๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—œ๐—™๐—– ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—•๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ

At the inaugural Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium, our Main Sponsor the International Finance Corporation (IFC) reaffirmed its strong commitment to strengthening Ugandaโ€™s financial ecosystem and expanding inclusive access to credit. Representing IFC, Anita Mwandha the Country Officer Uganda IFC – International Finance Corporation commended the CRBA and the Credit Reference Bureaus for convening […]

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—•๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ

During the inaugural Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium, Wilbrod Owor, Executive Director- Uganda Bankersโ€™ Association (UBA) delivered a powerful reflection on the evolution of Ugandaโ€™s credit information landscape. He commended the progress made since the early days of licensing credit reference bureaus and applauded CRBA for its strong partnership with the banking industry. He […]

๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Mr. Ogwapus Moses Commissioner, Financial Services Department Ministry of Finance MoFPED, representing MoFPED andย on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, during the 2025 Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium, reaffirmed the Government of Ugandaโ€™s strong commitment to building a robust, inclusive, and data-driven credit ecosystem. He emphasized that credit is a powerful engine of economic transformation […]

Symposium Opening Remarks

At the inaugural Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium 2025, we were inspired by the opening remarks from our board Chairman, Elly Kibuuka-Mukasa (Executive Director, Metropol Uganda). He set the tone for the day with a powerful reflection on the importance of the symposium and collaboration: โ€œ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ sharing ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ […]

๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ: ๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜!

The CREDIT REFERENCE BUREAUS ASSOCIATION OF UGANDA (CRBA) is proud to have hosted the first-ever Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium 2025; a gathering of over 240 stakeholders from regulators, ministries, CRBs, financial institutions, microfinance institutions, money & digital lenders, SACCOs, development partners, fintechs, industry associations, and many other ecosystem players. The day was filled […]

The Microfinance & Savings Groups Conference 2025

This week, the CREDIT REFERENCE BUREAUS ASSOCIATION OF UGANDA (CRBA) had the pleasure of having great representation at the just concluded Microfinance & Savings Groups Conference 2025. We appreciate our members, Creditinfo Uganda and Metropol Uganda for their involvement and contributions to the event.

The countdown is on to Ugandaโ€™s ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜-๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ, ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ!

Happening ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ at ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น, ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ, this milestone gathering brings together key players shaping Ugandaโ€™s credit ecosystem, from Credit Reference Bureaus, Banks, MFIs, SACCOs, Digital Lenders, Fintechs, and Telecoms to Regulators, Ministries, Development Partners and more. Under the theme: โ€œ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ, ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€โ€ Expect transformative […]