๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€: ๐—” ๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ-๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ

At the CRBA Symposium, Mr. David Kalyango, Executive Director Supervision, Bank of Uganda delivered the keynote address, in which he highlighted Ugandaโ€™s progress in financial inclusion, driven by digital payments, mobile money, and supportive regulatory reforms. He reflected on the 2022 CRB Regulations, which widened credit data contributions to banks, Tier 4 MFIs, SACCOs, utilities, […]

๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ

We extend our heartfelt appreciation to all our partners, sponsors and supporting partners whose invaluable contributions turned the inaugural 2025 Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium into a resounding success. Thank you to our key partners IFC – International Finance Corporation, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Uganda, Bank of Uganda, Financial Sector Deepening […]

๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜: 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

It was an honour for our Board Member and Managing Director of Creditinfo Uganda, Mr. Mark Charles Mwanje, to deliver the closing remarks at the inaugural Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium. He expressed deep appreciation to every participant who stayed actively engaged throughout the day demonstrating the commitment and passion driving Ugandaโ€™s credit information […]

๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ

Panel 5 at the CRBA Symposium highlighted how credit providers, fintechs, SACCOs, and associations are leveraging data to drive innovation, growth, and financial inclusion with trust at the center. Moderated by Ms. Aisha Nakanwagi (NSSF Uganda), the discussion brought together CRB and industry leaders including Ms. Aida Kawuma of Uganda Bankersโ€™ Association (UBA), Ms. Jacqueline […]

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜๐—ต & ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ

At the CRBA Symposium, Panel 4 showcased how credit providers are harnessing data, technology and alternative information to expand access to finance and drive responsible lending. Moderated by Adons Aryong of Pearl Bank Uganda, the discussion brought together insights from Mr. Elias Byaruhanga of EBO SACCO, Mr. Nelson Kituuka of Card Pesa Limited, Mr. Jonathan […]

๐—จ๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ, ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜† & ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€-๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

At the Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium, our Presentation-Led Panel on Cross-Border Data Sharing and Alternative Data for Financial Inclusion delivered one of the most urgent and future-shaping conversations of the day especially for Uganda as the worldโ€™s largest refugee-hosting country after Tรผrkiye. We were honored to have Ms. Rashmi Pillai (IFC – International […]

๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ, ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป & ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€: ๐—” ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ

One of the most energizing conversations at the Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium was our Panel on Advancing Ugandaโ€™s Financial Inclusion Agenda through Data, Digitalization and Partnerships, a timely dialogue as we strive to close persistent access-to-finance gaps affecting women, youth, refugees, smallholder farmers and micro and small enterprises. Expertly moderated by Diana Akullu […]

๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐˜€: ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

One of the most impactful sessions at the Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium was the online presentation by David Kruijff, Chairperson of the Supervisory Board at Musoni BV, who unveiled the latest United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) research on building an inclusive digital credit ecosystem for Ugandaโ€™s MSEs. David reminded us that micro […]

๐—–๐—ฅ๐—•๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜: ๐——๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—™๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ

The Symposium featured an insightful session led by Barbra Among Arinda, Executive Director of CRBA, who shed light on the foundational role of Credit Reference Bureaus in Ugandaโ€™s financial ecosystem from how credit data is collected and processed, to why accuracy, compliance, and full industry participation are essential for trust and responsible lending. Barbra emphasized […]

๐—–๐—ฅ๐—•๐—” ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿญ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ | ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ

A standout moment from the Credit Data, Referencing & Innovation Symposium was the first panel discussion led by Patricia. A. Lutwama, Head of Communications & Corporate Affairs at Uganda Bankersโ€™ Association (UBA) She steered a highly engaging dialogue with four key regulators and government agencies at the center of Ugandaโ€™s credit data transformation: Pamela Kahwa […]