Financial Inclusion in Uganda

Sub-Saharan Africa

Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account at a financial institution or through a mobile money provider. Regional data excludes high income countries

Source: Global Findex Database

Gender Gap in Account Ownership

Percent of adults age 15+ with an account. Regional data excludes high-income economies

Source: Global Findex Database

Use of Financial Services

Percent of adults age 15+. Regional data excludes high-income economies

Source: Global Findex Database
Country Resources
The Little Data Book on Financial Inclusion 2018

Publications

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Paper

Assessing the State of Youth Financial Inclusion in Developing Contexts

This guide draws primarily from the lessons learned during the realization of a series of assessments on the state of youth financial inclusion in Uganda, Kenya, and Guatemala in 2019 and 2020.

Niclas Benni
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Slide Deck

The Role of Mobile Money Providers and Their Agents in Protecting Customers’ Data​

This slide deck presents research findings identifying good practices of responsible agents in safeguarding their customers’ data and the role that providers can play in promoting these practices.

Myra Valenzuela​, Eric Duflos​, David Medine​, Majorie Chalwe-Mulenga, Akhand Jyoti Tiwari​, Arshi Aadil​, Surbhi Sood​ & Thomas Murayi Maina
CGAP Background Documents
Paper

Driving Financial Resilience Through Formal Savings Among the Low-Income Population

Based on customer research in Cote d’Ivoire, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, and Uganda, this paper provides a synthesis of findings that help understand to what extent savings allowed customers to increase their financial resilience.

Laura Courbois, Ben Fowler, Liz McGuinness & Larissa Schneider
World Savings and Retail Banking Institute (WSBI)

News & Events

Members of the financial inclusion community contributed the following news and events.

News

Opportunity International Awarded $2 Million Grant From Visa Foundation to Remove Barriers and Unlock Capital to Women-Led Business

/ Opportunity International

Quest Digital Finance Connects the Unbanked to Formal Credit Systems

Ending 2021 Strong: Tugende Closes $17M in Additional Debt Investment

/ Tugende
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