By Our Reporter With the 2022 Women in FinTech Hackathon underway, participants are thrilled and full of hope that they will at the end of it be better people; ready to transform the world through financial technology innovations. They attribute this to the detailed daily program designed by the organizers that mixes learning technology, developing […]
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The much-awaited 11th Edition of the annual HiPipo Music Awards is upon us. On 18th November, 2022, at Kampala Serena Hotel, there will be celebration and enjoyment that will go down in the ages as some of the best ever! HiPipo remains one of Uganda’s and indeed Africa’s most dynamic organisations, a brand whose innovations […]
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Following the consecutive eight seasons of Digital Impact Awards Africa, we are glad to announce that entry submissions for the 2022 edition is open. Digital Impact Awards Africa is a platform that promotes Digital Inclusion, Financial Inclusion and Cyber Security. The Awards recognize and celebrate stakeholders that are spearheading the use of digital mediums to […]
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Kampala, Uganda: When you empower one woman, you have in fact supported an entire family. This is no longer an optimistic opinion but a statement of fact. This is why HiPipo is keen to empower women with the required digital and financial inclusion skills so that they can go out there; innovate, prosper, earn and […]
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By Our Reporter With the advancement in technology, there is always a need to upgrade from one smartphone to another, from one television set to another, from one camera to another, etc. For some, such upgrades are necessary in order to meet their daily commitments such as work, family, and community responsibilities while for others, […]
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By Our Reporter In African culture, whenever a young man is going to marry his bride, it is taken as a collective responsibility of the community to make contributions toward the success of the celebrations. This is always done through wedding meetings where people converge and manually collect money, while others make pledges and fulfill […]
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By Our Reporter When a peacock is lying down, one can hardly appreciate its beauty. But when it stands and its wings are fully spread, it reveals one of the most beautiful color patterns. The same applies to digital data. Because data is unstructured and is everywhere, very few people get to appreciate its significance. […]
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By Our Reporter One of the biggest challenges faced by start-up businesses is poor record keeping, which results in the inability to make proper business analyses. The other key challenge is managing payments and money in general. It is these problems that prompted Emmanuel Kimaro, to start Bizzyn, a business management tool that enables users […]
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By Our reporter Nomanini is a South Africa-founded payments platform that connects financial service providers and fast-moving consumer goods companies to consumers. Founded in 2011, Nomanini, which means ‘anytime’ in the ‘Siswati’ language, started out as a point-of-sale gadget distributor to retailers where they could be able to sell airtime to customers. It has since […]
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By Our Reporter East Africa has one of the fastest-growing populations, predominated by women and youth. The same region has a ballooning informal sector economy including Boda Boda riders, market vendors, and salon operators among others. Unfortunately, the majority of these have little, somewhat no clue about financial discipline, especially the art of saving. It […]
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