FEATURE: Digital Financial Services Extend Credit To Unbanked Ugandans
Digital financial services are playing a pivotal role in plugging this divide as various institutions are partnering to enhance access to financial services for the unbanked.
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Over 16.5 million Ugandans are still using traditional saving methods to save money. Pictured is saving box made out of cardboard. (COURTESY PHOTO/Cool Crafts)
Slightly over one in every three Ugandans have a bank account, with a reported 16.5 million Ugandans still using traditional saving methods such as physical cash, livestock and agriculture.
With only 16 million bank accounts in the country, over half of the population has no access to savings or credit through financial institutions, as drivers of capital investment and, ultimately a higher rate of economic growth.