While the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced businesses to market and sell their products and services online, in what is called the new normal, women-led businesses are still struggling to have online presence. This is partly because of limited digital skills. This is, however, set to change as Silicon Savannah Limited, a Financial […]
Cashless and contactless digital payments are increasingly playing a significant role in ensuring safety, speed, convenience, and seamlessness in business operations globally. It is this that Yo Uganda Limited, a technology solutions company, is extending to businesses and farmers across Ugandato improve their efficiency. Established in 2006, Yo Uganda entered the market offering low-cost international […]
While access to credit is what micro and small business owners need to expand their enterprises and work their way out of poverty, it is nearly impossible for them to get bank loans because they lack collateral. Given that they employ majority of Ugandans and contribute about 30% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product, Numida, […]
With parents pacing against time juggling a number of things to make ends meet, anything that helps them conclude their children’s school affairs from wherever they are comes in handy. This is thanks to the emergence of the Financial Technology Companies (FinTechs) that are offering a number of innovative solutions to not only ensure efficiency […]
The delay in settling digital money transactions is among the reasons most people in Uganda prefer cash to electronic transactions. This explains why Uganda is still a cash economy, with almost80% of transactions being cash. However, Pegasus Technologies, a Financial Technology Company (FinTech), continues to oil the shift from cash to cashless by supporting businesses and […]
When you talk about software engineering, many females will tell you that it is a preserve for males. This is basically because in addition to being a male-dominated field, most females think that software development is a hard discipline and thus should be pursued by men. To demystify that belief, however, Club Tangaza, an online […]
Uganda’s public transport system is marred with chaos as passengers and transport operators crisscross each other in the busy bus and taxi parks. This creates an inconvenience to passengers, especially those going on long journeys, who have to first endure the chaos to physically visit the transport service operators’ offices to book a ticket for […]
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 […]
