO Innocent Kawooya, NIM has been named FinTech CEO of the year 2025 for Middle East and Africa (MEA). He was recognized by Wealth and Finance International for visionary leadership in inclusive innovation. His company HiPipo has also been recognized as the Best Financial Inclusion Organization 2025 by Middle East and Africa (MEA) awarded […]
#40Days40FinTechs Zambia and Malawi Edition Day 37 Across Africa, peanuts are a staple snack and a vital crop for many rural communities. Yet, despite high demand, there remains a significant gap in how peanut products are marketed, distributed, and paid for especially in rural areas where cash remains dominant and digital access is limited. Petruwalus […]
Wealth and Finance International has announced HiPipo CEO Mr. Innocent Kawooya as the FinTech CEO of the Year 2024 for Middle East and Africa at this year’s FinTech Awards. The prestigious Awards have acknowledged Kawooya for his unparalleled commitment, expertise, and innovative attributes exhibited over the years. Innocent Kawooya told this website that it’s an […]
As part of our continuous efforts to not only improve the quality and variety of digital financial services, with a special emphasis on those that cater for the unbanked and underserved, but also to ensure that from the 2nd Women-in-FinTech Hackathon & Summit. And this we have successfully done by engaging the delivery of these […]
The COVID-19 pandemic and its unprecedented effects notwithstanding, Financial Technology stakeholders have had a lot of positives in 2020. These included world leaders earnestly pleading with their populations to adopt digital financial services (DFS) and other electronic services as means of curbing the further spread of the dreaded novel corona virus. In Uganda, the uptake […]
The first of its kind Women in FinTech Hackathon is currently underway in Kampala with 15 women led and dominated teams taking part. The participants are conceptualizing and developing different financial inclusion products with special focus on women in areas such as payments, lending, saving, e-commerce, e-education and e-agriculture among others. As part of the […]
Fintech, a leading enterprise information technology solutions and services provider, today launched a new generation of smart point of sale (POS) devices that will increase efficiency in payments for retail customers. The POS devices will allows real time cash and cashless transactions across multiple platforms. Fintech who are the sole distributors of the new POS […]
