Tag: Uganda

CICO Agents: The under-valued “first responders”

Our ongoing research uncovered a set of unique challenges that cash-in/cash-out (CICO) agents currently face in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we look at the experience and behaviors of CICO agents across eight countries and explore ways to support them through favorable policies, even as the disease rages on around the world.

Apr 15, 2020

Nitish Narain, Abhishek Anand, Surbhi Sood and Shobhit Mishra

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Fintech in Uganda- Implications For Regulation

A wide variety of FinTech firms are emerging globally and indeed, also in Uganda. These firms are offering new products and services underpinned by new technologies. There is much hope that these new approaches to delivering financial products and services offer the potential to bring about benefits to consumers in terms of increased access, speed, […]

Nov 1, 2018

Philip Rowan, Kieran Garvey, Bryan Zhang, Miguel A Soriano, Zain Umer, Kat Cloud, David Cracknell, Anup Singh, Sam Kutosi and Doreen Ahimbisibwe

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The relative risks to the savings of poor people

In view of the highly risky nature of saving in the informal sector, it is probably necessary to think more about helping clients understand the relative risk of saving in these semi-formal institutions. It should also be noted that the evidence from this study suggests that poor people do value some form of external accountability.

Jul 16, 2018

Graham Wright and Leonard Mutesasira

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Is digital credit a silver bullet?

This presentation was made by Graham A.N. Wright, Director MicroSave at a webinar conducted by The DFS Observatory at Columbia University. In his presentation, Graham Wright highlighted evidence from Kenya, Uganda & India.

Nov 24, 2017

Graham Wright

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More Than Hygiene – Improving Agent Network Performance to Maximise Profitability

The blog highlights the outcome of Agent Network Accelerator (ANA) project in terms of improving Agent Network Performance to Maximise Profitability.

Aug 30, 2017

Graham Wright and Vera Bersudskaya

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Mobile Banking Stumbles on Challenges in the Ugandan Market

Why Ugandan customers continue to queue up at banks when they can use mobile money? We discuss three reasons – high transaction costs, unreliable systems, and preference for human contact.

Aug 9, 2017

Doreen Ahimbisibwe

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